16 New 45nm Intel Processors

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by garetjax

Damn right! Hell, for another $50 you can get the Q9450 with an additional 6MB of cache and 150Mhz of speed for $316 (if the price is valid upon release).

Is that batch/bulk pricing though? if so we can add $100 on release and within 1-3 months it should be about $50 more than that.

[Capper]

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

Who really needs AMD in the picture as competition ... Intels breakneck advancements is driving their own "better than AMD" chips down without AMD being much of the equation.

Hope they don't sit on their laurels ... hope AMD doesn't either ... hope that new advancements actually keep this pace.

End of the "Processor Wars"? - HardwareLogic Forums

[Carl Martin]

Originally Posted by screwballl

Is that batch/bulk pricing though? if so we can add $100 on release and within 1-3 months it should be about $50 more than that.

According to x-bit's report, the pricing for the dual cores will be virtually the same as the present Conroes. Will the same apply to the Quads? Hope so.

It is very nice to see that Intel continues to pursue the price policy many of the computer users approve of: when the new processors are being offered at the same price point as the older ones, so that the old ones get ousted from the market in an evolutionary way. This time, Core 2 Duo E8500 came to replace Core 2 Duo E6850, Core 2 Duo E8400 steps in for the Core 2 Duo E6750, and Core 2 Duo E6550 gives way to Core 2 Duo E8200. In other words, those of you who will be shopping for new dual-core processors within the next few days will already be able to buy more advanced and higher-speed solutions at the same old price.

X-bit labs - Meet Intel Wolfdale: Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200 Processors Review (page 3)

Carl