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So I wnet and bought a Bulldoser

Ok Here is what I have with Handbreak encoding

4.5Ghz

Tron - 46.736385 fps
Buck - 45.767822 fps
Splice - 32.782764 fps

4.0Ghz

Tron - 42.184799 fps
Buck - 41.079323 fps
Splice - 29.439396 fps
 
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Cool Breeze said:
Ok Here is what I have with Handbreak encoding

4.5Ghz

Tron - 46.736385 fps
Buck - 45.767822 fps
Splice - 32.782764 fps

4.0Ghz

Tron - 42.184799 fps
Buck - 41.079323 fps
Splice - 29.439396 fps
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Those files are the same I suggested in the BD thread on OcUK. I used them for a HandBrake chart on another website,so I can I add it to this list:

http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss33/CAT-THE-FIFTH/HandBrakeChart25-10-2011.png

It does seem your sample is slightly better clock to clock with the higher clocked Phenom II X6 examples in the list!

wannabedamned said:
Bulldozer has a unique instruction set specifically for x264. And it performs very well. Unfortunately thats about all the praise I have for it :p
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I looked on another website and it seems that when applications start to support FMA it will perform very well:

http://translate.google.com/transla...2011/amd_bulldozer_fx_prozessoren/index17.php

At least this means by the time Windows 8 is released,Piledriver should quite decent for an under £300 CPU in applications that can support FMA.
 
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John
Some more results for you

Handbrake 0.9.5
Normal Preset
Container MKV
Priority high

2600K 4600Mhz
RAM 1600 9-9-9-24
Tron 51.616753 fps
Splice 35.502117 fps
Big 51.450516 fps

FX8150 4600Mhz
RAM 1600 9-9-9-24
Tron 48.685398 fps
Splice 34.118172 fps
Big 47.157837 fps

2500K 4600Mhz
RAM 1600 9-9-9-24
Tron 44.214649 fps
Splice 30.144783 fps
Big 45.051327 fps

I7 920 4000Mhz
RAM 1600 9-9-9-24
Tron 42.470345 fps
Splice 29.149643 fps
Big 42.311901 fps

edit: Added 2500K scores.
The 2500K is quite a bit slower than the 2600K at encoding, expected a little less, but was suprised to see it fall so far behind.
The 8150 sits right in between the 2 sandy variants.
The I7 920 put up a good show considering it's age and low clock speed, almost as quick as the 2500k running 600Mhz faster.
HT is showing it's worth in these tests.
 
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Interesting thread this. Ok here is my dilema which i would like some advice with.

Currently i have a I7 920 C0 1366 chip clocked to 3.6GHZ. This is in a Gigabyte UDR3 i think the model is with 3x2gb DDR3. I would ideally like to upgrade to 12gb ram (So need 3 more slots). Or could sell what i have and get 3x4gb.)
Also want to order a Crucial M4 SSD however i only have 3gb SATA Ports.

So, do i a) get a new 1366 motherboard b) look at getting a bulldozer c) start again and go sandybridge?

Sorry to post this in your thread, but i am interested having seen some of the benchmarks you have up. Just downloading the videos above so i can compare my setup.

Just done the Tron Encode:

33.481026 fps
 
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I'd say it depends on what your focus is, a)Gaming or b) encoding and some gaming

if a) then and I5 K series is the wise choice, if b)then BD becomes a more viable option considering it's encoding performance and also a good general CPU.

It's as tough choice

But both will be an improvement on an ageing 1366 I7
 
What if you are a programmer, in the process of creating a highly multi-threaded application?

IMO, the choice isn't so simple. Using fewer cores, the i5/i7 cpu can use brute force to process instructions faster than the higher core AMD cpu.
 
Cool Breeze said:
I'd say it depends on what your focus is, a)Gaming or b) encoding and some gaming

if a) then and I5 K series is the wise choice, if b)then BD becomes a more viable option considering it's encoding performance and also a good general CPU.

It's as tough choice

But both will be an improvement on an ageing 1366 I7
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I still think you'd bypass BD for an AMD 1090t if you're looking for option B. Price to performance ratio, etc.
 
wannabedamned said:
Bulldozer has a unique instruction set specifically for x264. And it performs very well. Unfortunately thats about all the praise I have for it :p
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If you're talking about XOP then x264 doesn't even use that instruction. Why? Because it adds a 1-2% performance boost at most. There's a comment about this from a developer on the x264 forum.
 
I think you'd have to be off your trolley to reccomend an 8120 over a 2500k, no matter which way you look at it, and thats coming from a 990fx owner, and i've thought long and hard about investing more in my amd setup and right now i'm pricing an intel setup. video encoding performance isnt enough imo to swing it, i walk away from a pc when encoding vids, or do it in the background, and the time difference doesnt matter, what does matter is my fps when playing games, when i'm actually sat infront of it, and thats where amd are falling behind right now, and hence why as a new build i couldnt let anyone spend there money on one.
 
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neologan said:
Not that I'd waste my time reading bit-tech reviews, but did they say how they tested this? Online anything uses a ton of CPU. I mean, play counter-strike with no one in a server and you could probably get 1000fps, but play it in a 64 man and you'll get 150fps. Just testing a game in single player means absolutely nothing if you plan to play online.
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Well in that case if you read my full post, or God forbid actually clicked through to the bit-tech review, then I owe you an apology for wasting your time. I'm afraid some of us are just plebs, our tastes aren't quite as refined as yours yet ;)

Personally I took it at face value. I couldn't see any glaring mistakes and it matched with my observations of BF3 on various different machines.
 
Cool Breeze said:
I'd say it depends on what your focus is, a)Gaming or b) encoding and some gaming

if a) then and I5 K series is the wise choice, if b)then BD becomes a more viable option considering it's encoding performance and also a good general CPU.

It's as tough choice

But both will be an improvement on an ageing 1366 I7
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Sorry but I have to disagree here. Despite what you say I'd much rather have an i7 920 than a BD. And from what I've read in most tests BD is currently actually behind x58 i7's, so how is it an improvement? I think the wise thing to do here if you already have a 1366 i7 is to wait for IB to arrive.
 
More proof, if any were needed, of what a complete POS Bulldozer is...

Capture-40.jpg


You have to be off your rocker to buy one of these turkeys for gaming....
 
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