BlueBlazer
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From this Sandy Bridge Cinebench and WPrime Performance, anyone can easily see how much overclock required for Core i7 2600K to match the performance of Core i7 970 ($600) to Core i7 990X ($999). Not bad for a CPU that costs 50% to 30% the price of those 6-core beasts. Will appeal to those looking for (extremely) low cost workstation machine (for 3D rendering, engineering, HPC stuff, etc). It would certainly grab some sales away from the 6-core beasts. And you're correct, the caveat is that Core i7 990X is seriously a beast which can be overclocked as well. In its overclocked state, not even the overclocked Core i7 2600K can touch it.Its a recent article, but who knows. They are an very good site though. Easily one of top 3-4 tech sites. Probably a mis statement I would assume. I would be shocked if AMDs new cpus overtook a 990X out the gate. Ther are only few things the 2600K is better at than the 990X, but 990 is seriously a top notch cpu all-around.
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IMHO the prices are set after they have evaluated the actual performance, unless of course there is no one else to compete with them (like how Intel is charging prices of CPUs that have no competition, such as Core i7 990X). :hmm:Most likely yes. They set their prices based on decisions made before the actual performance of the chip is even known. Companies have to push their ASPs higher. It takes a relatively long time. If BD is a smashing success then BD2 is where you will see the higher ASP.
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