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Hi, I was wondering which AMD is comparable to a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz@800fsb? I feel like rooting for the little guy.
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c627627 said:
1. $83 free shipping Barton 2500+
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e_Code=M&Product_Code=120728&Category_Code=FS
(or $85 at more reliable newegg.com)
2. Still the cheapest guaranteed T-Bred B: $49 free shipping 1700+
http://www.gameve.com/store/gameve_viewitem.asp?idproduct=267
3. Although Newegg 1700+ are more often than not A's, you know what, I would now gamble on the $51 1800+ at newegg. They're shipping 1800+ DLT3C B's people report all over the place.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...343&manufactory=1028&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1
Originally posted by Mac:
Without a doubt and Creative should be panicking as it tries to figure out how it is going to survive. Consider that "Sound Blaster" has been the de facto standard for years and is the goose that lays the golden eggs for Creative. With the increasing appearance of quality sound being integrated into the motherboards, the Creative Labs we know is being seriously threatened.
Thus, we see the Audigy2 being priced at $130 which I believe is an attempt at niche marketing and "perceived" value. Which basically means, there is a certain market niche that will pay the $ for specific features. Or it sells on the premise that if it costs significantly more than other products, then it must be better. Abit has played the same game with its "power user" boards which omitted sound but still were priced at the high-end. However, the newer boards now have sound, lan... you name it.
To put it into perspective, consider that you can buy a complete retail motherboard, loaded, with excellent 6 channel sound for less than what the Audigy2 costs. Systems integrators have already moved on because the mass market doesn't care.
Once the cold economic reality sets in with the enthusiast crowd, Creative has to either drop its prices or it will be forced out of the mass sound card business because there isn't going to be one. I can see a very near future that unless you have unique specific sound requirements, a standalone sound card will become as irrelevant as the old I/O cards we used to put in our systems before parallel, serial and IDE ports were integrated into the motherboard.