Nvidia Threatens to Become A Monopoly

[SickBeast]

Rollo Intel dedicates more die area to their iGPU than they do to the CPU portion.  It would be very simple for them to give us unlocked 8 core CPUs with no GPU for enthusiasts at the same price as the current K-series i5s.  Why don't they do it?  Because they are competing with themselves at this point.  If AMD had something more powerful then Intel would be forced to do something like this.

Again, you're thinking like a hobbyist who wants toys, not a business.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/cpus/

Between 6 and 8 core cpus you're talking about less than 2% of the market. Know why intel isn't selling 8 core cpus? Nobody buys more than 4 cores. 8 core CPUs probably have higher bad chip rates, and perhaps lower profit margins.

You're lucky I don't run intel, personally I think they're too generous selling unlocked CPUs. I'd lock them all build in overvolt reporting for returns.

For my part, I will NEVER get suckered into AMD advice like "The future is moar corez!" again. Threw away $1000 on that hex core chip and a $200 2500K is just as fast at anything I do.

My point is that Intel can do whatever they want at this point. They could even only offer dual cores and they would be fine. If AMD offered something faster than their quad cores, then they would be forced to offer cheap hexa and octa cores. Their monopoly status is the problem. You just don't get it. You just like arguing for the sake of arguing though, even if it's nonsense. I think you're probably only here to piss people off. You seem to enjoy it.