Quote Originally Posted by Opteron146 View Post
There are several reasons for holding it back:

a) Sales: Too much Phenom2 X4 & X6 inventory, AMD wants to sell it off first.
b) Marketing: Emphasize on the "high-end" 6core and 8core models, the FX4 might influence the image negatively, the prices are already quite "cheap".
c) Optimize ASPs: People who are interested in BD and waiting for it, should buy at least a more expensive FX6 and not a cheap FX4.
Well that's for sure one of the reasons they're holding back!!

A 1055T for U$S 195 and a 955 for U$S 146, those CPUs have never been as cheap as they are now here in Argentina, every AMD cpu had their prices cut... it seems like they're almost giving them away! I'm sure it's the same all over the world and especially there in the USA. I'm looking forward to october 13th! (or mid october, or whenever they decide to launch these new CPUs). My E7300 + P35-DS3P are quite overdue for a complete upgrade... that mobo is at least 5 years old, it got enough parts upgrades already...