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Yes Bios is part of it as is power ipc, lower clock speeds and lower memory speeds.
Not quite the same, I'm not sure if there were any good benchmarks for Bulldozer.
Yep, HyperThreading needed a Windows patch, Bulldozer's modules needed a Windows patch. We know from AMD that one is due within 30 days that should address some of the performance issues we've seen in games.
I'm definitely upgrading my GPU before my CPU which means I'll have the benefit of being able to look at the 6c/12t variant with all the issues ironed out or, as you say, wait for Zen+, which'll hopefully clock higher.
Because the similarities are there, that's why?
It'll work better if you switch 8 of them off though
Agreed, I wrote the same thing in the review thread earlier.
*Sad trombone sound*
This is why the issues need to be fixed before the 6 and 4 core versions are released. Those will garner a whole new wave of reviews, particularly with gaming benchmarks, and they need to have Ryzen performing at its best rather than without proper drivers and dodgy early BIOSs. It's the only chance they have to stop the entire Zen line-up being tainted by the initial batch of reviews.Agreed, I wrote the same thing in the review thread earlier.
Sadly most of the 'spurious' reviews will remain online indefinitely and not be updated as the mobo/software/driver/firmware environment improves.
Bulldozer and Piledriver performance improved on several occasions, especially with OS upgrades, but hardly anyone knew about it. Hopefully the same doesn't happen again.
