Intel's Affordable Quad-Core Chip for Desktops Due in Days

[Red nosed reindeer]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20061227115426.html

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If I remember correctly this is chip has two dual-cores on it. The true
quad core from Intel is scheduled for the first half of 2007 as is the true
quad core from AMD.

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

quad core from Intel is scheduled for the first half of 2007

but when will the prices of this chip fall?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Now how can I possibly know that?

but when will the prices of this chip fall?

 

[Daze N. Knights]

US$851 "affordable"? Not here, it isn't.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

C'mon, Colin. We count on you to know these things.

 

[Lang Murphy]

C'mon, Colin... standard answer is: when the next gen chip is released.
Right? Or maybe the second gen uptick... ??? Geez... you're right. LOL!

Lang

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

This looks like a great example of why one waits for the second release of
something. I think the pure quads will perform better (the cores won't have
to communicate at FSB speed) at about the same price.