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Intel may be set to drive down the price of its Core 2 Quad Q6600 four-core processor in Q2 2007, reducing what it charges volume buyers for the chip by up to 37.7 per cent, industry moles have claimed.
Intel has yet to announce the Q6600's launch price, but leaked information points to an entry price of $851, above the top-of-the-line Core 2 Duo but below the slightly faster quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700. But according to sources cited by DigiTimes, the Q6600's price will fall to $530 in Q2.
Earlier this week, it emerged that Intel is preparing to launch the Q6400 in Q3 2007, possibly in the $400-500 price range. The alleged Q6600 price cut puts the faster CPU's price in line with the Q6400's claimed price tag.
Intel will presumably be looking to tackle AMD's quad-core desktop launch, due mid-2007, but it's telling that even the chip giant doesn't appear to believed quad-core chips will take be big share of the market this year.
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Proposed price cut table:-
*www.techpowerup.com/img/06-12-19/core2pricecuts.PNG
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Any concrete ideas as to this will come into effect immediately this month onwards in India as well or does anyone have a tentative date of price cuts in India by Intel?If this price cut takes place then one may expect the prices of c2d E6300 & E6400 to come down to as low as Rs.7000 & Rs.9000 levels followed by mid range E6600 to come down to very competitive Rs.11000 - 12000 levels.
Also with the introduction of low range of C2D procs like E4300 & E4400 price of these being around Rs.4500 to Rs.5500 competition from Intel is all set to take over AMD....are we going to watch another series of price war between the two giants?I also believe that Nvidia is also planning a long awaited release of its complete 8xxx range of GeForce cards and we can expect some price cuts from Nvidia aswell.....DISCUSS.
Intel has yet to announce the Q6600's launch price, but leaked information points to an entry price of $851, above the top-of-the-line Core 2 Duo but below the slightly faster quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700. But according to sources cited by DigiTimes, the Q6600's price will fall to $530 in Q2.
Earlier this week, it emerged that Intel is preparing to launch the Q6400 in Q3 2007, possibly in the $400-500 price range. The alleged Q6600 price cut puts the faster CPU's price in line with the Q6400's claimed price tag.
Intel will presumably be looking to tackle AMD's quad-core desktop launch, due mid-2007, but it's telling that even the chip giant doesn't appear to believed quad-core chips will take be big share of the market this year.
^^^ Source
Proposed price cut table:-
*www.techpowerup.com/img/06-12-19/core2pricecuts.PNG
^^^ source
Any concrete ideas as to this will come into effect immediately this month onwards in India as well or does anyone have a tentative date of price cuts in India by Intel?If this price cut takes place then one may expect the prices of c2d E6300 & E6400 to come down to as low as Rs.7000 & Rs.9000 levels followed by mid range E6600 to come down to very competitive Rs.11000 - 12000 levels.
Also with the introduction of low range of C2D procs like E4300 & E4400 price of these being around Rs.4500 to Rs.5500 competition from Intel is all set to take over AMD....are we going to watch another series of price war between the two giants?I also believe that Nvidia is also planning a long awaited release of its complete 8xxx range of GeForce cards and we can expect some price cuts from Nvidia aswell.....DISCUSS.
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