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Anusha said:Dunno who to believe.
I guess best thing to do is, WAIT! If you already have a C2D or a C2Q, don't bother upgrading for sometime.
I'm planning to get my self a Phenom II.. Waiting till AM3 motherboards to come out... Price wise Core i7 920 & Phenom II 940 pretty similar... To me going for a Phenom II is better... And also I'm hoping by the time AM3 motherboards comes out Phenom II & DDR3 RAM prices will drop..
I don't see what you're so pissed off about.fallenzeraphine said:
I know that the more competition in the market, the better for us consumers. I was just giving my opinion on which processor I think is best (the 965 still is the best), everyone is entitled to his/her opinion and I don't give a fuck whether you agree or not.
For AMD being considered a joke, I wasn't being completely serious when I said that. I'm just happy to see AMD giving Intel some good competition finally.
You seriously need to get off your high horse and stop acting so high and mighty.
Look at this article at TPU, hmmm we will not see cheap DDR3 very soon 
Intel and AMD Postpone 100% DDR3 Transition
Leading CPU makers Intel and AMD have adopted memory standards in fairly quick succession in the past. This however, doesn't seem to be the case with DDR3. AMD is yet to release a CPU that supports DDR3 memory, and is two years behind Intel with its DDR3 implementation plans. Intel on the other hand has managed 100% DDR3 dependency with only its premium Core i7 platform, with DDR3 not completely replacing DDR2 in any of its mainstream or value lineups.
Market factors, namely the DRAM manufacturing industry, are increasingly posing difficulties to CPU makers to bring DDR3 memory at a consumer-friendly price point. With manufacturing costs refusing to come down and the Core i7 not able generate the expected demand that justifies selling triple channel kits at sub-$100 price-points, CPU makers are rethinking their large-scale DDR3 standard transition plans for their entire lineups. Intel on its part is contemplating on postponing its 5-series mainstream platform for the Intel Core i5 series processors. AMD on the other hand, is still struggling with technical difficulties in achieving stability and compatibility with DDR3 memory on its DDR3-supportive memory controllers the upcoming AM3-socket CPUs come with. So the company is also unlikely to transition to DDR3 until it is able to come out with a workable BIOS, sources add. It could be as long as 2010 by when a 100% industry-wide implementation of DDR3 can take place.
Intel and AMD Postpone 100% DDR3 Transition
Leading CPU makers Intel and AMD have adopted memory standards in fairly quick succession in the past. This however, doesn't seem to be the case with DDR3. AMD is yet to release a CPU that supports DDR3 memory, and is two years behind Intel with its DDR3 implementation plans. Intel on the other hand has managed 100% DDR3 dependency with only its premium Core i7 platform, with DDR3 not completely replacing DDR2 in any of its mainstream or value lineups.
Market factors, namely the DRAM manufacturing industry, are increasingly posing difficulties to CPU makers to bring DDR3 memory at a consumer-friendly price point. With manufacturing costs refusing to come down and the Core i7 not able generate the expected demand that justifies selling triple channel kits at sub-$100 price-points, CPU makers are rethinking their large-scale DDR3 standard transition plans for their entire lineups. Intel on its part is contemplating on postponing its 5-series mainstream platform for the Intel Core i5 series processors. AMD on the other hand, is still struggling with technical difficulties in achieving stability and compatibility with DDR3 memory on its DDR3-supportive memory controllers the upcoming AM3-socket CPUs come with. So the company is also unlikely to transition to DDR3 until it is able to come out with a workable BIOS, sources add. It could be as long as 2010 by when a 100% industry-wide implementation of DDR3 can take place.
That sucks, but I'm pretty sure this will FORCE the memory companies to find some way to reduce prices which is a good thing for us 
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BTW, there are cheap sticks of DDR3 available. I think the price problem only comes in if you go for very high end stuff.
Newegg has some decent 2x1GB kits for around $50, i think that's pretty reasonable.
.BTW, there are cheap sticks of DDR3 available. I think the price problem only comes in if you go for very high end stuff.
Newegg has some decent 2x1GB kits for around $50, i think that's pretty reasonable
.kamalmawa said:Got my hands on Phenom II CPUs todays in Australia...
Core i7 920(2.66GHz, L2-Cache 4*256kb, L3-Cache 8Mb) - $475(Rs.35,984/=)
Core i7 940(2.93GHz, L2-Cache 4*256kb, L3-Cache 8Mb) - $959(Rs.72,651/=)
Phenom II 920(2.8GHz, L2-Cache 4*512kb, L3-Cache 6Mb) - $428(Rs.32,424/=)
Phenom II 940(3.0GHz, L2-Cache 4*512kb, L3-Cache 6Mb) - $489(Rs.37,045/=)
Calculated according to todays currency rate 1AUD = 75.7566LKR
Phenom II prices went down... New prices are Phenom II 920 $369 and Phenom II 940-Black Edition $429....
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