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AMD Bulldozer Finally!

jennidc said:
I can't wait to see what the price of the cheapest 8 core chip will be.

If its not too expensive and it is comparable to Sandybridge speed that will be enough for me.

I would be doubling my cores (or modules) and have a small hike in Mhz from my q6600 (well from stock anyway not that it has ever been run at that speed :D other than a quick test to make sure it worked before I lapped it )
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See I think you and I are in the perfect place to benefit from Bulldozer. It doesn't have to be much if any faster than Sandybridge for us to benefit. I couldn't justify the upgrade to sandy as it just wasn't enough of a gain in performance from my Q6600. However, if your talking going from 4 to 8 cores, then things start to make more sense.
 
Im hoping to get 8150 I did a mini upgrade 4 or 5 months back upgrading 5+ year old psu,my mb to ch iv formula and going ddr3 but kept my phenom ii x3 720 thinking the next cpu would be compatible with board thankfully it looks like it will be

tbh I dont even need an upgrade atm I play all games high res high settings with 2x 5850 but I dont know if my cpu is holding them back
 
Not sure which I will be the most interested in until they are released and benchmarked.

Which ever (including Sandybridge) gives the best gaming performance and 24/7 overclock so I can finally sort out a custom water loop.
 
buchtis said:
What are people going to buy then? I'd have the 6 core one, 8 is overkill at the minute imo, once programs start using 6 or more cores new chips would have been released.
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I think its down to price and performance,end of the day we will see how they do against current Intel CPUs...I'll decide once I know how they perform but got my eyes on the 8 core BD or i2500k.
 
Only problem is its increasingly looking like that list has got dumped and they are going with different product numbers and clock values etc at launch.
 
Sin_Chase said:
These closed loop WC solutions are not much better than the high end air coolers anyway, if better at all that is.

Why not just include BETTER Air coolers?

Surely using a WC bundled cooling solution limits your target users in that not 100% of cases are suitable for rad mounting? If it really is that much of an enthusiast chip that you need to model most of your system around the chip (Read case as well as mobo) then why include anything at all? Let the buyer implement their own custom loop, pick their own closed loop solution or decide if they prefer to use high end air.
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Most air coolers that rival the factory sealed water coolers are massive and potentially have compatibility problems with cases and RAM. No point selling them with a chip if 100% of people cannot make use of it.

A 120mm radiator is easy to fit inside any case, regardless of where you want to mount it as you can put it in the front, back or even under the roof of the case if you want to avoid any potential issues with other components being in the way. You cannot do that with something massive like the silver arrow.

Back on topic though, either AMD has struck a very nice deal with one of the companies which makes and sells factory sealed water coolers or their chips run extremely hot, requiring better than "stock level" cooling.
 
Is everyone here looking to be early adopters then?

I spotted a few people saying they hope its comparable to Sandybridge, and if so they would buy. Well surely it's safer to go with sandybridge if it's only comparable? as Sandybridge is proven, and well tested now it's been on the market some time.

What is it you guys are expecting that will make you purchase it over sandy? Other than clock speeds. I'm asking because I've got a system specced already, I spec'd it up about a month back, so need to look at it again as obviously tech moves and prices change. but the point is, I'm buying Sandybridge as its definately a good performer, and there will be no teething issues, is there anything from Bulldozer that makes teething issues something that can be overlooked\risked?
 
realscot said:
However, if your talking going from 4 to 8 cores, then things start to make more sense.
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Assuming you have a real need for the multi-threaded performance gains. I had a Q6600, I have a 2600k now, but the only time I REALLY use all the cores THAT much is when I render video, and that is not often.

If I was looking at BD instead of SB when I dumped my Q6600 it would have been at overall performance, not the fact it had more cores.

I think BD makes a lot of sense for people who need the cores but for most it should probably be a "Nice to have" thing not a "The reason I am changing".
 
wannabedamned said:
Is everyone here looking to be early adopters then?

I spotted a few people saying they hope its comparable to Sandybridge, and if so they would buy. Well surely it's safer to go with sandybridge if it's only comparable? as Sandybridge is proven, and well tested now it's been on the market some time.

What is it you guys are expecting that will make you purchase it over sandy? Other than clock speeds. I'm asking because I've got a system specced already, I spec'd it up about a month back, so need to look at it again as obviously tech moves and prices change. but the point is, I'm buying Sandybridge as its definately a good performer, and there will be no teething issues, is there anything from Bulldozer that makes teething issues something that can be overlooked\risked?
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Main reason I'm waiting is more choices,true we don't know the performance but then you got to wait for that,besides you never know since Intel might drop prices depending on how well BD does for pricing and performance,my gaming PC is around 6 years old ,I can wait a month or so.
 
September 19th huh? I was planning to upgrade to an i5 system in early September, but if Bulldozer is so close I might just hold on 2 weeks longer. Even if I eventually decide to go Intel anyway there's a good chance its release will force them to push prices down a bit!
 
manveruppd said:
September 19th huh? I was planning to upgrade to an i5 system in early September, but if Bulldozer is so close I might just hold on 2 weeks longer. Even if I eventually decide to go Intel anyway there's a good chance its release will force them to push prices down a bit!
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For me I'll either go bulldozer, or if Phenom II x6 prices drop I may pick one of those up instead
 
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