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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Joey Smith who wrote (32293)5/1/1998 10:17:00 PM
From: Adrian Wu  Read Replies (2) of 1574326
 
Joey,

This is not what Intel or AMD charge for these chips; these are prices that people would pay for them. The PIIs are selling lower because the market is flooded and inventory is high. There is a larger demand than supply for the K6-3D, hence the high prices. At one point late last year, the K6-233 was selling higher than the Pentium 233 at retail level for the same reason.
Besides, when you figure out the extra cost of a PII motherboard (at least $50), the savings for a K6-300 over a PII is considerable, considering the performance difference (negligible).

Adrian
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