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Bulldozer is a bit of a flop - what should I do...

~>Dg<~ said:
also i5 at 5ghz is slower than a phenom in years biggest fps game :p

so funny :D
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Who cares about the difference of between 2-5fps on average frame rate when it is in the 50fps range? You can't claim that it is faster until you got the minimum frame rate results as well, as those are the scenes that truely put the CPU to the test, rather than during the 50fps "laid-back" scenes.

Also the Asus P8P67 Deluxe that was used in testspot is FAR from the best motherboard available...it is slower than lots of other 1155 motherboard out there, including its little brother the Asus P8P67 Pro. In case you don't realise, decent and average motherboard can easily make a couple of fps difference despite using the same CPU, same graphic card.
 
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the point is he has everything but a cpu the difference with a x6 clocked which is very easy isnt like people make out.

the difference is very small and for what hed have to spend to get a intel swop and time messing i wouldnt bother.

i25ook is quicker but in games youll hardly notice it if you have a decent cpu and card anyway.

bf3 shows this and thats a modern game.

maybe pick up a x6 phenom second hand try it first then decide youd get your money back for the cpu if your not happy and then swop dont just do it for the epeen guys though ;)
 
HypnoToad said:
Core 2 is getting on for 5 years old now though isnt it? I guess it was ahead of it's time :p
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Core 2 still solid CPUs - when they came out the E6600 was pretty much 4x faster at anything multi-threaded than any previous generation CPU before it.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
the point is he has everything but a cpu the difference with a x6 clocked which is very easy isnt like people make out.

the difference is very small and for what hed have to spend to get a intel swop and time messing i wouldnt bother.

i25ook is quicker but in games youll hardly notice it if you have a decent cpu and card anyway.

bf3 shows this and thats a modern game.

maybe pick up a x6 phenom second hand try it first then decide youd get your money back for the cpu if your not happy and then swop dont just do it for the epeen guys though ;)
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OP's best choice is indeed 1090T considering he already got the motherboard, but I was talking about you can't claim the Phenom II being faster than the SandyBridge with the total lack of minimum frame rate result. Also, that result is just of a single GTX580...if it was something like overclocked Crossfire 6950 2GB or faster graphic, the Phenom II X4 WILL bottleneck the cards and it wouldn't even be just as little as a few fps behind the SandyBridge.
 
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1090T or a Sandybridge setup with IvyBridge support.

Depends how much money you can afford to waste. Better be quick selling that mobo. I have a feeling you won't be the only one having bought into the BD hype and being disappointed.

Crap situation really :(
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Indeed. However, its weakness...same as the Phenom II X4/X6 is that in CPU demanding games that use less 4 cores (i.e. Total Wars series, mmos), where they would bottleneck the graphic card(s).
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Bottlenecked on BF3 as well. Not metro, thats still gpu limited @ 3.5, but caspain border, near the checkpoint goes down to about 60% gpu usage on my rig.
 
I really don't understand people who buy half their components and then wait :confused: If you haven't got the cash to buy it all, then save up! This scenario was always a possibility from past AMD history. Always wait for reviews before buying hardware. And always buy all your components for a build at once.
 
IvanDobskey said:
I really don't understand people who buy half their components and then wait :confused: If you haven't got the cash to buy it all, then save up! This scenario was always a possibility from past AMD history. Always wait for reviews before buying hardware. And always buy all your components for a build at once.
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The opposite scenario was also a possibility judging from past AMD history :)
 
IvanDobskey said:
they have pulled the odd rabbit out of the hat in the past. It's been a while now though :(
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Well seeing as I praised my E6600, I suppose it's only fair to mention the Athlon 850, which in it's day was another great purchase.

I recently turned it on for the first time in years and it still ran perfectly, 10 years on! Shame it's too old to really serve any useful purpose these days, but I was amazed it ran so smoothly considering how old it is and how long it's been since it was last used.
 
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