AMD Just shot themselves in the foot!
With OC of an Intel averaging 1.47g, on a chip around $65 more - I see AMD not just taking a hit, but a crash.
The only single factor that truely kept AMD alive was the enthusiast, who OC'd! That's where their market was.....
No main stream businesses, as a whole (The big picture) use AMD! Yes, Dell et al are loading up AMD & these companies are also aiming @ the "stupid public market" to survive...ever see those TV ads? If that's their goal, then AMD needs new management.
It's 'nice' that AMD was around to take down Intel prices, otherwise we would be paying 500% more. But to take out their main buyers {OCers}, seems pretty stupid.
It was, I guess bound to happen one day -Just bought a Barton 2500+ week 42, will I ever buy another AMD -NOOOoooo, will I ever build another one..NOOooo! It's way slower than my Intel rig, way, way slower -But I liked to tinker, so now AMD takes the Tinker-Toy away?
By to AMD.
Now I guess, we will see an increase in Intel Prices, as they will swoop in and raise the price; as the obvious will happen ~AMD OC world will leave this chip & there will be a large dying off of dedicated AMD OC Forums, I mean there won't be any reason, right!
The lower Hrtz are simply not enough to compensate for the lower function vs Price with Intel. Thorton @2g, with a sniff for cache -Is the BEST AMD has to offer OR/ the 2.2g Barton. Not exactly a 3.2g chip, now -Is it, particulary if the OC is REMOVED and that 2.2g is NOT cheap either!!
AMD, really messed up on this one, bad PR.
Cheers