AMD Bulldozer Finally!

VaderDSL · 30 May 2011 at 18:25

I think they'll all much the same? If you have some bog standard speakers like I do in the Aego M's etc. I'm sure a sound card won't give a massive benefit, but then my ears are terrible, I can't distinguish audio quality between onboard and my Xonar D2X I used to have.

Martini1991 · 30 May 2011 at 18:40

pmc25 said:
I know plenty of people were claiming that no-one in the UK or Europe had any 990FX boards (or Zambezi samples) as of last week.

Well one part of that 'fact' was obviously bull****.

I don't see anyone claiming about the boards.
But BD ES samples, I'm one that believes they're nil.

pmc25 · 30 May 2011 at 18:41

as905 said:
i have a question guys: which mothboard manufacturer uses the best onboard sound ? & how does the sound quality compare to the likes of the creative xfi cards ?

They pretty much all use Realtek, some of the chips are higher spec than others. The on-board "X-Fi" ones are worse than Realtek imo and just a branding con.

None of them compare well to a good Asus, HT Omega or Auzentech card. I'd never buy a Creative X-Fi card because their drivers and support are the absolute pits (on all products, not just sound cards).

pmc25 · 30 May 2011 at 18:42

Martini1991 said:
I don't see anyone claiming about the boards.
But BD ES samples, I'm one that believes they're nil.

Lots of people were claiming that, including staff from some of the sites.

Martini1991 · 30 May 2011 at 18:44

pmc25 said:
Lots of people were claiming that, including staff from some of the sites.

Maybe they've just arrived?
I can see every board needing a BIOS flash before they can take a BD chip like lol.

as905 · 30 May 2011 at 18:56

pmc25 said:
They pretty much all use Realtek, some of the chips are higher spec than others. The on-board "X-Fi" ones are worse than Realtek imo and just a branding con.

None of them compare well to a good Asus, HT Omega or Auzentech card. I'd never buy a Creative X-Fi card because their drivers and support are the absolute pits (on all products, not just sound cards).

my pci sound card is the only creative product i have & its been working fine no problems,i may end up getting a pci-e sound card because from what i have seen most newer motherboards come with only 1 pci slot & i need 2.

if i decide to get a new card (if onboard still sucks) i will go for asus if they do a gamer edition.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 May 2011 at 19:05

Anandtech is the very same site which got Sandy Bridge months before anyone else and got Westmere-EX well before anyone else too. They seem to have a very close relationship with Intel. Perhaps they are right about Bulldozer but OTH it could be not true at all.

as905 · 30 May 2011 at 20:01

Computex 2011: ASUS May Show AMD Bulldozer in Action

http://tech2.in.com/news/motherboards/computex-2011-asus-may-show-amd-bulldozer-in-action/222052

VaderDSL · 30 May 2011 at 20:13

Personally I don't care what they show, as long as it's something!

AMD could turn up in an actual bulldozer and crush the Intel booth for all I care

I just want to hear/see something bulldozer related

clocka · 30 May 2011 at 20:41

Mario said:
So basically it will be nearly one year (-few months) since Sandy launched LOL

Sandy Bridge came out Jan 9th, bulldozer will be out late july which is roughly 6.5months. How is that nearly 1 year??

panyan · 30 May 2011 at 20:44

clocka said:
Sandy Bridge came out Jan 9th, bulldozer will be out late july which is roughly 6.5months. How is that nearly 1 year??

And how can you know Bulldozer will be out late July???

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 May 2011 at 21:02

panyan said:
And how can you know Bulldozer will be out late July???

It has to be because the great Anandtech have said that Bulldozer will be slow and delayed. Perhaps,he could have used his sources to tell us of the B2 bug a few weeks early. A tad strange he did not know since his website seems to get many Intel CPUs much earlier than anyone else.

Funnily,this is the very site which won't post any Intel rumours and only releases info when Intel allows it.

opethdisciple · 30 May 2011 at 21:04

VaderDSL said:
Personally I don't care what they show, as long as it's something!

AMD could turn up in an actual bulldozer and crush the Intel booth for all I care I just want to hear/see something bulldozer related

I can just picture it, a massive JCB crushing the Intel booth and everyone :eek:

and AMD screaming 'you wanted Buldozer Il give you Buldozer' :mad:

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 May 2011 at 21:19

Supposedly,these are some screenshots of the A6 and A8 processors:

http://diybbs.zol.com.cn/10/11_99185.html

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 May 2011 at 21:20

These are supposedly benchmarks of Llano done by OCW:

http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/comp...e-preview-of-amd-liano-vs-intel-sandy-bridge/

adwol48 · 30 May 2011 at 21:29

will definately be upgrading to a BD but which MB is the tricky one at the minute i think because they all look quality.

fewfe3 · 30 May 2011 at 21:29

opethdisciple said:
I can just picture it, a massive JCB crushing the Intel booth and everyone and AMD screaming 'you wanted Buldozer Il give you Buldozer'

would love it if that was the case. thinking maybe i should do that. instead of upgrading my computer and buy a bulldozer instead. lol

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 May 2011 at 21:38

It looks like another website has used the same source as Anandtech:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...lock_Speed_of_FX_Bulldozer_Chips_Sources.html

It is funny how Cray has just announced the XK6 which uses Interlagos.

Jokester · 30 May 2011 at 21:40

Certainly the 3dmark scores look good if you ignore that it's using the, what's very likely, far superior on-board GPU on the BD chips. PC mark though tells another story.

Edit: And if that's true, Ivybridge will be just round the corner as well.

davieg · 30 May 2011 at 21:43

Jokester, A-series APU's aren't BD chips yet, theyre still going off the K10(.5?) Arch.
As regards to them not being able to get the first steppings of BD to the clocks they wanted them at, surely they must have tested them? Or do they design a chip and hope it will get to a certain clock on wishes of moondust and fairy wings?
Didnt JF say that a new stepping is a very costly exercise?