AMD FX (Bulldozer) is Out

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  1. SAiNT

    SAiNT Creator Staff Member phonometrograph

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    We review the AMD FX 8150 processor today. Previously know as Zambezi with its Bulldozer cores, today the FX series is released. It will be AMD's most high-end and complicated to fab processor series to date, yet will remain an affordable processor series.

    As you probably know, the product tested today has eight (!) physical CPU cores, it will have a base clock of 3600 MHz, may Turbo towards 3900 MHZ and can peak a thread or two at a cool 4200 MHz. And that makes the FX series a multi-threaded monster. You can read our review right here.
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    http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx-8150-processor-review/
     
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  3. pilz971

    pilz971 Kapellmeister

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    Thanks for the info Saint!

    Probably best for ALL if We get these two out of the way at this early stage in the thread:

    1) Where are the download links?

    2) MAC Please!

    :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:
     
  4. subGENRE

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    :lol: Mac version of an AMD processor? I wish we could download new cpus :wow:
     
  5. studio5599

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    Yikes Price Tag 3.000$$$$$ Cha Ching
     
  6. testkid008

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    Quite disappointing benchmarks...
     
  7. SAiNT

    SAiNT Creator Staff Member phonometrograph

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    i agree... i was really looking forward for FX, but i2500 is still better... :sad:
     
  8. Olaf

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    Unfortunately crap.

    And btw. it doesn't have eight cores. There are four modules with two integer cores each.
     
  9. The Producer

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    ewww i'm very happy with my i7........!!!!! :dont:
     
  10. ArticStorm

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    hmm where are the benchmarks?! planning to buy a new AMD CPU mine is getting a way to weak for producing :/
    and finally are u able to put them on an AM3 socket?!
     
  11. Bluespiral23

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    Here a review with good benchmarks :wink:

    http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1285/pg1/amd-fx-8150-black-edition-8-core-processor-vs-core-i7-2600k-review-introduction.html

    Overall we were impressed by the new Bulldozer chip, it shares the same external design and build quality as previous AMD processors which of course means we can drop it into many existing motherboards creating an easy upgrade path to the latest technology. In terms of the internal design the decisions made by AMD offer a design which will see our processor perform better as more applications support its many cores. This also includes Windows 8 which AMD have indicated will offer performance enhancements over 7 due to the way the OS handles multi-threaded tasks.

    As things currently stand it is clear from our testing that the i7-2600K is a faster CPU in many tasks and for this reason we feel the FX-8150 needs to be a little further away from that model in pricing, especially as we expect a drop on the i7 in the near future.

    There are two areas where the FX-8150 excells though, those are gaming and overclocking. In the former we saw the processor give us improved framerates over the Intel model. In the latter the ability to exceed 5GHz with ease offers additional value for money. In fact AMD have indicated that they expect most users to exceed 4.8GHz on air cooling.
     
  12. Muze

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    In these tests I see no use of larger then 8GB ram and no SSD's. Why? Shouldn't a processor like this be used with 16GB RAM and SSD's in RAID just to see what the processors can do at full throttle and with a clouded sata600?

    Where is the news about EFI? Will EFI help the new processors?
     
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    Man sorry for you, but you don't know what are you speaking about..... :bleh: :rofl:
     
  14. Olaf

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    Well, let's see...

    Performance rating (applications and games in 1680x1050):
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    Power consumption (Load, in W):
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    A hard time for AMD.
     
  15. SAiNT

    SAiNT Creator Staff Member phonometrograph

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    I'd buy FX-8150 if the price drops below 200$. :(
     
  16. Olaf

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    Shoud be below 100$, cause for 200$ there's the i5-2500(k) which is faster and more efficient.
     
  17. svmiller

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    Download links please! xdd

    I always liked more AMD than intel, but from some time AMD hasn't been so powerful... :(
    Anyways if any of you people want to give me this as a present I'd take it :P

    Cheers
     
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