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Overpriced? Where? At least here in Australia I can get a Phenom Quad for around $200 (the ecenomy currently being the way it is that's a steal), whereas the cheapest Intel quad (Q6600) costs anywhere from $300 up to $400 in more expensive shops, Q9xxx series CPUs usually start from around $400. In general, all the Phenoms I've seen are more reasonably priced than their Intel equivalents. I haven't kept up with the US/newegg prices but last time I checked, AMD CPUs very were reasonably priced, especially in the budget sector.
Performance-wise Phenom II won't beat Core i7, that's for sure, performance/price is the name of the game here. However, Denebs do outperform Yorkfields, so that's some great progress they're making there regardless.
On newegg.com the Q6600 is about $20 bucks more than the Phenom 9950. And from what I have read, the Q6600 is far better than any AMD Phenom so far released and it doesn't cost that much more here in the good old US of A. However the budget Athlons are quite a steal.
Even the Core i7 920 (not overclocked) is reportedly ourperforming the Yorkfield Quads that are overclocked. So if the Phenoms IIs are as good as people say, they should be about as good as the Core i7's. Oh, by the way. I find it interesting that the new Core i7 920 is currently $25 cheaper than the Q9550 Yorkfield and It is said to be sooooooo muxh faster. I guess it's just the way tech flows.