Yeah, doesn't have the same marketing swag as "8-cores" though. :P
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Yeah, doesn't have the same marketing swag as "8-cores" though. :P
World's first 4 core processor that can be unlocked to 8 cores??:p
Now,I know why Moose aren't good at marketing...! :lol:
Just seen the review on the main site and it doesnt look good... Seems to be far behind the 2600k in all benchmarks.
I still like the look of it...especially reading Toms review where he tries it with Windows 8 which has an enhanced task scheduler....
The problem is, I wanted the 6 core (it's for my HTPC/big screen gaming rig)....but it's only 25 quid more for the 8 core.....makes me feel that I'm not get VFM @ 6 core.....but 8 core is more then I want to pay for this particular PC.
Damn price points!
Anandtech said the next iteration (piledriver)will be the last on am3+ I might actually sell off my and board and get a sandybridge setup after all this. Anyone want a ud5?
Anyone know how well the FX 8s fold?
The anand review is nice and thorough, as well as making me chuckle. Not sure it was intentional:
Sounds good.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dsmax bench result
Sounds even better..Quote:
A tangible upgrade from the Phenom II X6,
Oh :eek:Quote:
the 8150 is hot on the heels of the Core i5 2400
Except 7-Zip and TrueCrypt of course, where it beats i7 2600... ;)
It looks like in parallel int workloads it performs like the monster it should, but in FP loads it performs like a slow quad-core - clearly the resource-sharing trickery isn't performing at peak efficiency. If the rumoured prefetcher issues get patched, it'll be interesting to see how much of the problem is down to poor prefetching and how much is down to actual performance issues...
Performance certainly looks good, but it would have been better some time ago to compete with the SB release rather than reduced price SB and impending future Intel chips. I can imagine the patch making quite a difference, lets just hope they get it out soon! It's place as a gaming chip depends on it really. Also I assume power consumption will get better with yield.
Also, comments like this don't impress me (Anandtech):
Why not include them then? :mad: I'd expect AMD to do quite well here...Quote:
Although not depicted here, the performance using the AMD XOP codepath was virtually identical to the AVX results.
Also I didn't see any mention of the patch when I skimmed through.
Oh and you know those guys saying stuff along the lines of 'Bulldozer is the chip you'll want to buy for gaming' - I wonder if they have a beta BIOS or something?
Good review from AnandTech - as usual looking at the technical aspects of the architecture in a lot more detail than you'll get elsewhere. Shame we didn't get any overclocked results though - he pushed the chip to 4.6GHz stable on AMDs stock air cooler but then didn't benchmark it? Despite saying throughout the review that he felt clock speed was what bulldozer was lacking...?
Are there any other overclocking results out? I can't see any, even from sites that also overclocked. Could be embargoed as well.
edit: found one - legit: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/19/