AMD - Bulldozer Chitchat

[badass]

It appears my comparison to an i5 was indeed unfair
http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/i...-listed-priced
Looks like the top of the line A8-3850 will cost a similar amount to an i3 2120.
I think it's fair to say that it is now in a position where the CPU trades blows with the intel one (slower single threaded, faster multi threaded) but its GPU is in a completely different game, let alone league.
Is there any info out there about support for socket FM1? i.e. anything about support for future processors such as Trinity.
The reason I ask is that IMHO right now the chip will be great for mid range gaming in an HTPC but a 50% speed bump will buy it another 2-3 years of mid range gaming. No discreet card, nor RAM replacement etc necessary.

[watercooled]

It's not really possible to say now obviously but I can see FM1 being physically compatible with Trinity, maybe through a BIOS update (think AM2/+ AM3/+)? Unless they add another memory channel or something, that is.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It appears my comparison to an i5 was indeed unfair
http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/i...-listed-priced
Looks like the top of the line A8-3850 will cost a similar amount to an i3 2120.
I think it's fair to say that it is now in a position where the CPU trades blows with the intel one (slower single threaded, faster multi threaded) but its GPU is in a completely different game, let alone league.
Is there any info out there about support for socket FM1? i.e. anything about support for future processors such as Trinity.
The reason I ask is that IMHO right now the chip will be great for mid range gaming in an HTPC but a 50% speed bump will buy it another 2-3 years of mid range gaming. No discreet card, nor RAM replacement etc necessary.

A8 Llano on Aria for £105 - pre-order.

Remember,that if you add an HD6500 or HD6600 series discrete card this can work in Crossfire with the HD6500 series IGPs.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It looks like CyberLink has made some APU specific optimisations for their products:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...5571&Itemid=47

[Biscuit]

its a shame their products are sooooooooo bad!

[watercooled]

It's a pity more open source software doesn't make more use of GPGPU, maybe both Nvidia and AMD moving to more compute-friendly architectures will help...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

HardOCP is going to preview Bulldozer on the 16th of July:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1612784

[Biscuit]

HardOCP is going to preview Bulldozer on the 16th of July:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1612784

i hope they publish some actual benchmarks n stuff!

[dfour]

almost makes me wish I was a redneck so i could get there easily

[Doherz]

Yeah benches would be nice but the whole "unannounced" stuff is actually more interesting to me now seeing as I've practically consigned myself to waiting till September now.

[bigizzman]

If it out preforms my soon to be OC 990x I'll take it out, apologize to all BD fan boys, then shoot my 990x

[dfour]

If it out preforms my soon to be OC 990x I'll take it out, apologize to all BD fan boys, then shoot my 990x

Now that I would have to see

[scaryjim]

Hmmm, where have Aria got their chips and prices from? A6-3650 for £90? So a 2.6GHz quad with, effectively, a HD5550 graphics card - not too shabby. Shame they don't have any of the 65W processors available yet though...

Motherboards, on the other hand, are looking at a premium: their cheapest FM1 pre-order board is £80. Still, add 4GB of DDR3-1600 and you've got a reasonable base system for £210...

[rob4001]

Is there a release date as such? I want to build an HTPC from the new AMD chips, maybe A4 or A6.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Is there a release date as such? I want to build an HTPC from the new AMD chips, maybe A4 or A6.

Supposedly the 30th of June.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...lldozer-server