CPU/Mobo Intel's Pentium D Price Half That Of AMD's X2

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Intel's Pentium D Price Half That Of AMD's X2

LONDON -- The "D" in "Pentium D" apparently stands for "discount".

Intel Corp. lowballed its way into the mainstream dual-core market on Thursday, launching the Pentium D at a price that's less than half of AMD's own dual-core chip.

As expected, Intel introduced three models of the Pentium D on Thursday: the 2.8-GHz Pentium D 820, the 3.0-GHz Pentium D 830, and the 3.2-GHz Pentium D 840. The three chips are priced at $241, $316, and $530, in lots of 1,000 units.

Intel also introduced the Pentium 4 670, a 3.8-GHz 64-bit chip that will round out the top end of its single-core platform, at $851.

Compared to the AMD Athlon X2, however, Intel's new Pentium D offers a dramatic discount. AMD's slowest 2.2-GHz 4200+ Athlon X2 is priced at $537, while the slowest Intel Pentium D, the 2.8-GHz 820, is priced at $241. Intel also offers a premium dual-core part, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, priced at $999. AMD has yet to update its microprocessor pricing page with the price of the X2, although executives have quoted those prices in briefings.
Read More/Source: Extremetech
 
Well this is fuel for a flamewar. Don't wanna start that. Well there's no point comparing the slowest X2 to the 820 as the X2 4200+ is faster than the fastest intel dual core in most applications. 820 is a total waste unless all you do is word processing and such office apps :P
 
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