En endnu billigere Athlon 64 er på vej på markedet, den får en rating på 2600+ og kører med en clockfrekvens på 1.6 GHz. Ellers er den identisk med Athlon 64 2800+, hvilket vil sige at den benytter Socket 754 interface og har 512 KB L2 cache. Med en pris under US$ 150, åbner Athlon 64 2600+ op for endnu billigere pc'ere med understøttelse for 64-bit.
ChannelTimes and AMDZone web-sites report that there is an even more affordable AMD64 chip coming in the way of the personal computer market: AMD Athlon 64 2600+. The latter should feature PGA754 packaging, 512KB of L2 and probably 1.60GHz clock-speed.
64-bit microprocessors priced at around $150 or less have all chances to become popular among end-users who are looking for some new and exciting hardware, but cannot easily afford a $400 or $700 CPUs, such as the Athlon 64 3400+ or Athlon 64 FX-53. System integrators should also be happy with the new flavour of AMD64, as their customers may be impressed by reasonably priced 64-bit systems. Læs mere på Xbit-Labs: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040526155902.html