The next big price cut on Intel CPUs is slated for the 23rd of February, when the Pentium 4 3.0/3.06GHz chippies will drop from $637 to $590. Then, the 2.8GHz CPU will fall from $401 to $375, the 2.6/2.66GHz CPU from $305 to $241, the 2.53/2.5GHz Pentium 4 from $243 to $193, while the Pentium 2.4GHz and the 2.2GHz CPUs will enter the chip gulag.
When Intel launches its Pentium 4 3.20GHz CPU which will support 800MHz system buses, it will cost $637, but here Chipzilla will fork things by selling Pentium 4s in two ways. You will be able to buy bog standard 533MHz bus Pentium 4s at 3.06GHz, for example, at $401. But the 800MHz versions will sell for $417 at launch.
The 2.8GHz without hypethreading will cost $262, and with the 800MHz bus and HT will cost $278. The 2.66GHz with hypethreading/800 will cost $218 then – without it will cost $193. Intel won't offer a 2.53GHz Pentium 4 supporting the 800MHz front side bus and hypethreading.
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