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Intel to Cut Prices of its Desktop Processors by 15% in Response to Ryzen 3000

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Socket 939 was a dud? I guess my A64 Winchester and A64 X2 Venice that kicked Intel's ass were rubbish...
I didn't mean S939 was a dud. Indeed, that was the best one of the three sockets AMD had at the time. S940 was... not the best value for the price. S754 was marketed heavily enough for the first year of S939 and it wasn't clear which socket would win out. Basically a clusterfuck.
 
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Glad to see INTEL might be looking to cut prices for once but why would anyone buy Processors that require micro updates and patches to fix hardware level vulnerabilities at this point.
 
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me too.
I'd either go 9900k or 8086k if I were upgrading now.Could go for 9900 non-K too if I found one at killer price.


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Via ? are you talking now or two decades ago ?
also,nice way to greet "any" intel owners with you're "stupid enough" to buy it.though you're right,partially.seen people going with i5 7400 when 1600x was already out.but that's mostly ready made pc systems being pushed as first communion presents :roll:



Many would disagree,I'd agree but only up to a point.

Imo i7 9700k is the best Intel offer and the only one I would consider. 8 physical cores that require acceptable voltage for 4,9ghz all cores (1,2v to 1,26v). Great at productivity and high refresh gaming without needing a 100€ cooler and having crazy high power draw + temps.
 
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The CPU shortage as i understand is more in the mobile and laptop markets than the desktop.

No, it's everywhere!
But with 14nm offloading, moving chipsets to 22nm and amd selling like hot cakes = lower demand = price drops possible.
 
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Thanks AMD! But even with this % off I dont think a $800AUS 9900K is a good price compared to my $380 2700X some how :laugh:
 
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10-15% That’s not enough...
 
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Imo i7 9700k is the best Intel offer and the only one I would consider. 8 physical cores that require acceptable voltage for 4,9ghz all cores (1,2v to 1,26v). Great at productivity and high refresh gaming without needing a 100€ cooler and having crazy high power draw + temps.

Why do you always have to be full of nonsense everywhere you show your face? It doesn't help your credibility, in fact, it makes you look like a troll.

Take note of this vcore, and that is with -2AVX and a rigid LLC setting. A 'tiny' gap it seems between this and your wild claim, no?

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I think Intel got numbers wrong. Instead 51 they got 15%...

If they did that, then yeah they could stem the tide.
 
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Imo i7 9700k is the best Intel offer and the only one I would consider. 8 physical cores that require acceptable voltage for 4,9ghz all cores (1,2v to 1,26v). Great at productivity and high refresh gaming without needing a 100€ cooler and having crazy high power draw + temps.
but that's the thing about gaming,compare 9900k v. 9700k,the usage on 16t vs 8t is lower.It's like taking a 900nm car for a cruise around the town.
 
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Take note of this vcore, and that is with -2AVX and a rigid LLC setting. A 'tiny' gap it seems between this and your wild claim, no?

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Let's look at Intel's ark page for that CPU...
Weird, no VID specs listed. The reason for this is simple; Each die tested/binned/sold can have a varying voltage requirement. I don't know where that graphic is from, but it doesn't prove your point. And to be fair the vast majority of the last 3 generations of CPU's from Intel have had stock voltages under 1.3v, most of them them well under.
 
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Let's look at Intel's ark page for that CPU...
Weird, no VID specs listed. The reason for this is simple; Each die tested/binned/sold can have a varying voltage requirement. I don't know where that graphic is from, but it doesn't prove your point.
that's from silicon lottery,if they can't hit 1.2-1.26v on their bins then don't expect many 9700k's in the wild.
 
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siliconlottery.com

and stock all core boost for 9700k is 4.6ghz
 
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Oh you mean this one?;
How about this one?;
Or perhaps this one?;
And this one?;

Are we noticing a trend with each progressive page? While we see an increase of price, we also see an increase of voltage, meaning that to get to the promised performance levels, one is required to overvolt and OC. While not a problem for most, @Manu_PT 's point was that at stock(or near stock) voltages the CPU in question performs well and without using too much power. @Vayra86 's response was a bit harsh and not all that accurate. And the example offered certainly didn't make his point for him. In fact it kinda worked against that point..
 
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I hope this time people will say "Thank you AMD" and buy AMD, not say "Thank you AMD" and buy Intel. If they keep doing the latter, this period of high competition and great offerings of CPU models in the market, will not last more than 2 years.
 
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I hope this time people will say "Thank you AMD" and buy AMD, not say "Thank you AMD" and buy Intel. If they keep doing the latter, this period of high competition and great offerings of CPU models in the market, will not last more than 2 years.
Well, most people like the better performing chip and Coffee Lake will continue to dominate (Turd)Zen2 at thread parity and even below, especially in gaming (e.g I expect 9700k to still smash 3800x/3900x when both are OCed to the max)
 
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Well, most people like the better performing chip and Coffee Lake will continue to compete well against Zen2 at thread parity and even below, especially in gaming (e.g I expect 9700k to still compete with 3800x/3900x when both are OCed to the max)
Fixed your statement so it is less childish and fanboy-like. Take note for future.
 
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Oh you mean this one?;
How about this one?;
Or perhaps this one?;
And this one?;

Are we noticing a trend with each progressive page? While we see an increase of price, we also see an increase of voltage, meaning that to get to the promised performance levels, one is required to overvolt and OC. While not a problem for most, @Manu_PT 's point was that at stock(or near stock) voltages the CPU in question performs well and without using too much power. @Vayra86 's response was a bit harsh and not all that accurate. And the example offered certainly didn't make his point for him. In fact it kinda worked against that point..
no,he said 4.9,so not at stock.

Well, most people like the better performing chip and Coffee Lake will continue to dominate (Turd)Zen2 at thread parity and even below, especially in gaming (e.g I expect 9700k to still smash 3800x/3900x when both are OCed to the max)
Fixed your statement so it is less childish and fanboy-like. Take note for future.
let's both maybe wait for tests from gamersnexus before we do that,huh?
 
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Sure, we can wait, but all the telltale signs of what I said are already there - Zen2 barely matches CoffeeLake according to AMD's own claims...in Cinebench, lol! If we look at current chips that are roughly matched in it, we can see, that Intel wins in everything else and absolutely dominates in gaming. A good example is 2400g vs (non-k) 6700:
 
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I hope this time people will say "Thank you AMD" and buy AMD, not say "Thank you AMD" and buy Intel. If they keep doing the latter, this period of high competition and great offerings of CPU models in the market, will not last more than 2 years.
People should buy which ever product fits their needs the best at that time, for some that would be Intel, for others that would be AMD.

AMD have a huge fan base, and I expect them to sell well among custom builders. AMD's continued success is mostly dependent on themselves.
 
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First the price rises claiming shortage, now they "slash" prices... basically back to what they where?
 
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Manu_PT didn't say stock, I did. He said:

Which is not only possible but indeed likely.
you just looked at silicon lottery bins,the cherry picked ones require +1.3v for 4.9ghz
the hell is wrong with you?
 
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