FX8120 improved in wix 8 experience

ghost12 · 30 Jun 2012 at 00:41

tonight decided to take a look at windows 8 preview. ran the windows experience index and my cpu came out at 7.9 compared to 7.7 in windows 7. they claimed win8 would suit the chip better and it seems that way to me

vonex · 30 Jun 2012 at 00:44

where did you get the preview from ?

nvm got it.

MORE SPEED · 30 Jun 2012 at 00:56

I'm presuming he's talking about the release preview thats been out for a while: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview

Surveyor · 30 Jun 2012 at 01:12

You'd be better off running some meaningful benchmarks using Windows 7 & 8.

The WEI is hardly something to hang your hat on.

Justintime · 30 Jun 2012 at 01:55

Hardly scientific, i've had the exact same hardware config score 7.7 then 7.9 after a reinstall.

PorkPieCat · 30 Jun 2012 at 02:14

couple of things - wei score max in win 8 is now 9.9 as opposed to 7.9. not sure how/if that affects the scores you get from one to another. also, win8 is supposed to use all cores in the os, so wouldn't be surprised if the nearly 8-core chip you have actually performed better

gurusan · 30 Jun 2012 at 05:05

WEI is the most useless benchmark ever. Sorry, but your bulldozer is just as slow as it was before.

ghost12 · 30 Jun 2012 at 10:15

yes is the preview version from Microsoft. wasn't intended as a benchmark. just a comparison between the two os with the same processer especially as its claimed to be more favourable to the bulldozer

theheyes · 30 Jun 2012 at 13:05

WEI is just a front end for winsat.exe, which gives you a lot more detail and isn't actually that bad.

panyan · 30 Jun 2012 at 13:06

Surveyor said:
You'd be better off running some meaningful benchmarks using Windows 7 & 8.

The WEI is hardly something to hang your hat on.

+1 to all this

jeff6475 · 30 Jun 2012 at 14:15

gurusan said:
WEI is the most useless benchmark ever. Sorry, but your bulldozer is just as slow as it was before.

+1 i lol'd

trickynickyuk · 30 Jun 2012 at 15:06

thanks for the info and comparison between w7 and w8 but as said wie is the most useless tool in windows

Nuclear Fusion · 30 Jun 2012 at 18:38

WEI belongs in the 'unreliable benchmarks bin' along with Passmark. Sorry to say, but your Bulldozer will still have terrible IPC compared to Intel's offerings at the same price.

Trunks9486 · 30 Jun 2012 at 20:13

IPC is only relevant if both samples clock the same. if an architecture is optimised for clocks it should be able to hit higher clocks than a competing lower clocked but higher IPC one.

So far this hasn't happened. Time will tell about the future.

Martini1991 · 1 Jul 2012 at 00:18

Trunks9486 said:
IPC is only relevant if both samples clock the same. if an architecture is optimised for clocks it should be able to hit higher clocks than a competing lower clocked but higher IPC one.

So far this hasn't happened. Time will tell about the future.

Except Bulldozer isn't outclocking SB 24/7 so IPC's very relevant, especially when it can't outclock previous CPU's to make up for its IPC deficit.

Trunks9486 · 1 Jul 2012 at 01:00

Martini1991 said:
Except Bulldozer isn't outclocking SB 24/7 so IPC's very relevant, especially when it can't outclock previous CPU's to make up for its IPC deficit.

Yeah, hence my comment so far this hasn't happened. Its a shame too.

kitch9 · 1 Jul 2012 at 06:28

Ugh, I see the bull**** crew are around again.... Can we haz moar +1 posts pleeezze. Its so l33t and cool man....

81** series suits multi-threaded scenarios whereas Intel chips are better at less threads. Depending on your work load Bulldozer would have been a decent choice apart from the fact it sucks so much power but if you aren't bothered about that then happy days.

If only devs would start using the FMA instuctions.....

Cooper · 1 Jul 2012 at 11:16

kitch9 said:
81** series suits multi-threaded scenarios whereas Intel chips are better at less threads.

Well then, that's a 95% advantage to Intel then...

Derpdozer..for the remaining 5% of scenarios,so glad that 4yrs development, billions of dollars worth of R&D was so well spent, such an epic win. :rolleyes:

Martini1991 · 1 Jul 2012 at 11:35

kitch9 said:
Ugh, I see the bull**** crew are around again.... Can we haz moar +1 posts pleeezze. Its so l33t and cool man....

81** series suits multi-threaded scenarios whereas Intel chips are better at less threads. Depending on your work load Bulldozer would have been a decent choice apart from the fact it sucks so much power but if you aren't bothered about that then happy days.

If only devs would start using the FMA instuctions.....

FX8 beats the (overpriced) 3930k?

Didn't think so.

AMD aren't better in any situation performance wise, they can however in some cases (like 5% of situations) offer better bang/buck.
But I'd rather have a Phenom II X8 than an FX8

Zuban · 1 Jul 2012 at 12:52

I use mainly a phenom ii x4 965, I bought that cpu over a bulldozer, it was this or a fx4100 and not only was the x4 cheaper but its faster in any benchmark I've seen. I do mostly content creation and gaming on this pc and need a good mix of single and multithreaded performance and the older phenom ii is a solid and predictable performer where bulldozer can be hit or miss depending on the app.

when I want best performance multithreaded or not I use my 3930k, clocks up to 4.8ghz and offers almost double the performance the best bulldozer can. Amd have nothing at any price point that is a better buy than intels offering right now. That will change, the way amd are going with the apu's and pushing opencl one day the idea behind bulldozer will make sense, but not within its lifetime.