If your going to be doing things like 3d modelling etc then bulldozer will be "ok" if your comparing to a 2500k but as has been said when it comes to gaming which most members on here do the most the 2500k will do better when its having to keep up with a couple of high end gpu's
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Bulldozer 8120 and PCI-E 3.0
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Caporegime
If you're going with 3D modelling, I'd go with an overclocked FX8120 personally, it has acceptable price/performance in 3D Modelling.
But that's only if you'd be doing something that thread intensive, tbh, you could probably get one of those dual socket i7 920 systems for not too much money since you can get the 920's about 100 quid a pop second hand. It's a damn shame EVGA or someone don't make a dual socket 1155 board, I'd bloody buy it.
But that's only if you'd be doing something that thread intensive, tbh, you could probably get one of those dual socket i7 920 systems for not too much money since you can get the 920's about 100 quid a pop second hand. It's a damn shame EVGA or someone don't make a dual socket 1155 board, I'd bloody buy it.
Caporegime
You don't need PCIe 3 yet, not for a long time... Even a 6990 is well shy of pushing PCIe 2.
On Bulldozer, AMD got it very wrong with that, they concentrated it on high frequency apps and multi-tasking, 3D modeling, multi-sample x264 encoding, rendering, Raw number crunching power...... the like.
Its not a bad chip as many Intel fanboys would have you believe, if you look at CRAY's latest supercomputer you will find it full of Bulldozer cores, they think its powerful and it is.
Bulldozer has a lot of internal power (Raw processor power) Sandy Bridge has a lot of external power (fast threading lanes ect..) The former is computation power, the later is x86 application power
Its just not set up for everyday mainstream apps, as a result its a rather large step back from its (now very old) Phenom II predecessor [for everyday use] don't forget Thenom is pre the Apple inspired (copied) Intel ' i ' prefix CPU's.
They have publicly acknowledged its no good for what most want it for, and promised to get back and track with its next CPU (PD: 2012) and more with the one after that (SR: 2013 / 2014)
Actualy you know what? If you were to put Intel's threading lanes on Bulldozers cores you would have an absolute monster!
On Bulldozer, AMD got it very wrong with that, they concentrated it on high frequency apps and multi-tasking, 3D modeling, multi-sample x264 encoding, rendering, Raw number crunching power...... the like.
Its not a bad chip as many Intel fanboys would have you believe, if you look at CRAY's latest supercomputer you will find it full of Bulldozer cores, they think its powerful and it is.
Bulldozer has a lot of internal power (Raw processor power) Sandy Bridge has a lot of external power (fast threading lanes ect..) The former is computation power, the later is x86 application power
Its just not set up for everyday mainstream apps, as a result its a rather large step back from its (now very old) Phenom II predecessor [for everyday use] don't forget Thenom is pre the Apple inspired (copied) Intel ' i ' prefix CPU's.
They have publicly acknowledged its no good for what most want it for, and promised to get back and track with its next CPU (PD: 2012) and more with the one after that (SR: 2013 / 2014)
Actualy you know what? If you were to put Intel's threading lanes on Bulldozers cores you would have an absolute monster!
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Caporegime
3930k is better for raw performance than an FX8150, yes I know there's a price difference but AMD isn't the best at anything.
As for Cray, I assume their workload is suited to what BD's good for, not relevant to OP.
As for Cray, I assume their workload is suited to what BD's good for, not relevant to OP.
Caporegime
Its £500- 3930K vs £180 For the 8150 or £150 for the 8120 which is an 8150 downclocked and will run at 8150 speeds with a couple of simple mouse clicks.
Look, (nothing to do with what the OP wants) Bulldozer is not what anyone hoped it would be.
Yet i know plenty of people who have them and 2500K's. they think these (issues) are exaggerated, they see very little if any difference going about there computer needs, even gaming on high end GPU's is neither here nor there from one platform to another.
The way some people go on its like they would spend 10 years cropping a picture if they have an FX, or that they could not play BF3 at all let alone at the highest possible settings... in truth its exactly the same!
I think its more about people choosing a colour and fighting for it.
@ Surveyor, No problem
