I thought AMD was cheap?

[LORD-eX-Bu]

Bahahah! $580 for a Barton 3000+ lmao! Thats as bad as Intel with their 3.06 Ghz P4! lmao! :clap: :jumping:

[volt]

Maybe, but that's how all new CPU's are priced :)
Wait one week and it's under 500 I bet :)

[StealthHawk]

extra cache man, it ain't cheap.

[SavagePaladin]

The new AMD procs are definitely no longer cheap :(

I'm sure I'll live though. If they can improve that like they have in the past, I'll be good.

Bartons, on the other hand, I suspect will always be a bit expensive. Extra cache is quite a die size increase.

and I don't know if they have heat shields now or not...

[LORD-eX-Bu]

Originally posted by SavagePaladin
and I don't know if they have heat shields now or not...

they should, if they don't, they haven't been paying attention ;)

[Harnagel]

If by shields you mean a heat spreader, no they don't.

[SavagePaladin]

OK. Guess we'll have to wait for Hammers for that then

[ReDeeMeR]

But Bartons have more total cache now hehe ;) (512L2 + 128L1 vs P4's 512L2+64L1) , plus the "barton" based XP3000+ is same speed as normal 2800+ now is, so even with 2700+ literaly owning 3Ghz P4,
Barton XP3000+ with more cache will surely be even faster and where I live we have AMD's somewhat cheaper hehe :D plus on pricewatch: $629 Pentium 4 3.06GHz lol and it shows an arrow up(wtf).

The prob comes proly same as with XP2600-2800, "availability"
And these early barts dont are still using 166fsb.

[Gator]

Originally posted by [eNv]-LORD-eX-Bu
...I thought AMD was cheap? ...

They are cheap up until a certain point. AMD's 1500 - 2100 is a pricepoint that can't be beat! It's a great deal. But there higher up CPU's start getting expensive unfortunetly. However AMD motherboards are generally more affordable than Intel ones, so it all balances out I think
:D

[Riptide]

Originally posted by ReDeeMeR
But Bartons have more total cache now hehe ;) (512L2 + 128L1 vs P4's 512L2+64L1) , plus the "barton" based XP3000+ is same speed as normal 2800+ now is, so even with 2700+ literaly owning 3Ghz P4,
Yeah, the 2700+ "literally owns" the 3ghz P4. NOT!!!!

At it again with that exagerrated verbage eh ReDeeMeR?
:rolleyes:

[ReDeeMeR]

Originally posted by Riptide
Yeah, the 2700+ "literally owns" the 3ghz P4. NOT!!!!

At it again with that exagerrated verbage eh ReDeeMeR?
:rolleyes:

lmao, dont want to accept it dont you eh? It does own it, go see the benchmarks, NEXT!

[stncttr908]

The good old Intel fanboys vs. AMD fanboys threads... :afro2:

I'll just buy what gives me the best cost/performance ratio, and usually that's AMD it seems.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

lol, sure man, take a look a the expected and current prices :D

[Riptide]

Originally posted by ReDeeMeR
lmao, dont want to accept it dont you eh? It does own it, go see the benchmarks, NEXT!
I have seen the benchmarks, and no, it's not ownage by any stretch except perhaps your imagination. Faster perhaps, but definitely not ownage. Please drive through...:rolleyes: