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In my last post "Intel to drop prices of Quad-Core on July 22", Intel has planned to drop the price of Quad-cores and core 2 duos and will also release some more core 2 duo's of varying speed range. The good news is that Quad-core will become more affordable and the Core 2 Duo's will become cheap for the budget buyers who cannot afford the top of the line Quad-cores.

According to Intel's planned price cuts, by the end of July the new cpu prices are expected to drop as follows:
Core2 Duo E4400 2.00GHz:
From 5,500 ฿ -> to 4,500 ฿
Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz:
From 20,900 ฿ -> to 10,500 ฿
The expected price of new processors:
Core2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz-> 20,500 ฿
Core2 Duo E6850 3Ghz -> 10,500 ฿
Core2 Duo E6750 2.66Ghz -> 7,000 ฿
Core2 Duo E6550 2.33Ghz -> 6,500 ฿
Core2 Duo E6540 2.33Ghz -> 6,500 ฿
Core2 Duo E4500 2.2Ghz -> 5,000 ฿

Note: The prices above are not accurate and may vary, they are just approximations.

In the most updated plan, Intel Quad-Core Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz/4MB L2 x2/1066MHzFSB) will be further cut to $266, a second drop within 4 months since its release on March with 68.7% accumulated price drop. For the original price segment of Core 2 Quad Q6600, now it will be replaced by a new model Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz/4MB L2 x2/1066MHzFSB), pricing at $530.

For the mainstream desktop processors, while Core 2 Duo E6000 family has no price update information at this moment, its relatives, Core 2 Duo 6050 family which features 1333MHz FSB releasing on July 22, has got a very impressive price advantage. The 3 models including E6550 (2.33GHz), E6750 (2.66GHz), and E6850 (3GHz) are only priced at $266, $183, and $163, around 40% cheaper than its 1066MHz version. Together with the new release of Bearlake featuring 1333MHz FSB, the both releases are expected to have great sales.

For the Value segment, Core 2 Duo E4500 will be a new release on July 22. Featuring 2.2GHz clock speed, 2MB L2 Cache and 800MHz FSB, its price is set at $133, while E4400 will further drop to $113.

Source: HKEPC Hardware

My last post was about the latest graphic card that Nvidia released. Which is the most expensive graphic card currently available.
In Bangkok, the current price of XFX's Nvidia 8800 Ultra is 33,500 baht. This is almost 8000 baht more expensive than XFX's 8800 GTX which costs 25,900 baht.

Below is a list of XFX Nvidia's series 8 graphic card in Bangkok:
8500GT 256MB - 3,850 baht
8600GT XXX 256MB - 5,690 baht
8600GTS 256MB - 8,490 baht
8800GTS 320MB - 12,300 baht
8800GTS 640MB - 16,900 baht
8800GTX 768MB - 25,900 baht
8800Ultra 768 MB - 33,500 baht

On May,15th 2007, Nvidia released 8800 Ultra, the fastest graphics processing card unit. The new directx 10 card is faster than Nvidia's 8800 GTX previous fastest card by about 10-15%. The cards currently have a huge price tag of around $829.

The specifications of the 8800 Ultra at stock settings:
Core clock of 612MHz
Shader clock of 1500MHz
Memory clock of 2.16GHz.
768MB DDR3 with 384-Bit Memory interface
Links to review:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/05/02/nvidia_geforce_8800_ultra/1
http://www.i4u.com/full-review-223.html

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