Is Intel Bailing Out AMD?
Is Intel Bailing Out AMD? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Thursday, 20 November 2008 17:01

Overclockers asks if Intel is bailing out AMD by not ramping their Core i7 fast enough.

Of course, AMD has to price them right, which in AMDland means they have to be able to make sizable quantities of them. We'll find that out when we get initial pricing. If they can't make many, they'll price them sky high and milk the most out of meager production. But if they can, we'll see Penryn-like pricing, and if that's the case, I think AMD will have its first winner in a long time on its hands, both in the OEM market and, if they can overclock decently, even in the enthusiast market. Not like AMD is going to take over the world or anything, but when you have the enemy flat on his back, you shouldn't let him get back on his feet just to make a relative handful of extra dollars. nVidia made that mistake, and Intel looks like they're going to repeat it.

And we now know what we are looking at for overclocking.



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