Soleron on 11 November 2012
| Darc Requiem said: This isn't good for CPU prices. AMD becoming less and less relevant will give Intel little to no incentive to keep costs down. |
This has already happened.
Cheapest quad-core processor:
2007: Intel Q8400, $183
2012: Intel i5 2320, $177
Incidentally the Q8400 existed as a response to the Phenom II X4 940 being competitive. After that point, no AMD flagship ever was, and thus a whole $6 price drop for quad-cores beyond that.
