According to some analysts, AMD is going to reduce Athlon XP prices in the near future. The supposition they made is based on the info we shared with you some time ago about a relatively significant price reduction planned by Intel for September 1. Judging by our own experience concerning the price-lists changes we dare assume that AMD will stick to the tradition of reducing the prices right after a corresponding move has been undertaken by Intel.

It’s true, if the official AMD price-list remains unchanged, then Athlon XP 2200+ costing (officially) $230 will compete with Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz after September 1, because its cost will drop down to $243. The slower Pentium 4 models will drop below $200. AMD is very unlikely to feel happy with these prices, because now Athlon XP 2200+ costs about the same with Intel Pentium 2 2.26GHz.

At the same time there are another facts proving the fact that there is new price reduction coming to AMD Athlon XP family. For instance, the marketing price of Athlon XP 2200+ (hereinafter I mean the USA market) dropped down by 20% during the last few days. Last week these CPUs were selling for $210 and today they are available for around $160.

Also AMD reduced the retail prices of the majority of its Athlon XP and Athlon MP CPUs. And this is true evidence that the retailers have got some info about the upcoming price reduction or are already getting these processors according to new price lists.

So, if you are planning to get an AMD Athlon XP CPU, I suggest taking your time and waiting a little bit for the prices to go down.