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Lynnfield finally launches

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Drew:
Intel has, to their credit, kept prices extremely low for what has essentially been a one-horse race for the past three years. This most recent prop shows the same trend. I don't think they're stupid enough to risk the PR nightmare that is price fixing.

Sosseres:
They can't risk that PR nightmare while AMD is still hanging in there, a bit, most people don't need/want this processor until it is second/third generation. As soon as AMD is out of the picture they have no competition and as long as a decent PR image is retained it is all fine.

kureshii:

--- Quote from: Drew on September 10, 2009, 07:28:57 AM ---Intel has, to their credit, kept prices extremely low for what has essentially been a one-horse race for the past three years. This most recent prop shows the same trend. I don't think they're stupid enough to risk the PR nightmare that is price fixing.

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Intel might already be overpricing, but not in noticeable ways.

The i5s/i7s are only part of the Lynnfield equation. The P55 chipset is the other half. Guess how much it costs?

For those too lazy to click, let's quote some numbers:
P45 chipset: $40
ICH10R: $3
P55 chipset: $40

Prices look ok to you? If you're thinking "hmm, so we save $3 by moving to a new chipset", you're forgetting that the Lynnfield CPU is now both CPU and northbridge, and P55 is really only a tweaked ICH10R (or as some call it, ICH10.xR).

I don't know much about the semiconductor industry and commodity motherboard market, but $40 for a southbridge sounds outrageous to me.

The only justification I can think of for Intel doing this is to not cannibalise their Core 2 product line too quickly. It's hard to make definite statements without knowing what prices for AMD and Nvidia chipsets are like, but I sure hope Intel drops prices on the P55 when they're done dumping the Core 2 product line.

Thus far it seems like they think their better chip performance justifies their premium margin, if this keeps up, I won't be surprised to see an Intel monopoly again. Right now AMD is barely hanging in there with their Black Edition Phenom II X4s.

Arveene:
Here's some interesting updates. Waiting for a full article to make any conclusion. Like I saw in some of the comments, it'd be interesting to see what temps / power usage is at on the 3.8 OC'ed Lynnfields compared to the 3.8 Bloomfields.

Natheria:
From what Ive heard the stock fan on the Lynnfields are really crappy, not that you would probably want to OC to 3.8 with a stock fan anyway.

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