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As expected, AMD rings in the next round of the processor price battle with Intel. In an effort to remain competitive, the company today slashed the prices of all desktop processors. In the strategically important field of socket AM2 CPUs, the drop averaged 47% - which may not be enough to retain overall price/performance leadership, according to TG Daily findings.

As street prices start to stabilize following discounts on Intel's Pentium D series, and AMD's Athlon FX and Athlon 64 X2 series, dual-core processors announced Monday, it's now clear that AMD is positioning its 64 X2s in very close alignment with Intel's 65 nm Pentium D 900 series. With updated data from PriceGrabber and Froogle gathered today, TG Daily now estimates that the four least expensive dual-core processors AMD now offers is sufficiently price competitive with the performance curve set by Intel.