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So I wnet and bought a Bulldoser
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He he ,
Ok I have been using a sandy 2400 and a P67 rev 3 board and it was nice and all, but I fancied a change. going 25/2600k wasn't and option as the 2400 was a good chip in it's own right had clocked with the limited multi (upped the turbo) to 3.8/3.7 and 3.6 for all cores.
Now I got the itch to see what bulldoser could do, as per my sig I went for the FX 8120 as I knew the 6 and 4 cores wouldn't cut it for me. So far I'm impressed AMD might have marketed it wrong, but it is actually a very good chip. I havn't played much with it yet but running BF3 all cores are utilised and I now have zero lag on 64 player servers where the action can get pretty intense , I have had this upto 4Ghz and ran Cinebench and scored 6.5ish. And I know I'm gonna have fun overclocking this thing once the Bios matures on the Motherboard.
Yes all the bench marks show intel has it in the bag at the moment, but for me gaming performance is more than acceptable, and when encoding and ripping media Intel can't touch this thing in for the price / performance it gives.
Ok I have been using a sandy 2400 and a P67 rev 3 board and it was nice and all, but I fancied a change. going 25/2600k wasn't and option as the 2400 was a good chip in it's own right had clocked with the limited multi (upped the turbo) to 3.8/3.7 and 3.6 for all cores.
Now I got the itch to see what bulldoser could do, as per my sig I went for the FX 8120 as I knew the 6 and 4 cores wouldn't cut it for me. So far I'm impressed AMD might have marketed it wrong, but it is actually a very good chip. I havn't played much with it yet but running BF3 all cores are utilised and I now have zero lag on 64 player servers where the action can get pretty intense , I have had this upto 4Ghz and ran Cinebench and scored 6.5ish. And I know I'm gonna have fun overclocking this thing once the Bios matures on the Motherboard.
Yes all the bench marks show intel has it in the bag at the moment, but for me gaming performance is more than acceptable, and when encoding and ripping media Intel can't touch this thing in for the price / performance it gives.
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Lol ,, Indeed !
But I can only go by what I see infront of me, and at the moment its all good
It would be great to see some benches comparing your old with new
It would but the sandy is dismantled so not running alongside this one, if I get the chance I will post some benches of this rig though.
So you bought Bulldoser but not Bulldozer?
Any pics of benchmarks and overclocking results?
Lol that'd be my speed typing kicking in he he.
I will do a bench session soon and upload the pics
Lol very good !
I have run BF 3 in SLi and I can confirm that it utilizes all 8 cores around 50% and I have been able to up my settings as I get no slowdown in intense fire fights anymore i.e Caspian Boarder 64 player servers, on my 2400 sandy I had to run all medium as any Higher and and my FPS would drop in high density areas with lots happening.
Overclocking is easy on this chip although she doe's get a little warm but I have to do some proper testing / benching over the weekend.
I had read the same thing as you so Imagine my surprise when it was utilising all 8.
Ok first Screen of rough OC
Core temps 50 deg under prime 95
Cinebench,
3D Mark 11
Hevean
To answer about the 2500K I couldn't say as I've not owned one but this thing kills the 2400 all day.
For an all round processor this really ain't that bad, gaming isn't my main focus but it sure is more than acceptable.
3D Mark 11
Hevean
To answer about the 2500K I couldn't say as I've not owned one but this thing kills the 2400 all day.
For an all round processor this really ain't that bad, gaming isn't my main focus but it sure is more than acceptable.
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I'd like to see a Phenom 2 x6 get a score like mine in 3dmark 11 ! All I keep reading is clock this clock that, I know the benche's and reviews don't lie and if all you give 2 hoots' about is gaming then yes the intels are a good bet, but for an 8 core CPU that can overclock really well and is the same price / performance as the cheapest enthusiast Intel chip it's very good. Just a shame that AMD got the marketing wrong that all .
Just Ran physics only and got 7543, and I wouldn't say that the extra score to 8202 is worth another £100, but it is a good score for a stock cpu, yours I mean.
Nice score, so it's my SLi'd 460's trumping a 580 sweet!!
It would appear so
When I initially posted, I thought you had a single 460, so I was quite pleased to realize you had 2
Lol good stuff
Nice comparison, cheers.
1090t looses in cinebench at least, and only a 500Mhz clock difference needed.
You could have saved yourself a few quid and just got the 8120
1090t looses in cinebench at least, and only a 500Mhz clock difference needed.
You could have saved yourself a few quid and just got the 8120
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May I add that these FX chips also out perform most I7 1366 chips when ramped up too yes I know they are old tech but they are still priced more than Bulldozer! AMD = value for money.
I agree and your results show that, also I agree on the 4.5 thing past 4.6 needs too much voltage and heats up like a bitch!
I still like it though and I have a base system that when new revisions drop I can upgrade etc.
Still the most fun oclocking I've had in a while.
My NB is at 2500 and HT is @ 3Ghz so through put should at least be good.