Originally Posted by Steve B
not to mention a retail price of $999. More than double the price of conroe...?
More like the same price as the conroe extreme edition. Extreme edition and FX chips are set apart from the rest as you get no multiplier lock, the best binned parts etc. Whether the FX is competative with the EE conroe, or indeed other conroe members is another matter. The pentium 4 EE's weren't especially competative with the AMD solutions, so the shoe is likely to just be on the other foot for a while. *Shrugs* it swaps around all the time.