Amd Officially Benches Bulldozer

[Movieman]

Imo in 3Ds benching 6.5Ghz 980X comparable to 5.8Ghz 2600K...then probly we neeed FX8150 run @ 6.6Ghz to compete

We all know how easy it is to bench 2600K @ 6Ghz+

The key is how easy an FX8150 reach 7Ghz+ 3D bench stable under LN2....which we will see soon

Yea, you might actually need a chiller to get to 6.6.. j/k

[Dumo]

Yea, you might actually need a chiller to get to 6.6.. j/k

I have to "brasso" polish my Venom pot soon...its been idle unused since 2600K.

Will let the manager @ local Micro Center know that peeps will switch to bin AMD chip from now on. Lol

[ajaidev]

humm if it does well enough against the SNB E in games i would buy it. I know about the difference in price but then again the entry SNB-E "Quad core" would also be a tasty choice, waiting for some reviews

Quad SNB-E vs Octa Bulldozer vs Quad IVB would be so awesome.

[tifosi]

humm if it does well enough against the SNB E in games i would buy it. I know about the difference in price but then again the entry SNB-E "Quad core" would also be a tasty choice, waiting for some reviews

Dude... don't forget the Intel tax you'll have to pay in India. It will easily be quite a whole lot expensive as is usually the trend in the local market, what with dealers jacking up the prices. Unless you ask someone to ship it over from elsewhere the price will sting alright, or, if you know someone in Intel, then you may get 40% off MRP. Also, check if the mobo features will meet your requirements mate, as they've cut some features reportedly on the X79.

[Lanek]

humm if it does well enough against the SNB E in games i would buy it. I know about the difference in price but then again the entry SNB-E "Quad core" would also be a tasty choice, waiting for some reviews

Quad SNB-E vs Octa Bulldozer vs Quad IVB would be so awesome.

I will not take a SBE just for gaming, and specially the quadcore .. look like single thread perf look same of the I7 2600K, so the quadcore SBE don't look a good choice.

[[XC] gomeler]

Err. Will reserve all comments about performance until we get some real benchmarks.

980X should never even be considered for gaming when the 2500K trounces it. The 8150s price is rumored to be 229.99 so all tests should be compared against a 2500K not a 980X. Wonder if intel plans on dropping the 2500Ks price to counter Amds strategy. 189 dollar 2500K would be a hell of a bargin.

I hope so as that means I can then bin the out of some FX cpus

[jimbo75]

980X should never even be considered for gaming when the 2500K trounces it. The 8150s price is rumored to be 229.99 so all tests should be compared against a 2500K not a 980X.

http://www.techspot.com/review/403-d...nce/page7.html



Do you still stand by that claim?

[Pestilence]

http://www.techspot.com/review/403-d...nce/page7.html

Do you still stand by that claim?

One game benchmark doesn't really sway me. 920 and 1366 is dead. 2500K is still the best processor to test against the 8150 as they're the closest in price.

Case in point

[jimbo75]

One game benchmark doesn't really sway me. 920 and 1366 is dead. 2500K is still the best processor to test against the 8150 as they're the closest in price.

The point is, it's the game benchmark that AMD chose. If they'd chosen to show a SB chip BD would have been even further ahead.

[HelixPC]

If its going to retail for $230, then its a great deal, AMD may not have the best performance, but they sure do deliver a lot for the money, and for 90% of the people out, AMD is just as good. I use mostly AMD for my low end builds for my customer, and Intel for high end you get better bang for buck with AMD.

[Pestilence]

If its going to retail for $230, then its a great deal, AMD may not have the best performance, but they sure do deliver a lot for the money, and for 90% of the people out, AMD is just as good. I use mostly AMD for my low end builds for my customer, and Intel for high end you get better bang for buck with AMD.

Hear this all the time and its not true at all. 2500K/Msi p67 G45 is the best bang for your buck for 320 bucks. Its value can't be matched by Amd

[Greg83]

the hard reset benchmark seems to be due to differences in pci-e latency due to on chip pci-e controller then anything else.
since the dirt 3 bench was a faster gpu and double the ram. it was just a better test.

[Macadamia]

^
^ So why not just get another 2500k system and shut up, instead of talking about how 5% here and there makes such a big difference?

Some people are clearly beyond comprehension. seriously.

[jimbo75]

Hear this all the time and its not true at all. 2500K/Msi p67 G45 is the best bang for your buck for 320 bucks. Its value can't be matched by Amd

At what? An A8-3850 and mobo will trounce it at gaming and video while costing a lot less that's for sure.

[LightSpeed]

Hear this all the time and its not true at all. 2500K/Msi p67 G45 is the best bang for your buck for 320 bucks. Its value can't be matched by Amd

320 bucks for the mobo and processor is low end? even low-mid? how about you go further down? His point is valid, AMD has the value segment covered pretty well.

[Dumo]

Got my CH5 today and fine tuning it with a 955 and Gskill 2133

Prepping for FX8150, get rid all of my 2600Ks. Lol

[Raqia]

Depend on what we are speaking ... multithreaded software or games 3D bench ?

And yes, at 260x1600 with all maxxed, the cpu have little to no importance. (not completely true in Dirt3, anyway at 1920x1080 8xAA i have not test at 2560x1600)


Anyway, i think AMD was more doing a presentation of Bulldozer working system, more of show numbers.




does really the 920 beat the 2600K in there test ? Huuum, i don't see any reason, specially when it's absolutely not the case in Dirt2 ...( same engine, just some little thing added) ... I can be wrong, but counting the 2600K is a lot faster in any games, i don't see why..

Something to do w/ the triple channel memory maybe...

[jimbo75]

It wasn't a fluke result anyway. Reading the comments the author said...

I ran the test several times and could not work it out, the 2600K is a much faster processor so I am not sure why the game did not take to that platform.

[Isbre]

But why is the SB cpu's doing so terrible in that Dirt 3 benchmark Makes no sense to me

[SKYMTL]

I doubt that handbrake scales perfectly with cores.

It doesn't. Nor does it scale well with frequency changes.

I refuse to use Handbrake in CPU benching simply because its results tend to be all over the place, particularly on Windows 7 for some reason.

Dirt 3 isn't a particularly good indicator either since it will be massively held back by the GPU being used in this test.

[Utnorris]

Got my CH5 today and fine tuning it with a 955 and Gskill 2133

Prepping for FX8150, get rid all of my 2600Ks. Lol

Let me know when that "Fire" sale starts.

[Stewie007]

I'll buy a BD and chill it to the max, and I'll never look back.

[bamtan2]

most of you guys aren't reading into this right. the first intel chip is probably a 2500k because that is what amd is competing against. the second one is more expensive than a 2600k yet performs the same in that benchmark, so they chose the more expensive one to make themselves look better. but the real competition is a 2600k, and the data is representative of a 2600k, and that data is all we need to know.

this is not by accident. AMD CHOSE to clock and price these chips to compete well with the intel chips. they KNOW what their competition is, and WE KNOW what their competition is. you guys are spinning in circles, but the comparison is obvious. look clearly between the lines. either AMD competes well or they die, and they usually compete well. the implication of these benchmarks is that bulldozer competes well.

[Utnorris]

980X should never even be considered for gaming when the 2500K trounces it. The 8150s price is rumored to be 229.99 so all tests should be compared against a 2500K not a 980X. Wonder if intel plans on dropping the 2500Ks price to counter Amds strategy. 189 dollar 2500K would be a hell of a bargin.

Microcenter already sells the 2500K at $180, so I want to see a 2600K at $200, that will be a bargain.

[jimbo75]

Dirt 3 isn't a particularly good indicator either since it will be massively held back by the GPU being used in this test.

I'm pretty sure that was a typo and it's crossfire 6970's not 6790's.