Pentium 4 3.2Ghz Released

[Jonty]

Hi guys

The last in a good line of processors was officially released today: the Pentium 4 (Revision C) 3.2Ghz. As The Inquirer states, this is likely to be the last Pentium 4 chip before the Prescott ('Pentium 5') chip launches later this year.

There are already many reviews out on the net, which seem to indicate that this is a fabulous chip, one which should cause AMD to have a long, hard think, but a chip which is currently priced out of the market at over $700 United States Dollars (USD).

Here's a nice little piece from the TechReport . . .

TechReport
Clearly, Intel has the upper hand right now in desktop processors, and the situation doesn't seem likely to change until, perhaps, when AMD delivers its new Athlon 64 processor this fall.

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Right now, the Pentium 4 3.2GHz doesn't look like much of a value ... Preliminary listings at online vendors currently show the P4 3.2GHz somewhere north of $700 ... By contrast, the Pentium 4 3.0GHz is hovering around $400 ... reserve the right to mock you for paying $300 for an extra 200MHz.

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Those prices indicate a bit of trouble for AMD. The Pentium 4 2.8GHz generally matches or outperforms the Athlon XP 3200+, and the P4 2.8GHz is selling for around $275, or over $160 less than the 3200+. Unless AMD recognizes that its ratings system has been blown up by advances in Pentium 4 clock-for-clock performance and lowers prices accordingly, the question for many PC enthusiasts may no longer be whether to buy an Intel or AMD, but simply which Pentium 4 chip to buy.

Kind Regards

 

[Testin da Cable]

I'd not mind a dual 2.8Ghz. better wait till the pV is in full release though yep, I'm cheap like that

 

[Jonty]

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
I'd not mind a dual 2.8Ghz. better wait till the pV is in full release though yep, I'm cheap like that

hehe, don't put yourself down, it just means you have more sense than money, rather than the other way round

Kind Regards

Edit ~ Not that people who do buy one of these chips have more money than sense, I mean ... you know what I mean