Official Bulldozer Reviews

[ATIorNvidia]

[Official] Bulldozer Reviews

Anandtech:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/the-bulldozer-review-amd-fx8150-tested/1

Guru3d:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx-8150-processor-review/12

HardOCP:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/11/amd_bulldozer_fx8150_desktop_performance_review

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/11/amd_bulldozer_fx8150_gameplay_performance_review/

TechSpot:
http://www.techspot.com/review/452-amd-bulldozer-fx-cpus/

VR-Zone:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-fx-8150-cpu-overclocking-review-a-bulldozer-for-gamers-/13694-1.html

Hardwarecanucks:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...5-amd-bulldozer-fx-8150-processor-review.html

Vortez:
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/amd_fx_8150_bulldozer_cpu_review,1.html

Benchmark reviews:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=831&Itemid=63

Bit-tech:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/10/12/amd-fx-8150-review/1

Legit Reviews:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/1/

PureOC:
http://www.pureoverclock.com/article1376.html

Overclockers.com:
http://www.overclockers.com/amd-fx-8150-bulldozer-processor-review

Hothardware:
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-FX8150-8Core-Processor-Review-Bulldozer-Has-Landed/

ExpertReviews:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/processors/1287799/amd-fx-8150

Bjorn3d:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/articles/AMD_FX-8150_CPU_Bulldozer/2125.html

Hardwareheaven:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...sor-vs-core-i7-2600k-review-introduction.html

PCPerspective:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proces...ssor-Review-Can-Bulldozer-Unearth-AMD-Victory

Tomshardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043.html

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Meh, the only really disappointing thing is the power consumption.

The performance is pretty what I expected. If you really thought AMD was going to release an 8 core with IPC anywhere near Sandybridge, and then price it at ~£200, then it's your own fault for having unrealistic expectations.

The early Bulldozer slides showed that a module would have 80% of the power of two cores, as well. It was supposed to make up for the loss of IPC in its very high clock speeds and efficiency (but that didn't quite happen).

IMO, the Bulldozer architecture is great, and in future revisions and die shrinks, I expect it to do well.

Edit: You can also expect to see atleast a 5-10% performance increase as well when the Windows scheduler is updated/patched.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Unrealistic? AMD themselves said there would be an IPC increase over previous gen chips.....it gets beat by older chips. You expected older chips to be able to do better than in?

I personally expected clock for clock performance to be lower than Phenom II, but pull ahead slightly because of the much bigger clock speed headroom (and I admit, I am SLIGHTLY disappointed, but not a whole lot). It does this in *some* cases, but not quite consistently enough (and if you check, most reviews are incredibly inconsistent), which is probably the OS's/software's fault.

Also, hardware comes first, and software comes after. Bulldozer is new, and very different.

And yes, I do think it's unrealistic expectations. If Bulldozer had the clock for clock/single threaded performance of Phenom II, coupled with the fact that it has 8 cores, a far superior instruction set, and can clock to ~4.8Ghz, then the flagship chip would not be £200.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Apologies if this has been posted already:

http://quinetiam.com/?p=2356

Worth a read.