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AMD Bulldozer Finally!
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True, Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs dominate the "Best Value CPU" chart.
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There's sod all reason to buy Phenom II X4's anymore, this has been the case for a while now.
The 2100 destroys the Phenom II X4's.
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so what about the features amd offer, such as amd overdrive? for some people it's not all about performance, that includes me.
just because maybe u and some other people think features are not so important doesn't mean everybody else thinks that.
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I said Phenom II x4, not AMD
I don't understand the "feature" concept personally. But if other people need the features, fair enough.
AMD Overdrive is just an idiots guide to doing all the things which can be done anyway through the BIOS or using 3rs party tools... it's certainly no reason to sacrifice performance by buying an inferior CPU architecture.
I am also in the camp that thinks Bulldozer is going to be nothing overly special... I would put money that it's going to be a case of "too little, too late". AMD must have lost a crapload of enthusiast market share of late and people are investing in Intel rigs now more than ever. I can't see this changing unless Bulldozer proves to be truly, truly extraordinary.
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I think AMD overdrive is more to do with Gareth's disability, being able to use the cursor, no disrespect meant.
That said, mouse controlled BIOS makes AMD Overdrive redundant in that area.
That said, mouse controlled BIOS makes AMD Overdrive redundant in that area.
I'm getting an AMD rig for preparation of the BulldozerHopefully it will pay off.
Surely it's unwise to buy a rig to prepare for something that's not even out yet, and that we don't really know what performance will be like?
Then why not just wait till Bulldozer is released? Only a couple more months isn't it?
Is if you already have an AMD mobo & are coming from a CPU that's much weaker.
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43 quid for a h61 board though.
why can't some people here just accept everybody is different, thinks differently, want different things, have different needs.
people can buy which ever they want. ether way there isn't a wrong way.
example i've bought a gigabyte 990fxa-ud5. maybe some people think it's a waste and to others it's maybe not but really ether way there isn't a wrong way.
people can buy which ever they want. ether way there isn't a wrong way.
example i've bought a gigabyte 990fxa-ud5. maybe some people think it's a waste and to others it's maybe not but really ether way there isn't a wrong way.
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What does AMD overdrive offer? Nothing really. Mouse controlled BIOS has been out for awhile now.
on the fly overclocking.
also has i said people can buy which ever they want. ether way there isn't a wrong way.
some people on these forums make people feel bad just because they go for amd,
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Its still £43 more & the hassle of changeover & a OS reinstall hence why many choose to just update the CPU.
So there's your reason no matter what you would personally do..