Worst case scenario is usually the correct one, remember any paper launches are worthless to me. Not interested until the actual product hits retail. I usually give products a couple of months after retail just incase there is any serious issues (like sandybridge mobos). I wasnt going to with BD but after this i suspect i may change my mind...
I'll wait for the result of the news conference before I get really mad then!Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
If it is being delayed then I'll have to decide whether to get an AM3 board for now or risk one of the new AM3+ boards for the nice new Phenom 955 I have sat here doing nothing.
The AM3+ motherboards don't seem to be priced any higher than their AM3 counterparts:
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...00+Chipset%29/
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...+AM3%2B+Ready/
But will those pre order boards now be released if Bulldozer is being delayed?
I think I like the idea of an older 8 series board with an AM3+ socket more anyway so maybe not an issue but there's not too many of these around in stock at the moment.
My Boss is in Texas,
When trying to source BD CPU's in the USA, He has been informed that many of the mobo's are on hold & BD realease will not be until end of Q3.
Hope this turns out not to be true.
Will comfirm his source & were he tried in next telephone call.
"wait & see answers are really starting to P*** me off"
Anybody got a spare i7
Because they're the same!
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
They have SLI and AFAIK they have better power regulation(for whenever AMD release Bulldozer) out of the box.Because they're the same!
However,the MSI 990FXA-GD65 which costs £115 has SLI and Crossfire and a pair of PCI-E 2.0 16X slots.
yah no sli. Basically I think it's getting to the stage that if you actually need a new build go for a sandy bridge, bit unfortunate but it's not exactly a bad chip! By the time bulldozer get's here we'll all be saying 3d transistor ivy bridge is only 1q away
I have summarised the recent leaks.
So basically we have three launch dates now:
1.)July
2.)August
3.)September
On top of this some sources are only talking about B0 silicon,others about B0 and B1 silicon and others about B2 silicon.
So this can be one of five things:
1.)Bulldozer is delayed
2.)Bulldozer is not delayed as all the slides regarding the launch dates were fake
3.)AMD is spreading disinformation. You can see this with their graphics cards before launch
4.)Intel is spreading disinformation to deflect attention from its delay of Ivy Bridge
5.)Journalists making up crap to get more hits for their websites
Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 31-05-2011 at 06:29 PM.
Relax guys we will find out 2moroand CAT I think it is 3,4 and 5 maybe, that is why we have 3 launch dates
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It seems AMD says Bulldozer will still be released this summer:
http://translate.google.com/translat...F10996558.html
Looks like the delays are true.
2-3 months delay.... jeez
Might buy the chipset and drop a cheapo quad phenom in there, spread the cost a bit.
Haha!
So no wonder July,August and September were release dates.
I officially call this an AMD fail!!
Funnily there is a picture of Trinity:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4393/c...ision-branding
According to Anandtech the B1 processors are easily hitting 3.8GHZ:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4389/c...o-motherboards
Supposedly at 3.8GHZ it did not give the performance AMD wanted!
So either Bulldozer needs very high frequencies to perform well or AMD is trying to target the lower end Sandy Bridge E processors.
It seems that Toms Hardware was correct as they talked about B0 processors only.
Is the 3.8Ghz turbo speeds?
Supposedly,this is the stock clockspeed.
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