AMD Bulldozer Finally!

[pspcpog]

Does anyone know where the most reliable source
for BD is?

 

[MichaelM]

Does anyone know where the most reliable source
for BD is?

AMD

 

[jennidc]

The most reliable sauce for bulldozer is artic silver lol (I'll get my coat)

 

[-VK-]

I think it's fair to say, everyone's excited by this...but there's lots of speculation floating around about launch dates...I'd say don't believe anything until it's in an official AMD Press Release.

And yes, I'm very excited about BD...I'm also playing the same waiting game as you folks!

Am I the only person buying BD for BF3?!

 

[Martini1991]

I think it's fair to say, everyone's excited by this...but there's lots of speculation floating around about launch dates...I'd say don't believe anything until it's in an official AMD Press Release.

And yes, I'm very excited about BD...I'm also playing the same waiting game as you folks!

Am I the only person buying BD for BF3?!

This is about as official as we're going to get until launch .

 

[MichaelM]

I think it's fair to say, everyone's excited by this...but there's lots of speculation floating around about launch dates...I'd say don't believe anything until it's in an official AMD Press Release.

And yes, I'm very excited about BD...I'm also playing the same waiting game as you folks!

Am I the only person buying BD for BF3?!

If it beats a 2500k, yes

 

[opethdisciple]

Do you think in terms of BF3 upgrading from a [email protected] to a BD cpu will improve my fps with my 5870?

 

[gareth170]

Do you think in terms of BF3 upgrading from a [email protected] to a BD cpu will improve my fps with my 5870?

nobody knows until BF3 & BD are out..

 

[-VK-]

nobody knows until BF3 & BD are out..

This is going to be my quote of the day...

If you consider *everything* as speculation, unless it's from an AMD source...you're probably about right.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Do you think in terms of BF3 upgrading from a [email protected] to a BD cpu will improve my fps with my 5870?

No.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19898493&postcount=21

 

[bhavv]

I think AMD are still unimpressed by how bad Bulldozer must be compared to the I7

Otherwise they wouldnt have kept it so hidden and secretive for this long, they would have wanted to have the interwebs flooded with benchmark results showing how awesome bulldozer is.

 

[Jayster]

No.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19898493&postcount=21

Thing with that is they are at settings which use lots of cpu power yet little gpu power, I know all cpu gaming benchmarks are done this way but they do not show the real world performance difference between cpu's in gaming and that is tiny.

 

[wannabedamned]

Thing with that is they are at settings which use lots of cpu power yet little gpu power, I know all cpu gaming benchmarks are done this way but they do not show the real world performance difference between cpu's in gaming and that is tiny.

But the question was about CPU performance, surely the difference would be even less when the strain is taken from the CPU to the GPU?

So a no would just become a definitive no.

 

[Jayster]

But the question was about CPU performance, surely the difference would be even less when the strain is taken from the CPU to the GPU?

So a no would just become a definitive no.

The question was about real world cpu performance nobody in their right mind will play battlefield 3 on low quality at 640x480. I understand at those settings it shows how the cpu performs but that is as useful as seeing how it performs at say ciniebench. Yes it would have made the difference far less but thats the difference cpu's make in most real world gaming scenarios. I personally just don't think benchmarking cpu's like that is very good.

 

[realscot]

Doesn't the load on the CPU go up with the resolution? Or is that "depends on the game"

 

[JF-AMD]

lol can't see how any one can "favour" any one major manufacturer over another ?

anyway - there we go - its whatever pleases people- and people have their own choice - I'm holding off for reviews though

Either can I, buy what suits your need.

You're only hurting yourselves by having company bias when buying your hardware

Agree completely. If you love one brand you should want the competing brand to do well also, that breeds compeititon and gets you better products.

Many arguments are because some people feel that if your not aiming for the fastest then there is something wrong with you, which is sad.

Yeah, nobody buys the 990x but everyone quotes the benchmarks. I think it is somewhat crazy to push that agenda. Buy the best product in your price range in move on. The obsession with the highest single threaded performance is becoming less relevant over time.

 

[eddiew]

Doesn't the load on the CPU go up with the resolution? Or is that "depends on the game"

More that the graphics card stops being the bottleneck, so that differences in CPUs become clear.

...unless games do physics and AI processing in sync with their frame rates, in which case indeed I'd imagine that as resolution comes down and FPS goes up, demand on the CPU increases.

 

[DragonQ]

I thought the higher the resolution, the more you rely on the GPU? That is based on benchmarks from many years ago though so things may have changed.

 

[Buckster]

I thought the higher the resolution, the more you rely on the GPU? That is based on benchmarks from many years ago though so things may have changed.

thats correct that is true :_)

 

[-VK-]

Otherwise they wouldnt have kept it so hidden and secretive for this long, they would have wanted to have the interwebs flooded with benchmark results showing how awesome bulldozer is.

Really? Have you stopped to consider the possibility that the reason AMD *isnt* flooding the internet with benchmarks is to keep the competition in the dark?

It's an interesting point of view (Shared by many across various forums) but try to consider the "corporate" aspect of not releasing information...I think it tell's a different story.

On that note, I want one now.