Zarathustra[H]
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Some of us were out here reminding people AMD was just like any other corporation, so why this would be surprising to anyone is a mystery.
AMD has worked very hard to cultivate an image of being the more reasonable friendly CPU company, but it is all a farce.
When they have been cheaper it has been because they had no other options but to compete on price. When they had the lead back in the early 2000's, they sold top end single and dual core Athlon 64's for over a thousand bucks, a price that was unheard of back then.
Just a few years earlier I had bought the fastest CPU money could buy for about $300.
The priciest from my recollection was the single core Athlon 64 FX-57, FX-60 and FX-62 which all had an an MSRP of $1031 but the dual core Athlon 64 X2 4800+ wasn't far behind at $1001.
Corrrected for inflation from mid 2005 to early 2006, this is ~$1,600 today.
If you think AMD is the enthusiasts friend, just look at 2005 CPU pricing to realize they certainly are not now and never were. They are a company like any other, and when they can, they will charge for their products.
Their "user friendly" open source approaches to Free-Sync, HBM and the like are really just done out of necessity.
All corporations are in it to maximize profits. AMD is no different.
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