Serious BD question

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 18:44

Hey folks,

So this is a very nooby question and I know that we aren't clear on the specifics of the different BDs coming out but...

I am not clear on exactly how many different versions of BD there will be and I'm even less clear on what determines the difference between them.

As in if the 8 core or 4 core will be better for gaming.

Could someone in plain terms help clear these things up for me? As when they are released I would like to have an idea clearly of which one I want to be looking at

mjones1 · 11 Oct 2011 at 18:50

Model List.

We don't know about performance, just wait till tomorrow.

lee20010 · 11 Oct 2011 at 18:52

what time is it tomorrow? I follow the main BD thread but it goes off topic and gets petty

Tokin · 11 Oct 2011 at 18:56

lee20010 said:
what time is it tomorrow? I follow the main BD thread but it goes off topic and gets petty

I agree,most of the thread as been off topic

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 18:59

I would have thought based on the cores and other info in those lists that people who know quite a lot about processors would be able to have an educated guess at which of them will be the best performance wise for gaming.

jennidc · 11 Oct 2011 at 19:06

if your on a tight budget the 4 core could be a bargain as its rumoured price is around £100 especially if you can unlock extra cores still - but I have not seen any definate proof that you can unlock extra's yet.

I would imagine the 4 core runs cooler and therefore OCing should be good. If its at that price and say 90% as good as SB and OC's to similar levels (4.5-5ghz) then it would be a winner in my eyes.

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 19:16

I'm interested in the best performing processor for gaming. Price isn't an issue as I've been saving.

Do you think the FX-8150 will be the best BD performance wise for gaming?

SheepBeast · 11 Oct 2011 at 20:26

Gandeh said:
I'm interested in the best performing processor for gaming. Price isn't an issue as I've been saving.

Do you think the FX-8150 will be the best BD performance wise for gaming?

i would say the 8150 will be the best for gaming yes, in absolute terms. but the 6100 would likely be better value as it'll be a good bit cheaper, and will overclock to similar clock speeds. given most of the time you'll use 4 cores or less, the 6100 would perform just as well as the 8150 (at same clock). the 4100 would be good too but it won't age as well, what with more and more modern games having good multithreading support.

SheepBeast · 11 Oct 2011 at 20:27

so basically if price is no issue then go for the 8150. however if you widen the scope beyond bulldozer the 2500k or 2600k would both be better buys for gaming.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 11 Oct 2011 at 20:27

The FX6100 series will have higher IPC as it has the same amount of L3 cache as a the FX8100 series.

Zinth · 11 Oct 2011 at 20:30

Do any games use all 6/8 cores and does 6/8 cores benifit at all over just 4cores ?

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 21:02

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The FX6100 series will have higher IPC as it has the same amount of L3 cache as a the FX8100 series.

What does this mean in simple terms?

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 21:37

*bump*

Rob_J · 11 Oct 2011 at 21:41

I don't know if this has been posted in the other thread, but it looks as though BD isn't going to be as good as expected, then again, I've no idea how true these results are...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?275859-AMD-FX-Some-benchmarks

The site is a little slow so have patience.

Xelene · 11 Oct 2011 at 22:04

Gandeh said:
*bump*

The post hadn't been updated in a whole 35 minutes. Clearly needed a bump.

JediFragger · 11 Oct 2011 at 22:35

31! BUMP!

Gandeh · 11 Oct 2011 at 23:16

In pre-BDs days anything longer than 2 minutes is a long time to wait for a new post!

joeyjojo · 12 Oct 2011 at 00:11

From that table alone, it's got to be the 8100 for me. 8 cores at 2.8 in 95W, win!

Edit: saying that, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_FX_microprocessors suggests the 8120 also fits in the 95W envelope?

Tibbz2 · 12 Oct 2011 at 18:05

Shame they are so disappointing.

I am ashamed AMD!

marc1024 · 12 Oct 2011 at 18:50

Best for gaming will be i5 2500k. It will also give you good results in other things aswell! which is what you want if you want a future proof gaming rig.