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Quick sync is looking real awesome. Looking forward to the dual cores for a HTPC setup. Low power draw. Nice
Intel will only lower the price if it actually had competition and/or that particular model isn't one that sells. Core i5 2500K is a bestseller so I doubt we'll be seeing a price reduction anytime soon.So I'm wondering if this will lower the price of the 2500K?
So I'm wondering if this will lower the price of the 2500K?
Intel will only lower the price if it actually had competition and/or that particular model isn't one that sells. Core i5 2500K is a bestseller so I doubt we'll be seeing a price reduction anytime soon.
jesus christ, why do people keep asking this question? have they ever lowered prices on older chips? have they ever needed to do this?
Intel usually does not lower the price of the out-going SKUs. However, it's been quite some time since Intel launched a new architecture that was arguably competitive with the previous Uarch. Bulldozer doesn't help since were talking Intel versus Intel now. Core handily beat Prescot... Merom, Conroe, Penryn, Kentsfield, Wolfdale, Yorkfield, Nahelem, Sandy, and SB-E all pretty handily beat their predecessors (even if only by 5% both including/excluding overclocking). None were limited by temperature & design since Prescott. Excluding overclocking, Ivy meets the minimum 5% increase over Sandy; but IB-E is a long way off, and the thermals put a damper overclocking K SKUs this time around. We never heard the Q6600 was competitive with the E6400, or the E6400 was competitive with the P4, or the Q9650 competitive with the Q6600, or the i7-920 competitive with the Q9450, or the i7-2700K competitive with the i7-950, so on and so-forth. Folks still inquired about price-drops of out-going parts back then too. With i7-3770K versus i7-2700K things are different. 15 months have gone by, given overclocking we now have two equally competitive Uarchs. The i7-3960X beats them both, and IB-E is a ways out.
It could still be too early call it for either 22nm Ivy or 32nm Sandy. We'll have to see what the average stable overclocks end up at. If it indeed turns out to be 4.5-4.8 for Ivy and 4.6-5.1 for Sandy, then you're looking at a fairly level playing field. Equal enough that price becomes a determining factor in the decision on which one to get. Thus, why you're hearing questions about price drops on Sandy Bridge parts.
So I'm wondering if this will lower the price of the 2500K?
So I'm wondering if this will lower the price of the 2500K?
I'm not sure Intel prices its new chips based on how they overclock compared to the old ones.
Agreed. What was the reason for Ivy's price cut ahead of launch I wonder.
I think this question comes up because that is what Intel used to do. CPUs tended to be priced like a 'waterfall'. A new chip is released and is very expensive, but it gradually falls in price as newer models are introduced above it.
Intel no longer produces products like this (they refresh top to bottom), and so the 'waterfall' effect is no longer seen. But they were pricing this way a lot longer than they haven't, so it is still ingrained in people's minds. Similiar to people worrying about battery memory effect, which Li-ion batteries simply don't suffer from.
yeah i guess now that they dont have competition they dont have to jack up speeds anymore, so you dont get incrementally faster chips being released with "price cuts" on slower chips, although they never lowered prices on old platforms when new ones came out
Quick sync is looking real awesome. Looking forward to the dual cores for a HTPC setup. Low power draw. Nice
Lower operating costs from harvesting more chips from a single wafer compared to sandy bridge.
Similiar to people worrying about battery memory effect, which Li-ion batteries simply don't suffer from.
Has anyone actually bought a chip yet? I think I may be able to get one before sunday which would be nice.
Anyone know what the 3770k will cost in the UK? Speculation will do.