Ok so I just upgraded from a Phenom II 940 to the FX8150....

Bulldozer:

2500k:

Source:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/processors/1287799/amd-fx-8150/2

kraken2109

Oh ya testing 2 CPU's at stock speeds when the slower clocked one actually overclocks better is a useless test.

I find it a bit strange that the 2500k gained that much performance by overclocking it to just 4Ghz but hey you posted the link and according to that for anyone who overclocks 2500k >>>> 8150. Nevermind the fact that they didnt even bother putting a cooler on the 2500k to see how much it will overclock and yet it managed to beat the 8150

Add the fact that the 8150 is much more expensive, ya it's a massive fail.

Add the fact that the 8150 is much more expensive, ya it's a massive fail.

Gambler_3

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Bulldozer:

2500k:

Source:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/processors/1287799/amd-fx-8150/2

Gambler_3

Oh ya testing 2 CPU's at stock speeds when the slower clocked one actually overclocks better is a useless test.

I find it a bit strange that the 2500k gained that much performance by overclocking it to just 4Ghz but hey you posted the link and according to that for anyone who overclocks 2500k >>>> 8150. Nevermind the fact that they didnt even bother putting a cooler on the 2500k to see how much it will overclock and yet it managed to beat the 8150

Add the fact that the 8150 is much more expensive, ya it's a massive fail.

The motherboard is a very important component, putting a powerful processor in a crap motherboard is like putting a big block V8 in a model T chassis. Yes the motherboard doesn't actually make it go fast, but it allows the processor to unlock its full potential. For myself, I use basically every USB and esata port that is available. I don't just run 1 game at once, I run many things constantly, which includes gaming, which is why I have extra ram, extra monitors, etc.

Your stance is very ignorant.

GummiRaccoon

You do realise my post was a light-hearted joke post, hence the excessive emotes.

[QUOTE="mixedplanet"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] So more is better for BD.

mitu123

so far I noticed it too, hopefully its futureproof. HOPEFULLY. So far I am enjoying it. got it upto 4Ghz and tightened up the ram timings, every program it load balzing fast, even booting windows.

[QUOTE="mitu123"] So more is better for BD.

mixedplanet

so far I noticed it too, hopefully its futureproof. HOPEFULLY. So far I am enjoying it. got it upto 4Ghz and tightened up the ram timings, every program it load balzing fast, even booting windows.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

The motherboard is a very important component, putting a powerful processor in a crap motherboard is like putting a big block V8 in a model T chassis. Yes the motherboard doesn't actually make it go fast, but it allows the processor to unlock its full potential. For myself, I use basically every USB and esata port that is available. I don't just run 1 game at once, I run many things constantly, which includes gaming, which is why I have extra ram, extra monitors, etc.

Your stance is very ignorant.

GTR12

You do realise my post was a light-hearted joke post, hence the excessive emotes.

Apologies. I am so used to gambler's asinine ramblings that I am starting to see them everywhere.

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="mixedplanet"]

so far I noticed it too, hopefully its futureproof. HOPEFULLY. So far I am enjoying it. got it upto 4Ghz and tightened up the ram timings, every program it load balzing fast, even booting windows.

mixedplanet

[QUOTE="mixedplanet"][QUOTE="mitu123"] How's your gaming status on it?

hofuldig

[QUOTE="hofuldig"][QUOTE="mixedplanet"] Battlefield 3 does not stutter or slowdown like it used to with my old 1055T. FPS went up by 6 to 10. Arkham City Physx actually improves performance by like 5 FPS with bulldozer handling physx. Still under 30 though, screw Nvidia for that. Shogun 2 is smooth as butter, no hitch up. So is empire total war. Main games I play. Haven't bought skyrim yet. my Vantage H score went up a lot (forget the number for 1055T, but it was rather low). Uniengine haven gave a 100 point boost, 1622 at 180P, tessalation normal, 2x AA, 16x AF, shader High. for gaming, this processor is amazing, I don't care what it gets in cinebench, My primary use is gaming. mixedplanet

EDIT: i would also like to add i use a dual core CPU and my games are smooth with no stuttering or hickups so you cant really use that as a selling point. on another not my friend has a Phenom 2 X3 and he dose not experience any stuttering in his games either. that includes Battlefield 3.

my mistake, typo. 8120 is what got

I am not trying to sell the product to you or to anyone in this site. I play my games @ 1080p with max detail and I doubt shogun 2 or battlefield 3 running smoothly with the processors your mentioned. In fact, I know it isn't true because 1055T couldn't do it. I built this system for 3 years. My next cpu upgrade will come with steamroller most likely. I am excited to see how multi threading takes advatage of bulldozer. I have various things open and running during my play sessions and still not hick ups. I absoltely love it.

[QUOTE="mastershake575"]

[QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"]

GummiRaccoon

Your 95% estimate is not very close.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="mastershake575"]

mastershake575

Your 95% estimate is not very close.

Go look for yourself.

[QUOTE="mastershake575"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Your 95% estimate is not very close.

Go look for yourself.

Why are you so aggressive all the time? I was just posting something interesting that i haven't seen on this board before. This is why people call you a fanboy.

kraken2109

[QUOTE="GTR12"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I have your motherboard, I love it so much, so many usb ports.

GummiRaccoon

:lol: its about CPU's, not mobos :P

The motherboard is a very important component, putting a powerful processor in a crap motherboard is like putting a big block V8 in a model T chassis. Yes the motherboard doesn't actually make it go fast, but it allows the processor to unlock its full potential. For myself, I use basically every USB and esata port that is available. I don't just run 1 game at once, I run many things constantly, which includes gaming, which is why I have extra ram, extra monitors, etc.

Your stance is very ignorant.

The motherboard is important for SOME people. For others, expensive mobos just have a bunch of features and extra slots/ports that they will never use. What counts is how fast the CPU is, not how loaded-up the mobo is. For me, all I need are 4 SATA ports, 4 RAM slots, at least 1 full-length PCI-E X16 slot, and 2 PCI slots. The rest is pretty much fluff.

my mistake, typo. 8120 is what got

I am not trying to sell the product to you or to anyone in this site. I play my games @ 1080p with max detail and I doubt shogun 2 or battlefield 3 running smoothly with the processors your mentioned. In fact, I know it isn't true because 1055T couldn't do it. I built this system for 3 years. My next cpu upgrade will come with steamroller most likely. I am excited to see how multi threading takes advatage of bulldozer. I have various things open and running during my play sessions and still not hick ups. I absoltely love it.

mixedplanet

You didn't even need to upgrade imo. red12355

[QUOTE="mixedplanet"]

my mistake, typo. 8120 is what got

I am not trying to sell the product to you or to anyone in this site. I play my games @ 1080p with max detail and I doubt shogun 2 or battlefield 3 running smoothly with the processors your mentioned. In fact, I know it isn't true because 1055T couldn't do it. I built this system for 3 years. My next cpu upgrade will come with steamroller most likely. I am excited to see how multi threading takes advatage of bulldozer. I have various things open and running during my play sessions and still not hick ups. I absoltely love it.

hofuldig

Call me a fanboy or whatever but this thing is beast!! 7zip ex, 3 1080p youtube videos,itunes,windows media player, BF3, Crysis, SC2, Skyrim, WoW, and even the flippin windows side bar without a a single hitch! Sure you can say this is an unrealistic benchmark and the ram is mostly handling my multi tasking but this baby is snappy.. Sad that I feel a lot of you are gonna be turning your heads to a true innovating processor which probably hasn't had most programs optimized for it yet.

My new rig (Waiting on 7970)

FX 8150@4.2 w/ 212+,16GB 1600, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD, 600 GB Raptor, 2x 2TB Samsung 7200RPM RAID0, using my brothers 6870 for the meantime! (he has 2)

I was smart and bought my hard drives when I thought bulldozer was coming out sooner, but when it finally released I couldn't seem to order one anywhere without getting too terribly ripped off. Worth the wait and it doesn't even get hot sitting at 46c @4.2 w/ load!

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

dabigsiebowski

[QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"]

Call me a fanboy or whatever but this thing is beast!! 7zip ex, 3 1080p youtube videos,itunes,windows media player, BF3, Crysis, SC2, Skyrim, WoW, and even the flippin windows side bar without a a single hitch! Sure you can say this is an unrealistic benchmark and the ram is mostly handling my multi tasking but this baby is snappy.. Sad that I feel a lot of you are gonna be turning your heads to a true innovating processor which probably hasn't had most programs optimized for it yet.

My new rig (Waiting on 7970)

FX 8150@4.2 w/ 212+,16GB 1600, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD, 600 GB Raptor, 2x 2TB Samsung 7200RPM RAID0, using my brothers 6870 for the meantime! (he has 2)

I was smart and bought my hard drives when I thought bulldozer was coming out sooner, but when it finally released I couldn't seem to order one anywhere without getting too terribly ripped off. Worth the wait and it doesn't even get hot sitting at 46c @4.2 w/ load!

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

whitey_rolls

Oh, snap.

Call me a fanboy or whatever but this thing is beast!! 7zip ex, 3 1080p youtube videos,itunes,windows media player, BF3, Crysis, SC2, Skyrim, WoW, and even the flippin windows side bar without a a single hitch! Sure you can say this is an unrealistic benchmark and the ram is mostly handling my multi tasking but this baby is snappy.. Sad that I feel a lot of you are gonna be turning your heads to a true innovating processor which probably hasn't had most programs optimized for it yet.

My new rig (Waiting on 7970)

FX 8150@4.2 w/ 212+,16GB 1600, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD, 600 GB Raptor, 2x 2TB Samsung 7200RPM RAID0, using my brothers 6870 for the meantime! (he has 2)

I was smart and bought my hard drives when I thought bulldozer was coming out sooner, but when it finally released I couldn't seem to order one anywhere without getting too terribly ripped off. Worth the wait and it doesn't even get hot sitting at 46c @4.2 w/ load!

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

dabigsiebowski

No way in hell would I buy Bulldozer now, they arent terrible but damn they arent great either. I would have gone 2500k or 2600k no doubt.

This thread sure backfired a bit.

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Why are you so aggressive all the time? I was just posting something interesting that i haven't seen on this board before. This is why people call you a fanboy.

Gambler_3

i might get one a 8020 or 8150 for the heck of it. PC is my hobby so i wont be losing out much from it. plus i already have a Am3+ motherboard, so why not.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="GTR12"]

:lol: its about CPU's, not mobos :P

hartsickdiscipl

The motherboard is a very important component, putting a powerful processor in a crap motherboard is like putting a big block V8 in a model T chassis. Yes the motherboard doesn't actually make it go fast, but it allows the processor to unlock its full potential. For myself, I use basically every USB and esata port that is available. I don't just run 1 game at once, I run many things constantly, which includes gaming, which is why I have extra ram, extra monitors, etc.

Your stance is very ignorant.

The motherboard is important for SOME people. For others, expensive mobos just have a bunch of features and extra slots/ports that they will never use. What counts is how fast the CPU is, not how loaded-up the mobo is. For me, all I need are 4 SATA ports, 4 RAM slots, at least 1 full-length PCI-E X16 slot, and 2 PCI slots. The rest is pretty much fluff.

Now imagine if you got a motherboard that didn't meet your minimum requirements? For instance there are micro atx am3 motherboards that are only 95W.

Get the motherboard that suits your needs, I got my brother a 40 dollar AM3 board with 2 ram slots, micro atx because he will never get to the point of needing more.

I like how no one read that the TC got the 1055 cheap 2nd hand and recouped all the cost he spent reselling it.

Also if he had done the exact same thing, but instead spent more getting a 2500k and new motherboard (motherboards resell like crap) everyone would be knocking each other over to praise his excellent decision. All for similarly superfluous extra performance.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

The motherboard is a very important component, putting a powerful processor in a crap motherboard is like putting a big block V8 in a model T chassis. Yes the motherboard doesn't actually make it go fast, but it allows the processor to unlock its full potential. For myself, I use basically every USB and esata port that is available. I don't just run 1 game at once, I run many things constantly, which includes gaming, which is why I have extra ram, extra monitors, etc.

Your stance is very ignorant.

GummiRaccoon

The motherboard is important for SOME people. For others, expensive mobos just have a bunch of features and extra slots/ports that they will never use. What counts is how fast the CPU is, not how loaded-up the mobo is. For me, all I need are 4 SATA ports, 4 RAM slots, at least 1 full-length PCI-E X16 slot, and 2 PCI slots. The rest is pretty much fluff.

Now imagine if you got a motherboard that didn't meet your minimum requirements? For instance there are micro atx am3 motherboards that are only 95W.

Get the motherboard that suits your needs, I got my brother a 40 dollar AM3 board with 2 ram slots, micro atx because he will never get to the point of needing more.

I like how no one read that the TC got the 1055 cheap 2nd hand and recouped all the cost he spent reselling it.

Also if he had done the exact same thing, but instead spent more getting a 2500k and new motherboard (motherboards resell like crap) everyone would be knocking each other over to praise his excellent decision. All for similarly superfluous extra performance.

GummiRaccoon

And I sold a micro ATX intel 775 board at a very good price compared to price of new, that mitigated my mistake of ever buying a micro board but ofcourse I still lost money as I bought it new. So yes motherboards can be sold at good price depending on if there is still demand for it's CPU's.

I certainly wouldnt be praising upgrading from a phenom X6 to ANYTHING be it intel 990X or 2700k or whatever. It's a completely unnecessary upgrade only for personal satisfaction. But

Gambler_3

Then goes on to praise. nice.

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

I certainly wouldnt be praising upgrading from a phenom X6 to ANYTHING be it intel 990X or 2700k or whatever. It's a completely unnecessary upgrade only for personal satisfaction. But

GummiRaccoon

Then goes on to praise. nice.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

I certainly wouldnt be praising upgrading from a phenom X6 to ANYTHING be it intel 990X or 2700k or whatever. It's a completely unnecessary upgrade only for personal satisfaction. But

Gambler_3

Then goes on to praise. nice.

Replacing a part that makes you start over from scratch is more reasonable than a drop in replacement?

Replacing a part that makes you start over from scratch is more reasonable than a drop in replacement?

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Replacing a part that makes you start over from scratch is more reasonable than a drop in replacement?

Gambler_3

Except he didn't ask if he should replace his 1055T, he already replaced it. I am just not one of these poorly behaved children on this board that sits there and tells people that stuff they already did is a terrible idea and they should be ashamed.

Besides I favor drop in replacement over replacing everything if it is at all possible.

Except he didn't ask if he should replace his 1055T, he already replaced it. I am just not one of these poorly behaved children on this board that sits there and tells people that stuff they already did is a terrible idea and they should be ashamed.

Besides I favor drop in replacement over replacing everything if it is at all possible.

GummiRaccoon

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

dabigsiebowski

Thank god the new TOU of gamespot, I wont be getting moderated dealing with trolls.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Except he didn't ask if he should replace his 1055T, he already replaced it. I am just not one of these poorly behaved children on this board that sits there and tells people that stuff they already did is a terrible idea and they should be ashamed.

Besides I favor drop in replacement over replacing everything if it is at all possible.

Gambler_3

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

dabigsiebowski

Thank god the new TOU of gamespot, I wont be getting moderated dealing with trolls.

You get moderated because you insult people and constantly troll, mods sometimes read threads and you disappear for a while.

No because the old TOU was pretty stupid. Now I can call you a dumbass stupid fanboy and not get moderated for that. Basically 95% of things that got you moderated previously wont anymore.

And I never got suspended that often, only reason I disappear is because you know I have a life.

[QUOTE="dabigsiebowski"]

Call me a fanboy or whatever but this thing is beast!! 7zip ex, 3 1080p youtube videos,itunes,windows media player, BF3, Crysis, SC2, Skyrim, WoW, and even the flippin windows side bar without a a single hitch! Sure you can say this is an unrealistic benchmark and the ram is mostly handling my multi tasking but this baby is snappy.. Sad that I feel a lot of you are gonna be turning your heads to a true innovating processor which probably hasn't had most programs optimized for it yet.

My new rig (Waiting on 7970)

FX 8150@4.2 w/ 212+,16GB 1600, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD, 600 GB Raptor, 2x 2TB Samsung 7200RPM RAID0, using my brothers 6870 for the meantime! (he has 2)

I was smart and bought my hard drives when I thought bulldozer was coming out sooner, but when it finally released I couldn't seem to order one anywhere without getting too terribly ripped off. Worth the wait and it doesn't even get hot sitting at 46c @4.2 w/ load!

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

robertoenrique

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Except he didn't ask if he should replace his 1055T, he already replaced it. I am just not one of these poorly behaved children on this board that sits there and tells people that stuff they already did is a terrible idea and they should be ashamed.

Besides I favor drop in replacement over replacing everything if it is at all possible.

Gambler_3

First time overclocking as well and it couldn't have been easier really! True innovation money can't buy! (Intel)

dabigsiebowski

Thank god the new TOU of gamespot, I wont be getting moderated dealing with trolls.

lol?? People are still hung up on my awesome build?? It's a great upgrade! I paid 15% less than you did!dabigsiebowski

I get jealous to when I start lagging behind with hardware.dabigsiebowski