AMD Defends Market Share with Processor Price Cuts
AMD Defends Market Share with Processor Price Cuts
Posted 08/20/2010 at 5:04am
| by Paul Lilly
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AMD isn't about to concede an inch of its market share to Intel, not without an aggressive fight, anyway. Citing "sources from motherboard players," DigiTimes reports AMD has taken a hatchet to about 20 desktop processors in an attempt to defend against competition from its rival.
Some of the more enticing price cuts include AMD's quad-core Athlon II X4 640 chip, which was dropped from $122 to $99, the dual-core Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition, which slid from $105 to $93, and the quad-core Phenom II X4 955 and 965, both of which were cut by $26 to $145 and $165, respectively.
AMD now has a boat load of modern processors at sub-$100 price points, with many of its higher-end chips still only priced at under $200.
Full list of price cuts here.
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HiGHRoLLeR038
August 20, 2010 at 8:48pm
the phenom2x4 955 black box is still 155 dollars on newegg. when will the new prices take actual affect?
Blues22475
August 20, 2010 at 8:25am
These will be the prices when I intend to upgrade my mobo in a couple of years. This is one reason why I like AMD: decent performance with lower cost. Of course, I've seen benchmark scores when compared to Intel's CPU's and raelize Intel has better gaming performance.
stinger608
August 20, 2010 at 1:45pm
Your right about the fact that "Intel has better gaming performance." Keep in mind that Intel's chips that do in fact perform better are a lot more money!
AMD has been my personal choice for CPU's since the mid 90's due to the cost of the chips, and the motherboards. This is great news that AMD has dropped their prices! Go AMD!!!
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