Return of AMD FX: My OC'd AMD FX 8150 / 6990 review - Check in Daily for New Results!

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Yes it is put into the same category, however each catagory is also put in order of performance from top to bottom. Again, when FX can be optimized properly it clearly wins in game tests, and any other tests. Most benchmarks and games FX lacks in are years old.

I strongly believe that if price to performance is not put into consideration, although it almost always is, and you are just looking for the best AMD gaming CPU, that the FX 8120/8150 is the best option period. It is their flagship mainstream CPU, and as much as you try to convince yourself its not, it isnt true.

If you are a gamer these days, you will overclock, and most likely try to achieve the highest overclock you can possibly achieve. Overclocking is FXs thing, thats been made pretty clear :P. Not to mention, some benchmarks really expose K10.5's aging architecture.



http://amdfx.blogspot.com/2012/01/pa...enchmarks.html

Overclockability of Bulldozer = 4.8 Ghz / 3.6 Ghz = 33%
Overclockability of Phenom II X6 = 4.1 Ghz / 3.3 Ghz = 24%

I am not surprised that AMD switched from K10.5 to Bulldozer archetechture, because there was a clearer future. More cores (8 now, 10 later, and eventually more IPC (+10-15% per gen) will eventually dominate. Although, I dont suspect AMD will push into the enthusiast market (500 USD +) just yet.

Ivy bridge leaked performance only shows about a 9-10% increase in performance.. and Intels sticking with 4 cores for mainstream. And the ivy bridge ES is clocked higher. It has a 3.5 Ghz clock / 3.9 Ghz Turbo, with compared to the 2600k's 3.4 clock / 3.8 ghz turbo.

http://www.obr-hardware.com/2012/02/...0k-tested.html