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AMD Bulldozer Finally!

zoomee said:
ROFL - This thread has had it all! - From performance, marketing and through to jingles ;)

Problem I and probably every other person here on this forum has, is when we are turned to for help. A colleague at work said to me once, "I wish I knew a geek like you, to help me out"! - I couldn't stop laughing.

Reason I like to recommend the better product is not only for what price is suitable for them now, but what will last say about a couple of years (and be easier to support hence why I always recommend DELL lol). WE as techies can advise that (be that newbies, amateur or pro's) which is why 99% of people will turn to us first - and if we just say - Company A is the best - that's what the average person will follow. Comes back to us 'geeks' at the end of the day lol :)
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yup, i dare say it won't get much better for the next 25 days either. should've called this thread AMD Bulldozer, finally. 25 day countdown or summat

not that i'm a geek or anythin
 
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Ok, back on track:

llano
E2-3250 = 70$
A4-3350 = 80$
A6-3450 = 110$
A6-3450P = 130$
A6-3550 = 150$
A8-3550P = 170$

Bulldozer priced similar to sb.
FX4110 = 190$
FX6110 = 240$
FX8110 = 290$
FX8130P = 320$

PII's are expected to have 15-20% pricecut.
That's probably what they pay per 1000 units, retail will likely be more
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Interesting that the FX4110 is priced just below the 2500, the FX6110 slightly above the 2500 and the 81x0 is more than a 2600k - hmmmm.
 
$290 = £180. Add on retailer profit and 20% VAT and we're looking at £265-£280 for an 8-core Bulldozer (assuming those numbers are accurate). That's quite a lot more than an i7-2600K and a hell of a lot more than an i5-2500K. They'd better be fast.
 
Where are those numbers from? The most expensive CPU AMD had out is only £160 (£150 this week ;) ) on OCUK. Those figures suggest £300 for the most expensive bulldozer, which seems very un-AMD
 
Taken from a quote on XS forums dude - EVERYTHING is just pure speculation at this time. £300 very un-AMD - I'll take it you didn't buy one of the last FX CPU's - I'll never forget dropping £600 on a CPU! - IF AMD take the crown over the 2600k's - they WILL charge more.
 
If the fastest Bulldozer CPUs are going to be around £300 then it is not that much for their highest end CPU. The highest end Intel consumer CPU is the Core i7 990X which is over £700.
 
I remember back in the 939 days when an FX-57 went for about £800 or so, really astronomical when all you got was an overclocked 4000+ with an unlocked multiplier. :D
 
SeeKified said:
Imagine the disappointment. :eek: My personal guess is the top models will be inbetween a 2500K and a 2600K and then Ivy Bridge'll come around and then Komodo'll come around and then... and then...

Yeah.
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I read a comment in another thread in this forum that Bulldozer could probably lead to a price increase in the current Intel CPUs!! WTF??
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I read a comment in another thread in this forum that Bulldozer could probably lead to a price increase in the current Intel CPUs!! WTF??
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I saw that too, but I'm not taking anybody's word for anything but AMD's own at this point. Before I see some proper unbiased, un-cluttered (integrated graphics in the same graph, anyone?) benchmarking, I'll keep it fairly shut. :D

I'm kinda hoping that wouldn't happen though, that means that the FX serious would probably be stupidly expensive too, and that's not what I want in an AMD. :o
 
I do hope AMD produce something special.

Their current CPUs are fine for any normal consumer.

I think that they start to lose out on transcoding against intel but that's minimal plus I don't think there are any transcoders able to utilise all the cores available, not entirely sure.

For gaming, on average judging by hardware review sites, it's 3-4 FPS here and there.

The one thing I'm excited about is - as far as I'm aware - that bulldozer is an entirely new architecture so further revisions we will hopefully see greater speed boosts to transcoding/gaming.
 
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