AMD Shanghai/Deneb Review Thread

[Hornet331]

the graphs are misleading as usual, but it is probably the price range they are aiming at...

that would mean Intel need to drop the q9550 price by about 20% to regain the possible price/performance ratio? not including power consumption since this is still unknown and known board prices but is often forgotten in comparison.

I dont know, maybe intel thinks they dont need to drop prices.

Take a look around, how many guys already have 45nm quad ready 775 boards here.

When the 940 is ~225€ (incl tax) you still need a board for the PII. A decent 790GX board is ~100€ which would put the whole package to ~325€.

A Q9550 is ~290€, so its cheaper to just drop in a Q9950 into a 775s board then to buy a 940 and a board.

The only people that really benefit from the 940 are the quys that already have a AM2(+) board or come from older platfroms (S939 or 775 not compatible with Quads) or buy a whole new pc.