Quote Originally Posted by Halk View Post
It's pretty much a fact that no matter how good or bad Bulldozer is, it will be priced exactly correctly to compete with Intel. The question we don't know is how far up Intel's range can it reach? Can it match the 2600K, can it match the 980X?

After that AMD will just price it so you get the normal slight advantage with AMD over Intel, and in the mainstream area people would be best buying AMD with discrete graphics, because it's more likely to have a bit of extra headroom for overclocking (Unless you buy the right stuff you can forget overclocking with Intel).

What matters to us is if AMD can get the performance crown from Intel, but we need to be sure we're not deluding ourselves into thinking it really matters to the world at large. All that matters is how cheaply AMD can make chips that match price/performance Intel's offerings. The cheaper they can do it the more money they'll make.
This is the most lucid statement I have seen made on the Intel/AMD S**T storm on the internet as of date.