AMD Bulldozer Finally!

[Sin_Chase]

Where's JF-AMD ?

As per the lulz video some pages back "*Bwahahaha* We'll never see JF-AMD again"

Gotta laugh guys, if not we will all cry.

 

[Andy__C]

I can't believe AMD released a CPU that was actually worse than the previous generation. Fabulous.

I take back my previous comments regarding "AMD would never do that"...


It all sounds very strange to me however.

 

[d_brennen]

Where's JF-AMD ?

Pimping Bulldozer, sorry Opterons, to people who care about parallelism probably

 

[Martini1991]

People making up the excuse "These are server chips" should be shot, this is the desktop variant.

 

[mmj_uk]

Now I am not an AMD fan boy, but surely with these kind of said "Improvements" there must be something wrong with the way current software is taking this FX cpus?
Maybe some optimisation in the software side is needed! but that will take time I think.

Might see 5-10% with the Windows 8 scheduler but why bother wait? just get a more conventional CPU (Phenom II/Core i5) instead of gambling on improvements that simply polish a turd.

 

[Martini1991]

Might see 5-10% with the Windows 8 scheduler but why bother wait? just get a more conventional CPU (Phenom II/Core i5) instead of gambling on improvements that simply polish a turd.

Especially since it's not due for a long time.

And no AMD patches came out last night lol.

 

[Leeroy123]

All these pages on amd, and they are crap. Classic.

 

[rajravat]

wow im so disappointed in the BD reviews

 

[Avathar77]

With the win8 updates, would they improve performance on Intel CPUs as well?

 

[Kmodo]

With the win8 updates, would they improve performance on Intel CPUs as well?

Most likely

 

[Martini1991]

With the win8 updates, would they improve performance on Intel CPUs as well?

But that's not till late 2012.

 

[Witcher1979]

Not trying to troll or anything but I did a full i5 [email protected] upgrade last week. I was going to hold out for BD just in case. I am happy that for once I made the right choice.

These BD chips must perform better with a nice OC though. Then again I dont read all the tech blurb gives me a headache

 

[Turambar]

I guess I'm one of the few who aren't "disappointed". Bulldozer performs around the level I was expecting and is priced around the level I was expecting. I think some people need to learn to manage their expectations.

I prefer small form factor systems so the complete lack of mATX/mITX motherboards are the only reason I wouldn't consider one of these in a new build.

 

[Musty Pie]

I am guessing the guys at intel are having a "laughing party" right about now!

Its a shame as far as the market is concerned, AMD have bought nothing worth while to the table and as a result the intel prices will not drop.

Ah well, Time to wait for Ivy.

 

[Things change I've changed]

wow, just woke up, even as a SB owner this is quite depressing, this looks likes AMD's equivalent of Intel's P4 prescott days.

 

[Turambar]

I am guessing the guys at intel are having a "laughing party" right about now!

Its a shame as far as the market is concerned, AMD have bought nothing worth while to the table and as a result the intel prices will not drop.

Ah well, Time to wait for Ivy.

There was never any chance of an Intel price drop anyway. AMD simply can't get the fab capacity to put a big enough dent in Intels market share for that to happen.

 

[kitch9]

Grinning from ear to ear SB lads

Why? You are being very short sighted.

Intel have probably laid off half their Ivy Bridge engineers this morning and told the rest to focus on cost savings.

They have no incentive to innovate or pay the multi billion dollar r&d now, this could set the entire industry back years, and cost as all much more in the process. Intel aren't known for their charity.

Awesome, you keep happy clapping like some kind of crazy person, whilst the rest of us with some common sense ponder how bad this could get.

 

[HeX]

I guess I'm one of the few who aren't "disappointed". Bulldozer performs around the level I was expecting and is priced around the level I was expecting. I think some people need to learn to manage their expectations.

So you expected AMD's next gen CPU to perform worse than their previous gen?

And you expected to pay more for the privilege of having less performance and higher power draw?


Stop kidding yourself, Bulldozer is an abject failure. It's the Prescott of AMD. Hot, power sucking, and poor IPC.

Hopefully they can turn it around with a good refresh, but that's not going to be any time soon. Until then Intel have the floor.

 

[Martini1991]

Why? You are being very short sighted.

Intel have probably laid off half their Ivy Bridge engineers this morning and told the rest to focus on cost savings.

They have no incentive to innovate or pay the multi billion dollar r&d now, this could set the entire industry back years, and cost as all much more in the process. Intel aren't known for their charity.

Awesome, you keep happy clapping like some kind of crazy person, whilst the rest of us with some common sense ponder how bad this could get.

I know exactly had bad this is for the desktop market.
Don't get me wrong at all.

We need AMD to compete, but they're not, not in the slightest.
I'm not going to go "Oh AMD, good effort". I'm simply not going to buy it.

 

[Turambar]

So you expected AMD's next gen CPU to perform worse than their previous gen?

And you expected to pay more for the privilege of having less performance and higher power draw?


Stop kidding yourself, Bulldozer is an abject failure. It's the Prescott of AMD. Hot, power sucking, and poor IPC.

Hopefully they can turn it around with a good refresh, but that's not going to be any time soon. Until then Intel have the floor.

It performs better than Intels similarly priced offerings in some benchmarks, worse in others. It also performs better than the 1100T in some benchmarks and worse in others. From this you have concluded it fails at everything?