Quote Originally Posted by Hornet331 View Post
Wait wat.. you just said P4 had no room to grow... but in fact it did, but it wasn't enough... and personally I see the same for BD or every other iteration of it. It has growth potential, but it will be never enough to match anything intel will offer as long as they stick to that.

Hell per core performanec on piledriver will be at the same level as deneb is now... and piledriver is still 6-9 month away...
Do you know what is intel planning for Haswell? Is Haswell entirely new design or Core evolution? I think intel stated it's a clean slate new design. So if by a far stretch haswell fails to match IB per clock will you call it a failure too?
Bulldozer 1 was probably made with some compromises in mind. They will improve the design,it's logical thing to do. They have room now to increase both clock and IPC. Whether or not it will be enough to match what intel offers,especially in server space,remains to be seen. I think they will do just fine if GloFo doesn't stumble in the process side of things.