In anticipation of its quad-core chips leaving the factory floor next month, AMD is cutting prices off its desktop processors.
According to the new price list, all Athlon 64 X2 processors will be priced at under US$200 (S$303.63), with the high-end FX series going for US$599 (S$909.28) a pair. The FX chips are dual-core processors used on AMD's Quad FX platform to give quad-core performance. Strangely enough, The Athlon 64 FX-74 and FX-72 cost the same despite the disparity in clockspeeds. The slower 2.6GHz FX-70 and FX-62 (dual-core platform only) are also missing from the new list.
| Processor | Price |
| Athlon 64 FX-74 (3.0GHz) | US$599 (S$909.28) a pair |
| Athlon 64 FX-72 (2.8GHz) | US$599 (S$909.28) a pair |
| Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz) | US$178 (S$270.20) |
| Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz) | US$157 (S$238.33) |
| Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2.6GHz) | US$136 (S$206.45) |
| Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6GHz) | US$125 (S$189.75) |
| Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (2.5GHz) | US$115 (S$174.57) |
| Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz) | US$94 (S$142.69) |
| Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2GHz; 65W) | US$83 (S$125.99) |
| Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2GHz; 89W and 65W) | US$89 (S$135.10) |
| Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) | US$73 (S$110.81) |