AMD Bulldozer is here, oops!

[Katana1000S]

As many PC hardware enthusiasts know today is the launch of AMD Bulldozer with a rollout that has seemed to take forever, we were promised 8 cores (we got those) and up to a 50% performance increase over Sandy Bridge, sadly it does not come close, this is bad news for all of us, Intel can charge what they like now.

NDA is now lifted and it does not look good.

Anandtech:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/t...x8150-tested/1

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

HardOCP:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/...ormance_review

TechSpot:
http://www.techspot.com/review/452-a...dozer-fx-cpus/

VR-Zone:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-fx-8...-/13694-1.html

Hardwarecanucks:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...or-review.html

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

Benchmark reviews:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=831&Itemid=63

Bit-tech:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...-8150-review/1

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

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

Tomshardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...90fx,3043.html

[Katana1000S]

and the review we were all waiting for, Hitler is not a happy bunny with AMD Bulldozer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArxcnpXStE

[baronWastelan]

Bulldozer? Bullsh1t.

[Ze-Jamz]

Oh Dear

[skouras]

[Kodoss]

Wait until the programs are optimized to use the full power of the new AMD-Chips, then we can run real tests on it.

You can have a Lamborghini as a car, but when the settings of the engine (mixture/ignition time) is not correct then it's a pain in the ass.

[Pudfark]

Originally Posted by Kodoss

Wait until the programs are optimized to use the full power of the new AMD-Chips, then we can run real tests on it.

You can have a Lamborghini as a car, but when the settings of the engine (mixture/ignition time) is not correct then it's a pain in the ass.

Which leads to the question?
Will COD be optimized for Bulldozer?

Thanx fer the info Kat...

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by Kodoss

Wait until the programs are optimized to use the full power of the new AMD-Chips, then we can run real tests on it.

You can have a Lamborghini as a car, but when the settings of the engine (mixture/ignition time) is not correct then it's a pain in the ass.

You don't honestly think all software companys are going to say, aha, Bulldozer is out lets spend our profit money optimising our software that works just fine on Intel and current gen AMD CPU's for this low selling Bulldozer CPU do you ... not gonna happen mate ... bit of a cop out from AMD too that they say performance of Bulldozer wont work properly until Windows 8.

AMD have delayed and delayed and delayed this chip for what seems like forever now, and now that its here they are saying Piledriver (their next one) will be the Intel killer ... what about all those false claims of massive performance increases over equivalent Intel CPU's they made too, that's just plain dis-honest, people are going to start thinking ... fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

I'm beginning to wonder if this fiasco has anything to do with a top AMD CEO being fired recently ... they say the buck stops at the top.

Dont get me wrong, I own an SB I7 2600K and an I7 920, but I really hoped AMD would come back strong this time the way they did about years ago with the FX64 series and Thunderbird/Athlon stuff, my Nephew is wanting me to build him a new PC I asked him to wait for Bulldozer (because of the claims) but I would be doing him a disservice by building him one of these, pricing up an I5 2500K system for him as I type.

It gives me no pleasure to say, but you must be an AMD fan boy mate or clutching at straws.

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by Pudfark

Which leads to the question?
Will COD be optimized for Bulldozer?

Thanx fer the info Kat...

I guess that depends on how well bulldozer CPU's sell, but I doubt it very much.

[Kodoss]

You know that the bulldozer-architecture is completely new, and that all following CPUs from AMD will use it as fundamentals for the next 5 years. So there will be optimizations in the future.

Let it run the tests with its competitors after one year again, then we can determine if it's good or not.