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AMD slashes prices, ships Athlon 64 4000+
Up to 50 per cent off
AMD today introduced the Athlon 64 4000+ and Athlon 64 FX-55, as anticipated, along with price cuts across the rest of its 64-bit desktop and desktop-replacement mobile CPU line-up.
The company also cut the prices of its mainstream Mobile Athlon 64 processors, and those of the XP-M chips. The latter saw a number of lower-end parts knocked off AMD's official price list.
Gone too is the Athlon 64 FX-53, replaced by the new, faster model. The FX-55 is available immediately, AMD said. The new Athlon 64 4000+ is clocked at 2.4GHz, like the existing 3800+, but gains a boost from its bigger L2 cache: 1MB to the 3800+'s 512KB. It too is a Socket 939 part. The 3700+ is also clocked to 2.4GHz and equipped with 1MB of L2, but its memory controller is single-channel to the 4000+'s 128-bit, dual-channel controller.
The FX-55 is clocked at 2.6GHz, up from the FX-53's 2.4GHz. ®
| AMD Desktop Chip Prices | |||
| Processor | Prev. Price | New Price | Change |
| Athlon 64 FX-55 | $827 | ||
| Athlon 64 4000+ | $729 | ||
| Athlon 64 3800+ | $643 | $643 | |
| Athlon 64 3700+ | $507 | $470 | -7.3% |
| Athlon 64 3500+ | $346 | $288 | -16.8% |
| Athlon 64 3400+ | $288 | $238 | -17.4% |
| Athlon 64 3200+ | $227 | $208 | -8.4% |
| Athlon 64 3000+ | $189 | $163 | -13.8% |
| Athlon 64 2800+ | $173 | $144 | -16.8% |
| Desktop Replacement Athlon 64 3700+ | $500 | $463 | -7.4% |
| Desktop Replacement Athlon 64 3400+ | $417 | $228 | -54.7% |
| Desktop Replacement Athlon 64 3200+ | $278 | $198 | -28.8% |
| Desktop Replacement Athlon 64 3000+ | $218 | $153 | -29.8% |
| AMD Mobile Chip Prices | |||
| Processor | Prev. Price | New Price | Change |
| Mainstream Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ | $432 | $243 | -43.7% |
| Mainstream Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ | $293 | $213 | -27.3% |
| Mainstream Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ | $233 | $168 | -27.9% |
| Mainstream Mobile Athlon 64 2800+ | $193 | $148 | -23.3% |
| AMD Athlon XP-M Chip Prices | |||
| Processor | Prev. Price | New Price | Change |
| Desktop Replacement Athlon XP-M 3000+ | $147 | $135 | -8.2% |
| Mainstream Athlon XP-M 3000+ | $150 | $138 | -8% |
| Mainstream Athlon XP-M 2800+ | $125 | ||
| Low-power Athlon XP-M 2200+ | $97 | $81 | -16.5% |
| Low-power Athlon XP-M 2100+ | $97 | $76 | -21.7% |
| Low-power Athlon XP-M 2000+ | $80 | $74 | -7.5% |
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