I saw prices around $825 for the P4 3.2 EE. Still too close to the
$1,000 P4 3.4 EE.
The two prices I quoted were from
www.newegg.com, a nice handy shop
that I often use for quoting prices. I'm sure other spots might have
one chip or the other for a bit cheaper, particularly if you check the
Pricewatch bottom-feeders.
Imo the Athlon FX-51 is being discontinued since
the Athlon 64 3800+ is probably less expensive to make than the
FX-51, and seems to perform at least as well in almost all benchmarks.
Yeah, that's part of it too. Same deal goes for Intel's P4EE vs. P4
line. The 3.6GHz P4 beats out the 3.2GHz P4EE in most benchmarks but
is cheaper to produce and to sell. Since presumably this chip is
going to enter wide-scale production and availability soon, it makes
sense to discontinue the 3.2GHz P4EE.
With the prices and market segments for these Extreme Edition and FX
chips it really only makes sense to have a single, top-of-the-line
chip at any given time. Anything else is just too expensive and no
one is going to buy them.