AMD lowers prices on Phenom II X4 and X6 processors

It's not like they really had a choice. Bulldozer is official vaporware and sandy bridge is doing good despite the Sata issue.

Saw this the other day on Bulldozer. AMD reps are insisting there's no delay (of course). I'll believe it when I see it:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110122110646_AMD_Bulldozer_Not_Delayed_Says_Company.html

With a 955 for $135, you could build a very potent system for cheap. It's just a shame that's one of the few redeeming qualities left to buy an AMD cpu.

Looks like it's for real, newegg is already reflecting the new prices ... in fact the X6 1090T is listed at $199.

Agreed.... Running an AMD Phenom 965 at 4.1 now, I realise that its still nowhere close to even performing like my i5 760 on stock, let alone the OC to 4.2 Ghz.

I'm starting to lose a lot of confidence in AMD machines.

Why did you go from an i5 to a phenom II?

I'd assume, no, hope, the AMD is a second machine.

Probably the other way around considering the 760 came out ~11 months after the 965.

Yep, it is the second machine. Consider as well that the 970 and it's newer counterparts don't even match up to the i5 760 on steroids.

How so? 1155's have been pulled off the market... Don't see how you could think they are doing well. 700million dollar hit to revenue is not doing well, and they won't be back on the market until late february - early march from what I've read.

Every 6 series chipset on the planet has been recalled and replacements are expected in 6 weeks. No motherboards are being sold, all laptops have been recalled. With no chipset, there is no device that the processor can work in. Please do explain how this equates "doing well"

Princeton probably means- and I stand to be corrected...

Number of AM3r2 boards sold = 0
Number of LGA1155 boards sold = something less than 8 million....but somewhat more than 0

Of the boards sold, I haven't heard of anyone desperate to RMA their board. Have you?, Have you heard of any LGA1155 boards going belly up because of the chipset fault ?
If had to guess, I'd say that most people would be quite happy to use their board until they receive notification of their B3 step RMA replacement, so "With no chipset, there is no device that the processor can work in" sounds rather alarmist in the extreme...but then, that was the intention wasn't it.

So while the situation is very far from ideal, I doubt it ranks full-blown disaster status...unless of course you're some mean spirited AMD-centric forum member who delights in seeing misfortune strike Intel and the people who use their products. If you're not sure if this actually occurs please let me know...I'm sure I could dredge up some examples for you to compare.

Conversely, Princeton may have been referring to the generally positive reviews (both from tech sites and users) garnered by the CPU and the platform...Such as this one today for instance, or maybe this one

Can you please tell me where you read the reviews on the new bulldozer core. I would like to see the specs.

Still, $700 million for a recall is worse than "less ideal."

And besides, Princeton isn't an Intel lover. He's just an AMD basher.

So who's really surprised to see him say bad stuff about AMD anyway? I'm used to it already.

Asus to keep its Sandy Bridge MBs on market

http://www.fudzilla.com/motherboard/item/21746-asus-to-keep-its-sandy-bridge-mbs-on-market

It's nice to know you only skimmed over DBZ's post. I'll reiterate what I meant and what he so kindly elaborated on.

Regardless of the recall most people aren't rushing to bring in their new mobo. Also could you tell me of the fantastic bulldozer sale numbers to compete with sandy bridge's? Oh wait, there aren't any.

It MAY cost intel $700 million. That number is inflated to say that if everyone who bought a sandy bridge system brought it back it would cost them that much. It won't cost them that much because lots of people aren't going to care. Anyone using multiple drives is going to use them with SATA 6 exclusively. And honestly after 3 years, you should be looking towards upgrading anyways.

Uh that's the point. Bulldozer is non existent vaporware until AMD can demonstrate a production chip.

So you really think they are not working on anything new that could battle on the top with new procs?

Its like when Fermi was announced every fanboy out there was saying since day 1 "wait until fermi arrives" it was actually funny =P

Ok... I'll take your side and compete between last gen intel procesors and bulldozer, since bulldozer is non-existant then you are really an AMD basher whats the point in repeating that? And over and over again...

Had now been updated that they won't be continuing to sell their boards.

Thankfully I finally have some RMA info for my own Asus P8P67 Pro board...