Core 2 Duo Costs Less Now
Techtree News Staff, Jul 22, 2008 1500 hrs IST
The price cuts for Core 2 Duo seem to be aimed at creating more headroom for the Core 2 Quad series.
Last week, Intel announced price cuts on its Core 2 Duo range of processors, making them even more affordable. According to ExtremeTech, the top-end E8500 now costs $183. That is a massive 31% drop in price. The E8400 too is priced at $183, which could mean that efforts are on to gradually phase out the model.
At the lower end of the spectrum, the E7200's price has been slashed to $113, which brings it within the price range of E4600 and the E4500.
The motivation behind these price cuts seems to be to allow more headroom for the Core 2 Quad series. The cheapest member of the Core 2 Quad family, the Q6600, has been given a 14% price slash.
Apart from these, the server-end processors from the Xeon line also witnessed some price cuts.
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is there any price drop in India?
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