OldBuzzard

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BlueMak

Some times I think that AMD's best PR people work for their competitors.

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comp_ali

Is there a preorder bonus ? or maybe they will release DLC later /s

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BlueMak

I don't know about any bonus, but chances are it will come with Starfoce or Tages.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Necrosis

Pretty lame guess my next system will be AMD. It's a matter of principles.

IvanV

It depends how fair or how greedy Intel decides to be.

If a CPU is sold for a price that corresponds to it's out of the box performance, that's obviously okay. And if then there's a chance to pay $50 to turn it into a $50 more expensive model, that's not so unfair either. Low end CPUs are already commonly made from mid-range models by disabling some physically present units and this would make perfect sense for them.

On the other hand, if the disabling isn't done simply to fill an empty price point and if the user ends up paying full price of a piece of silicon yet being forced to add a premium over that to get all of it working, that's just disgusting.

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Tipstaff

If I could find one this would deserve an "epic fail" emote.

Oh wait... face palm.

Oh.. and because this is an epic fail.. double face palm.

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OldBuzzard

That is exactly why I've been using AMD CPUs exclusively (except 2 netbooks where there was no choice) since the K6-233 days.

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Optix

I wonder how long before the software becomes available via torrents for everybody to unlock their Pentium into a budget gamer's wet dream?

AMD has been allowing motherboard manufacturers to do this for years through the BIOS at little or no extra cost other than the technology of the chipset so it looks like it may be a money grab. $50 likely won't equal the performance boost you will get.

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kris23

someone is bound to hack this..........

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Robert McClelland

Welcome to good side of AMD Intel the Dark Side.

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brainless_beginner

i think intel will be misunderstood if not already

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Tyrsonswood

People will bitch.... and then buy it anyways. Then they will bitch that it didn't do much as far as speed goes.... but they will live with it.... until it overheats. Then they will bitch some more. All along Intel laughs all the way to the bank.


Are these guys taking lessons from Apple?

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blibbax

If they can afford to sell the better CPU at the lower price (which is what it turns out they are doing), why don't they just sell it unlocked in the first place to thrash the competition?

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IvanV

It's about maximizing the profit. Lowering the price reduces the profit on a per unit basis so it's only a good idea if the additional market share the price cut brings you makes up for that.

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blibbax

The problem, in short, is that Intel CPUs compete as much with other Intel CPUs as with anything else. More competition (as in not just one other firm) would see a very different playing field I think.

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