Bruised but not broken, AMD fires off another volley of price cuts across Core 2 Duo's bow

With only a month until the most anticipated AMD product launch in five years, the company is pulling out all the stops to get competitive before the Back to School buying season.

The AMD-Intel price war, now almost into its second year, was cited as one of the contributing factors to the $611 million dollar loss AMD posted in the fiscal first quarter of 2007. Following that loss came a 400 employee headcount reduction and a $2.2 billion cash-for-stock deal.

Almost immediately after posting its Q1 loss, Mercury research declared that Intel managed to recapture all of AMD's marketshare gains from 2006 in the first three months of 2007. JP Morgan directly attributed the Intel traction due to aggressive pricing.

Effective Monday, July 9, 2007, AMD will enforce the following pricing among its channel:



With these new prices cuts, AMD will also significantly trim its retail CPU portfolio. All single-core Athlon and Sempron models currently in the channel will officially reach end-of-life status (EOL). The ultra-low cost Athlon 64 3500+, Athlon 64 3200+, Sempron 3500+ and Sempron 3200+ will continue to exist in high growth markets: Brazil, Russia, India and China.

AMD roadmaps confirmed that other low-cost single-core processor families like Lima have already been phased out, just three months after launch. The company is still slated to introduce its 65nm Sparta family, based on the K8 architecture, in September 2007.

The company's next-generation architecture, occasionally dubbed K10, will officially launch the last week of August for server platforms, and sometime late in the holiday season for desktops. AMD has not issued pricing notifications on these processors yet.

AMD fired the first volley at the Intel price war when the company dramatically slashed processor prices -- just days before the Intel Core 2 Duo launch. Since then, both companies reduced pricing of last year's products to less than 33% of last year's street price.

Memos released to DailyTech from AMD distributors confirm that the July 9 AMD price cuts are directly aimed at pre-empting the July 22 Intel price cuts. These upcoming Intel price cuts will cut current Intel quad-core almost in half.

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Now what happen to the price of 3800+ X2, 3600+ X2 Brisbane?

time to change proc

wow , no wonder i cant find any price for X2 3600 & 3800+ processor ....the lowest end is X2 4000 ....

if my gf budget allow me , i will go for 4200 .....

Yea..time to switch a new pc..but yet..I already had 2.

I'm getting a 35W 3800+... suddenly these because available en mass and cheap.

huhu.. i'm still in 939

AMD will slash their price so better wait for it n get a 5600+

no matter what, my next upgrade on proc would be an entire switch. That is when there's entry level of 4core which selling at what AX2 4200 is selling now.

IMO, no point in changing proc frequently rite? Just a few hundred Mhz increment, where u can achieve that by OCing. And its not like it will bring noticeable effect in daily tasks

yeah.. agree with you! my next upgrading will be on quad-cores, and hopefully DDR3

i just bought a x2 3600 on wednesday... only if i know earlier i would have waited another week

same too...waiting for quad core

great news man thank you

Good news!!!!

now i can afford 6000+

its only RM600..... what a price...

GREAT . is time babeh!!

yes, thats why wise ppl like bro.sniper goes for the "jimat-power" editions

Its another dirt cheap price from AMD. It looks like 3800 and 3600 has been phased out from its roadmap. Now the X2 6000+ at the same price as E6420.

are they doing this coz quad core coming out soon? lol, sounds like a off topic question (sorry >.<)

not only that, they still need to keep competitive for the lower end market

wohooo yippie...
lower budget for cpu+mobo in mah next upgrade

wah... would AMD's latest price slash even undercut Intel's newborn E21xx? i'd rather wait and see. but looking at the latest price list posted here, the X2 4000+ and 4200+ are already about to undercut the equally performing Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and E2160 in terms of price.

however, i'm sure Intel will slash the E21xx price even further after this.

still i'm proud of my new E2140 workhorse anyway hehehe...

This post has been edited by average.joe: Jul 8 2007, 07:51 PM

This week PC-zone AMD X2 6000+ 3.0Ghz 2m L2 only RM610

AMD is suitable for low end market.. time to change new proc

Damn I've just bought my 4200 for rm350.

man..how is amd gonna survive against intel with low profit margins like dat?already they r bein delayed..plus lower profit..mebe they're hoping on ati 2 rake in sum profits

good news for amd hardcore boys
im still prefer intel

hope intel is going to counter them back

InteL Core2 are more better than this AMD chip.. hehe

heh.. thanks for the info
really looking fwd to quadcore+ddr3 would be awesome^^

n that will leave a big hole in your wallet
IMHO, ddr3 is still 2 early to get.

Do I smell a tool?

Guys, get the new BE versions. It's like a stake. Pay a little more, OC to hell if sky's blue.

will the shops at lowyat and digital mall slack the price immediately

i hope intel will follow amd to cut their prices too

PCzone already cut the price for 9 July....

so fast...

This will give AMD a little more breath b4 next K10 launch.

this news came out so suddenly without leaking even a tiny bit beforehand
while Intel so stupid to announce their own price slashing way earlier just to let AMD take advantage of them

anybody who go to lowyat today can tell us the price here?
because i got no time to go there and my hand is so itchy to build another rig

the latest price list i saw in lowyat - Brisbane 3600 X2 = RM195. after today we can saw a cheaper 3600 X2?

that's the price before cut price.
I wonder what is the price of this Brisbane 3600+ after cut price.

Now everyone can dual-core

wow nowadays changing proc can do frequently in the short time..
not even done squeezing current proc.. here come a great bargain...

i think i stop now.. focus on gpu... coz my cpu faster enough for me...

haha..i dun think that nid to change proc often too.. cant feel any changes for juz few hundred mhz

Today is 9th july.. price still same..

maybe tomorrow they'll slash the price..

the latest amd price from pc zone
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wah.. is going cheaper already

thx for the info bro.

ya , it's time to move amd proc

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Added on July 9, 2007, 5:36 pmu can get price list from www.hardwarezone.com.my

This post has been edited by likito: Jul 9 2007, 05:36 PM

but i still kinda like intel proc more than amd proc.
instead of performance or durability also intel will be better.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/Virtual...ml?redir=CPPR01

all the pricings

looks like x2 3600 replaced by be-2300

3600+ brisbane core so cheap

AMD slash the price to clear the old stock ?

It is look like K10 will come out soon.


This post has been edited by darnell: Jul 9 2007, 07:31 PM

but hardwarezone.com.my takes a looooooooooooong time to update

http://www.thundermatch.com.my/pricelist1.htm

ThunderMatch already updated their pricelist

dunno why before the launch of k-10, they suddenly release some 45W TDP variant SDK of athlonX2

anyway, i feel really happy now, as I am a bit emotionally tied to AMD now, both proc. and GC are made by them

i wish to try out the AMD690G chipset

This post has been edited by shinjun: Jul 9 2007, 11:44 PM

it will be phased out, and replaced by a RM100 more expensive BE series . not worth considering it doesnt offer more overclocking potential at all.

I am going to get an x2 3800+ for a new media PC.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Jul 10 2007, 12:10 AM

Can consider with AMD X2 6000+ 1mb L2 cache 3.0Ghz RM610
Nice price

the name cost hundred.. lol..
my 3600+ also can set 1.1v to run on stock speed..
if got 1mb L2 cache then can consider..

haha. motherboard chipset somemore...

K10 will come out server processor 1st, then only proceed to Pc proccessor, thats why they release some 45W athlonX2 is ok now. (in my opinion la.. )

that doesn't make sense
both type of processor also had cores protected by a layer of copper heatspreader

u got any link 2 prove that statement?

This post has been edited by Ah Shawn: Jul 10 2007, 02:26 PM

Agree.

Intel and AMD processor all done well in durability ...

+_=" i don't thin so ...... sometimes AMD i feel more powerful wor...

see u compare to which model mah..n sometimes we really can't feel any big diff from intel n AMD

agree ! depend the user needed !

some of user feel AMD are better for them

coz of money wise maybe??

$$ attract ppl tp choice amd and very quiet and cool compare with intel

so er ... what wud be a reasonable motherboard to go with that amd x2 6000???

i am using ati graphic card.

feeling gatal sikit oledi

thank you.

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Added on July 10, 2007, 10:10 pmmaybe some prefer intel bcoz of its 4MB cache memory compared to amd's 2MB??

This post has been edited by eye: Jul 10 2007, 10:17 PM

x2 6000+ for RM600 worth getting 1

the architecture is totally different , AMD proccessors are Intergrated Memory Controller, but Intel processors are not. So, it cannot compare the L2 cache within Intel processor and AMD processor.

aaa ok thanks ... i have always assumed the more the better ..

really feel like buying tat amd x2 6000 ... currently im on a amd3200 ... what would be a reasonably good motherboard to go with that cpu please?

thanks again.

This post has been edited by eye: Jul 10 2007, 10:22 PM

how about considering the new 690G chipset?? or the good old biostar T-Force 550

thanks, i will note that down, will do some research on it

any others?

5200+ price also applies to Brisbane right? Or is it only Windsor is available here?

If Brisbane, if 3600+ can reach to 3GHz, then 5200+ can reach up to 4GHz or 4.2GHz?

i think 5200+ is only windsor

i would rather wait on the next gen of x2 or x3 chips. Because knowing that technology changes so rapidly over time, i would feel that investing in a cheap x2 would be a waste. But its a great move by AMD they can get hold of the poor markets like the souh americas and africa by storm.. which means market dominance in smaller quantities.. in sum a large domination

I am waiting for the ddr3 to stabilze anyways. then ill buy my bulk then.

Bruder, I am going to get a cheap X2 for a new media PC. Dun say like lor! Horhoho!

bro when i meant cheap i meant by pricing... not by quality or performance... of course AMD is awesome... the new x2 range. One of my friends posted a x3800@ 3.2Ghz yesterday.. now thats amd power Go ahead with your media pc bro... well at the end of the day, my prescott will still lose to your amd x2

yup, their want to attract, but if u look for performence, better go for Intel

try to compare wif price:performance

thats always the reason why AMD wins... because of this now synonymous amd catch phrase price:performance.

I'm thinking to go for AMD 64 x 2 3800+
do you all think it can beat a P4 EE 3.46ghz HT ?

advise pls

its better not to compare too much on this
EE is using an old architecture~~AMD X2 is more efficient

better dont buy P4EE alrd.
go for AMDx2 or Pentium dual or C2D

get one...and try OC it till 3.0ghz like me...
hehehe....

AMD works fine for dual core budget users....

Thanks for all the response...

i plan to buy AMD x 2 4000+ KN9S board + TT Armor full tower

make sure it's brisbane.. 2.1ghz

...... sorry... what is brisbane? model name?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_A...microprocessors

it's consume less power n easy to oc.. there's alot u need to know.. just google around...

yes..AMD x2 still the best in terms of budget+perfomance

I want change, i want change! but i still on 939++ platform! so sad! if change no know the old pro, mobo and ram... how to settle...

change all lo...
buy new rig

Make sure get aftermarket cooler too. OC 'em.

What 939 proc ur using now?