amd slashes prices the 6100 starts to look tasty

amd is doing some price adjustments to the fx 6100 as well as the fm1 socket cpu's

http://www.techpowerup.com/155225/AMD-Adjusts-Some-APU-CPU-Prices-Introduces-New-Athlon-II-Part.html

the low end apu's have gone up by a coupole of bucks. the athlon II x4 631 has fallen by a couple and the fx6100 will now set you back $155 down from 165..

expect a new 6000 series to fill the price slot soon..

amd is doing some price adjustments to the fx 6100 as well as the fm1 socket cpu's

http://www.techpowerup.com/155225/AMD-Adjusts-Some-APU-CPU-Prices-Introduces-New-Athlon-II-Part.html

the low end apu's have gone up by a coupole of bucks. the athlon II x4 631 has fallen by a couple and the fx6100 will now set you back $155 down from 165..

expect a new 6000 series to fill the price slot soon..

ionusX

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

Tezcatlipoca666

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

hofuldig

Well... what do you do with your laptop?

You see, the advantage of the APU's isn't processing power (although they aren't bad in this respect), it is the fact that the CPU and GPU are combined onto a single chip with the GPU part not being terrible. You get excellent multimedia performance (good hardware acceleration) all while benefitting from exceptional battery life. For the vast majority of people an A6 powered laptop would probably be a superior option over an i3 or i5 based laptop. Cheaper and with superior energy efficiency. The extra CPU power of an i3 is wasted away for most people. My sister has an E-350 laptop and it works for her... the A6 is a considerable step up from the E-350.

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

hofuldig

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

hofuldig

i wouldnt say that. The c50 is the best netbook ive ever used,and ive even considered upgrading to a newer apu. value wise the apu's are the best in the laptop segment.

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

This might help sales a little bit but AMD have really dropped the ball. They have put off a TON of potential buyers when they blew it with Bulldozer. I was planning on upgrading my Athlon II X2 to a bulldozer CPU but I bought a used Phenom II X4 955 with a Xigmatek (sp?) heatsink all for $80 from a classmate. Why would I spend money on a new mobo and then spend $150+ to get a Bulldozer CPU which hardly performs any better?

Some budget minded, new rig builders might show some interest in the FX-6100 at that price but I have doubts. The i5 SB family isn't all that much more expensive and offers better performance on average.

AMD needs to bring it. Intel keeps on turning up the heat and AMD is sitting around immobile. AMD won't die as a consequence of their current desktop CPU failure but it is going to hamper their ability to gain market share. Even if the Fusion chips are really great laptop APUs the image of failure and incompetence surrounding AMD right now is enough to make people ignore AMD based laptops entirely.

AMD, you need to do something in the next year or so. The Bulldozer architecture itself is innovative and has great potential but you need to iron out some of the issues. Refine it, optimize it, and then sell it at a highly competitve price.

/rant

hofuldig

That doesn't make any sense. The a6 and a8s wipe the floor with the intel counterparts. they are by far the best laptops you can get without a discrete gpu.

@150 man a 6100 looks more tempting.. bulldozer after price cuts will be nice the 6100 is definetely perferred over any of the 2100 or 2300 SB variants and is your ONLY alternative in the 2400's price bracket if your unwilling to spend more on the 2500. so yeah id say its worth it now that it costs as much as some 1035t's while kicking the stuffing out of a 1100t 9/10

@150 man a 6100 looks more tempting.. bulldozer after price cuts will be nice the 6100 is definetely perferred over any of the 2100 or 2300 SB variants and is your ONLY alternative in the 2400's price bracket if your unwilling to spend more on the 2500. so yeah id say its worth it now that it costs as much as some 1035t's while kicking the stuffing out of a 1100t 9/10

ionusX

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

@150 man a 6100 looks more tempting.. bulldozer after price cuts will be nice the 6100 is definetely perferred over any of the 2100 or 2300 SB variants and is your ONLY alternative in the 2400's price bracket if your unwilling to spend more on the 2500. so yeah id say its worth it now that it costs as much as some 1035t's while kicking the stuffing out of a 1100t 9/10

mitu123

if you sport a thubans already(omitting the 1035t) or any of the core i7 neahelms not.. dont get it

but for new builds (with the right budgets) and for folks with much weaker cpu's that want to improve alot without dropping the money for thr 2500/2500k get the 6100.. its that simple

preformance wise the 6100 sits well above all the thubans and occassionnaly sits on level with the 1090t or 1100t. when it is above the thubans (which is like 8-9/10 it kicks the core i5 neahelms (dual and quad) all over tha place! in fact the next best cpu period is a core i7 920. it overclocks like rubbish but all bulldozers do atm. so if you dont want to overclock and the 6100 costs to much and you have a core 2 duo or w/e the 6100 is the dude standing in 2nd.. the 2400, 2300, 2100 and phenom II x4's just cant match up. its not perfect i agree but as the price falls and the bonus gifts n combos stack up on her.. the excuses quickly get run aground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qqPHSUqHA

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

@150 man a 6100 looks more tempting.. bulldozer after price cuts will be nice the 6100 is definetely perferred over any of the 2100 or 2300 SB variants and is your ONLY alternative in the 2400's price bracket if your unwilling to spend more on the 2500. so yeah id say its worth it now that it costs as much as some 1035t's while kicking the stuffing out of a 1100t 9/10

ionusX

if you sport a thubans already(omitting the 1035t) or any of the core i7 neahelms not.. dont get it

but for new builds (with the right budgets) and for folks with much weaker cpu's that want to improve alot without dropping the money for thr 2500/2500k get the 6100.. its that simple

preformance wise the 6100 sits well above all the thubans and occassionnaly sits on level with the 1090t or 1100t. when it is above the thubans (which is like 8-9/10 it kicks the core i5 neahelms (dual and quad) all over tha place! in fact the next best cpu period is a core i7 920. it overclocks like rubbish but all bulldozers do atm. so if you dont want to overclock and the 6100 costs to much and you have a core 2 duo or w/e the 6100 is the dude standing in 2nd.. the 2400, 2300, 2100 and phenom II x4's just cant match up. its not perfect i agree but as the price falls and the bonus gifts n combos stack up on her.. the excuses quickly get run aground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qqPHSUqHA

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] Is 6100 really worth it?

mitu123

if you sport a thubans already(omitting the 1035t) or any of the core i7 neahelms not.. dont get it

but for new builds (with the right budgets) and for folks with much weaker cpu's that want to improve alot without dropping the money for thr 2500/2500k get the 6100.. its that simple

preformance wise the 6100 sits well above all the thubans and occassionnaly sits on level with the 1090t or 1100t. when it is above the thubans (which is like 8-9/10 it kicks the core i5 neahelms (dual and quad) all over tha place! in fact the next best cpu period is a core i7 920. it overclocks like rubbish but all bulldozers do atm. so if you dont want to overclock and the 6100 costs to much and you have a core 2 duo or w/e the 6100 is the dude standing in 2nd.. the 2400, 2300, 2100 and phenom II x4's just cant match up. its not perfect i agree but as the price falls and the bonus gifts n combos stack up on her.. the excuses quickly get run aground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qqPHSUqHA

phenom II x4 945.. will rpobably go to a 6100 if the price keeps getting shaved.

its opening price was 175 now its @ 155.. 20 bucks more and heck ill come to you amd to buy one.. screw the store

by january im predicting a price drop to $140 and a few months later another price drop to about $100. At that point it MAY be worth it. The fx 8150 isn't worth anything but $140-$150.

by january im predicting a price drop to $140 and a few months later another price drop to about $100. At that point it MAY be worth it. The fx 8150 isn't worth anything but $140-$150.

blaznwiipspman1

Now you are exaggerating. The FX 8150 is worth a good $200 at least. Sure, it may not be worth it for a gamer but there aren't just gamers out there.

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

by january im predicting a price drop to $140 and a few months later another price drop to about $100. At that point it MAY be worth it. The fx 8150 isn't worth anything but $140-$150.

Tezcatlipoca666

Now you are exaggerating. The FX 8150 is worth a good $200 at least. Sure, it may not be worth it for a gamer but there aren't just gamers out there.

200 seems fair if the 2500k continues to hold its price tag with only small variants. its better than the 2500k barely and then it would cost less.. win-win situation and you cant argue that much blazin..

the 6100 for 130-145 is a perfectly fair price. it undercuts the similar preforming parts by lots of money and sits in a really nice preformance slot intel has no effective counters for since the 2300 and 2100 are both absolute JOKES

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

by january im predicting a price drop to $140 and a few months later another price drop to about $100. At that point it MAY be worth it. The fx 8150 isn't worth anything but $140-$150.

ionusX

Now you are exaggerating. The FX 8150 is worth a good $200 at least. Sure, it may not be worth it for a gamer but there aren't just gamers out there.

200 seems fair if the 2500k continues to hold its price tag with only small variants. its better than the 2500k barely and then it would cost less.. win-win situation and you cant argue that much blazin..

the 6100 for 130-145 is a perfectly fair price. it undercuts the similar preforming parts by lots of money and sits in a really nice preformance slot intel has no effective counters for since the 233 and 2100 are both absolute JOKES

I agree. If I were to pick up a bulldozer rig I'd definitely be gunning for the FX 6100.

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

if you sport a thubans already(omitting the 1035t) or any of the core i7 neahelms not.. dont get it

but for new builds (with the right budgets) and for folks with much weaker cpu's that want to improve alot without dropping the money for thr 2500/2500k get the 6100.. its that simple

preformance wise the 6100 sits well above all the thubans and occassionnaly sits on level with the 1090t or 1100t. when it is above the thubans (which is like 8-9/10 it kicks the core i5 neahelms (dual and quad) all over tha place! in fact the next best cpu period is a core i7 920. it overclocks like rubbish but all bulldozers do atm. so if you dont want to overclock and the 6100 costs to much and you have a core 2 duo or w/e the 6100 is the dude standing in 2nd.. the 2400, 2300, 2100 and phenom II x4's just cant match up. its not perfect i agree but as the price falls and the bonus gifts n combos stack up on her.. the excuses quickly get run aground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qqPHSUqHA

ionusX

phenom II x4 945.. will rpobably go to a 6100 if the price keeps getting shaved.

its opening price was 175 now its @ 155.. 20 bucks more and heck ill come to you amd to buy one.. screw the store

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] I have the Athlon II X4 645 and I'm tired of this cpu, looking to see what's up with the 6100 though.

mitu123

phenom II x4 945.. will rpobably go to a 6100 if the price keeps getting shaved.

its opening price was 175 now its @ 155.. 20 bucks more and heck ill come to you amd to buy one.. screw the store

its pretty funny that the best amd part is the hexacore. the quad wont be good till january when the 980 and down get delisted by amd.. or ORif it falls in price to under 100. then it becomes the new best sub 100 dollar cpu there is period.. either/or

the 8150 and 8120 got alot of work to do but given time they might be worth it eventually. we also have yet to see what 1090x chipset and the 8170 can do (the flagship is the 8170 and 8150 was just a place holder). odds are the 8170 is jsut and overclocked carp bag.. but thats yet to be seen and the 1090xc certainly makes going am3+ more useful and functional at the minimum.. ill let you know if i catch any 1090 benchies worth discussin..

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

phenom II x4 945.. will rpobably go to a 6100 if the price keeps getting shaved.

its opening price was 175 now its @ 155.. 20 bucks more and heck ill come to you amd to buy one.. screw the store

ionusX

its pretty funny that the best amd part is the hexacore. the quad wont be good till january when the 980 and down get delisted by amd.. or ORif it falls in price to under 100. then it becomes the new best sub 100 dollar cpu there is period.. either/or

the 8150 and 8120 got alot of work to do but given time they might be worth it eventually. we also have yet to see what 1090x chipset and the 8170 can do (the flagship is the 8170 and 8150 was just a place holder). odds are the 8170 is jsut and overclocked carp bag.. but thats yet to be seen and the 1090xc certainly makes going am3+ more useful and functional at the minimum.. ill let you know if i catch any 1090 benchies worth discussin..

yah but the 6100 is not much better than the 1090t or the 1055t which ive seen selling for $150 on sales.

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] 6100 it is then.:P

blaznwiipspman1

its pretty funny that the best amd part is the hexacore. the quad wont be good till january when the 980 and down get delisted by amd.. or ORif it falls in price to under 100. then it becomes the new best sub 100 dollar cpu there is period.. either/or

the 8150 and 8120 got alot of work to do but given time they might be worth it eventually. we also have yet to see what 1090x chipset and the 8170 can do (the flagship is the 8170 and 8150 was just a place holder). odds are the 8170 is jsut and overclocked carp bag.. but thats yet to be seen and the 1090xc certainly makes going am3+ more useful and functional at the minimum.. ill let you know if i catch any 1090 benchies worth discussin..

yah but the 6100 is not much better than the 1090t or the 1055t which ive seen selling for $150 on sales.

sometimes yes i agree the 6100 does match it but i look at a big picture and the future. come next gen amd has its cpu's in basically every console and its gpu's in all of em. intel can be as good as it wants but when every game is optimized for efficiency and preformance on amd parts.. it wont matter son

and the 6100 is very nice with the free dvd burner.. shame none of the thubans are on sale(in any way thatd matter) or id take your comment more seriously.

most days the 6100 will kick the 1075t or above to pieces. a couple of bad benchmarks does not break a product. the gtx 295 couldnt run hawx 1 at all.. do we see folks calling the gtx 295 a worthless piece of garbadge nope.. ooh or how about the 1155 celerons or the 1156 core 2 quad.. plenty of oddball parts people just seem to be embracing yet everytime amd does it.. oh no break out the markers and shade them outta the market.

hmmm. this is good this is really good. i think ill pick one up :D.

also i can use the 6 cores, i do more then just play games. ill pick one up later today. dang this is so cool.