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    INTEL-ONLY COMPUTER SELLER Dell is offering AMD Opteron processors for sale.
    The direct-seller isn't building PCs around these chips yet. But the pressure's mounting.


    UPDATE
    Spookily, the Opteron link has been downed. It was on a state government ordering page, where, maybe Dell thought Intel might not notice.

    Anyhow, it's 7.30pm in the UK now and I should be settling down to watch Arsenal stuff Chelsea.

    Shall we see how long it takes Dell to bork this link to an "ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES AthlonXP 3200 plus PIB Barton 400FSB", which they're offering for just $231.58?


  • #2
    Dell was quoted saying that AMD products were coming ... where's the shock?

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    • #3
      i posted a link ages ago... on AMD Opteron server, and its pretty well know... I don't think Intel can do anything about it.

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      • #4
        I have a feeling that this came with Intel's permission.

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        • #5
          I have a feeling this might not happen after all...as Intel readies it's AMD64 chips...can you say Q2?

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          • #6
            Bloody Arsenal drew the fvcking match. Grrrr.
            [size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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            • #7
              As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings
              [size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
              Ryzen: Asrock B450M Pro4, Ryzen 5 2600, 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4 PC4-25600 RAM, 1TB Seagate SATA HD, 256GB myDigital PCIEx4 M.2 SSD, Samsung LI24T350FHNXZA 24" HDMI LED monitor, Klipsch Promedia 4.2 400, Win11
              Home: M1 Mac Mini 8GB 256GB
              Surgery: HP Stream 200-010 Mini Desktop,Intel Celeron 2957U Processor, 6 GB RAM, ADATA 128 GB SSD, Win 10 home ver 22H2
              Frontdesk: Beelink T4 8GB

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              • #8
                Check this, a "misunderstanding" ?

                [size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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                Home: M1 Mac Mini 8GB 256GB
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DentyCracker
                  As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings
                  Except that Dell gets *HUGE* discounts from Intel for selling Intel exclusively.
                  Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DentyCracker
                    As soon as it makes economic sense to sell AMD stuff, Dell will be doing it. As long as Dell feels it can sell the machines and not have to do a lot of tech support, it will. I predict they will use AMD or SiS chipsets in their initial AMD offerings
                    It was economically sensible for Dell to offer AMD CPUs for the past 4 or 5 years now.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DentyCracker
                      Check this, a "misunderstanding" ?

                      http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5178...l?tag=nefd_top
                      ah-ha.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Kooldino
                        It was economically sensible for Dell to offer AMD CPUs for the past 4 or 5 years now.
                        Not with the deals they were getting from Intel. I've seen those deals - I wouldn't have been selling AMD either.
                        Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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