We already informed, that processors Athlon 64 X2 3600 + Socket AM2 have appeared in price-lists in the order of $150. Users have started to compare cost of this processor to most close offer by name Athlon 64 X2 3800 +, and have come to conclusion, that the last one can be found at the price of $155-170. Processor Athlon 64 X2 3800 + thus offer greater cache volume of - 2 Г€ 512 KB against 2 Г€ 256 KB for the new processor Athlon 64 X2 3600 +. Many user under this reasonable price would prefer to buy the Athlon 64 X2 3800 +.
Here it is necessary to note , that architecture K8 in performance language responds on increase of frequency, instead of increase of cache volume . If the difference in price between Athlon 64 X2 3800 + and Athlon 64 X2 3600 + was more convincing many users for certain would prefer the second as both of the processor work on identical frequency of 2.0 GHz, differing only in the cache volume .
It is necessary to tell,that the discontent is overestimated by processor Athlon 64 X2 3600 + . The difference in price makes less than 7 %, or $11 in money terms. Really, many enthusiasts at such insignificant difference in the price will prefer to buy processor Athlon 64 X2 3800 + with 2 Г€ 512 KB cache
we hope that AMD in the future will reduce the price of the Athlon 64 X2 3600 +. As we could be convinced, in this half-year AMD is ready to increase the manufacture volumes of dual core processors Socket AM2. It is possible to assume, that the cost price of manufacture as a result will decrease. By some estimations, for younger model Athlon 64 X2 the range $110-120 is ideal. Probably, real cost of processor Athlon 64 X2 3600 + will feat in this price range niche or there will be cheaper model.