A budget A64 called the 'X2 3800' which is said to be available at 350 US will be available in the coming months, the chip is expected to be clocked between 1.8 and 2ghz , have 512-1mb of cache per core and have performance matching the 3ghz/3.2ghz Pentium D dual cores . AMD will become a preferred choice for dual core systems , their multitasking performance matches and sometimes beats Intel chips without HT , they consume less power and emit less heat , and are much more overclockable .
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20050705235614.html Also , budget cards based on Geforce 7 are also in development , these cards may come in models with anywhere from 8 to 16 pipelines , and sell at the same price points as the 6600gt , 6800 . They will be based on either 90nm or 110 nm process , either of which will allow Nvidia to produce 16 and 12 pipe cards cheaper than currant 130nm based 6800s .
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