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Your view on AMD's Bulldozer
Lupin:
some benchies: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?275859-AMD-FX-Some-benchmarks
kitamesume:
more benches http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=352045
i`m kind of disappointed though, well, until the official price gets posted i still got my interests up =P
kureshii:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on October 12, 2011, 12:36:18 AM ---more benches http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=352045
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Same ones from Lab501 posted by Coldfission, if you noticed.
--- Quote from: Lupin on October 11, 2011, 07:19:48 PM ---some benchies: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?275859-AMD-FX-Some-benchmarks
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Seem to have been removed now :<
ColdFission:
Some I have found:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/the-bulldozer-review-amd-fx8150-tested
http://techreport.com/articles.x/21813
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx-8150-processor-review/1
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/11/amd_bulldozer_fx8150_desktop_performance_review
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/11/amd_bulldozer_fx8150_gameplay_performance_review/1
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043.html
http://www.techspot.com/review/452-amd-bulldozer-fx-cpus/
http://www.ozeros.com/2011/10/review-amd-bulldozer-fx-8150/8/
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,837552/Bulldozer-FX-8150-Neue-Werte-plus-FX-auf-6-5-GHz-per-LN2-Launch-erst-im-Oktober-Geruecht-des-Tages/CPU/News/
http://pctuning.tyden.cz/hardware/procesory-pameti/22227-amd-bulldozer-procesory-fx-8150-a-8120-v-testu-1-2?start=1
kureshii:
First review (from my usual reads) up on bit-tech.
Opinions to follow, once I'm done sneaking mini-reads at work.
[edit] What's there to say ... Bulldozer simply doesn't seem to be intended for the desktop market. The older X6 manages to beat it in lightly-threaded benchmarks such as Gimp, while Bulldozer only shows its prowess in more heavily multithreaded applications (which does not include gaming btw) — provided you hide the i5 and i7 scores.
Price-wise Bulldozer doesn't make a very pleasing proposition either. Despite the $200+ price tag on the processor, 9-series AM3+ boards start at $95 on Newegg.
For gaming, an i3 build would be cheaper, while an i5 build would be a better all-rounder with a slightly higher price tag. Bulldozer's advantage comes with its ability to pull off quad-SLI on the 990FX boards, but we're no longer looking at a budget gaming build then.
For encoding, an i5 build is faster, uses less power and is easier to overclock. Price would be largely dependent on other peripherals, but the processor itself is about the same price anyway, give or take $20.
If you must get an AMD/budget build, go with the X6 1100T for better value-for-money.
These tentative conclusions await confirmation from other reviews.
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