AMD - Bulldozer Chitchat

[bigizzman]

My boss was in Texas & was told they wouldn't see them this side of September, I'm sorry I don't have the shop details.
There has been info on here stating it could be 30,60 or 90 days

[bigizzman]

Not sure if it's beem posted b4, but still worth a look
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...processor.aspx

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...-revealed.aspx

[Hicks12]

if thats right then it could be £240 for an 8core cpu clocked at 3.8ghz! I hope thats right or its even cheaper as that is bloody good pricing, although time will tell if bulldozer can compete clock for clock against i5/i7



edit: really silly question but what ram is bulldozer expected to use? dual channel/triple channel ddr3? i keep seeing deals pop up for ddr3 so im thinking about purchasing some now while i wait for bulldozer in a few months.

[Biscuit]

dual channel DDR3, you can check if you have a look at the 990FX motherboards which are on scan and such

[Domestic_Ginger]

Should be dual upto 1833mhz?

The motherboards are out. Unfortunately the reviews of the 9xx chipsets seem to say they are exactly the same as the 8xx.

EDIT; Beaten by the B!!!

[Terbinator]

THe only 'real' difference is the 990's officially do SLI.

[Hicks12]

ah yes totally forgot about the new motherboards , i will start my search for high end ram!
Thankyou .

edit: i just had a look over the new boards as theres one thing i missed, voltage for the ram, any ideas? i presume it would be low voltage stuff now which ill look for anyways.

[Biscuit]

THe only 'real' difference is the 990's officially do SLI.

If thats the only real difference are we going to see a load of newer motherboards soon after the chips release which are better optomised for BD?

[watercooled]

I don't think there's much optimisation to do, maybe you'll get integrated USB3 or something but performance wise it shouldn't make much difference.

[Hicks12]

sorry to take the thread off track a bit but would you say this is good ram: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750

Im debating whether i should get 2000mhz ram, as BD isnt out yet i cant really tell if it would make a positive/noticeable impact, going to look how sandy bridge fairs with higher speed ram as that might help lol.

[Terbinator]

sorry to take the thread off track a bit but would you say this is good ram: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750

Im debating whether i should get 2000mhz ram, as BD isnt out yet i cant really tell if it would make a positive/noticeable impact, going to look how sandy bridge fairs with higher speed ram as that might help lol.

Just get some 1600MHz stuff rated @ 1.5v.

[Terbinator]

If thats the only real difference are we going to see a load of newer motherboards soon after the chips release which are better optomised for BD?

Probably not as this is the only iteration of BD on PGA. That and the HT speeds between the 8xx and 9xx boards is the same as well AFAIK.

[Domestic_Ginger]

AMD demonstrates a 32 core Bulldozer server.
AMD Shows Off Working 16-Core Opteron "Interlagos".

Not really consumer level but shows some progress!

[DanceswithUnix]

A rumour article that Bulldozer performance is a bit toilet:

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...rformance.aspx

[Biscuit]

A rumour article that Bulldozer performance is a bit toilet:

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...rformance.aspx

Oh Dear... looks like its i7 time for me then!

[scaryjim]

Hmmm, more - in his own words - "fluff" from a malcontented AMD engineer? The story checks out with various sources... like who? If AMD lose in sysmark will they still win out in a ton of other benchmarks? And if they're half the price of Intel will it matter?

I'm going to wait for shipping silicon before I make any judgement about bulldozer, to be honest. These rumours are fantastic ways to get people talking, but they don't actually *tell* us anything...