The new AMD Bulldozer CPU. How will it be for gaming?

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#1 MOnsOOn_dk

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Topic^^

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#2 C_Rule

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Good, I would assume. Phenom II's are fine for gaming, so unless they somehow take a step back, Bulldozer should be great.

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#3 emperorzhang66

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According to a leak from early January (probably fake, but had no benchies) 50% faster than the i7 950, so about 30-40% faster than the SB cpu line up. So, if true. Pretty good. :)

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#4 Elann2008

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[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"]According to a leak from early January (probably fake, but had no benchies) 50% faster than the i7 950, so about 30-40% faster than the SB cpu line up. So, if true. Pretty good. :)

How are they up against the SB's though? I'd like to know. :)

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#5 Daytona_178

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I have spoken to AMD and I was told that to begin with its going to be aimed at server & workstation systems. Not sure if it will provide much benefit for gaming though as more threads does not equal more FPS.

Anyway, I look forward to the reviews :) Go AMD!

PS: As they are keeping the Phenom II brand going DONT expect Bulldozer CPU's to be cheap, they will 100% NOT bring them out at a cheap price and destroy their own lineup. So for now expect Phenom II for gamers (great price/performance) and Bulldozer for enthusiasts & professionals (premium).

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#6 emperorzhang66

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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="emperorzhang66"]According to a leak from early January (probably fake, but had no benchies) 50% faster than the i7 950, so about 30-40% faster than the SB cpu line up. So, if true. Pretty good. :)

How are they up against the SB's though? I'd like to know. :)

Like i said. If true around 30% faster. But it was leaked and you know what that means :P Also, i doubt it will be better for long (if at all), since looking at the architecture, the single core performance won't be its shining light.

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#7 Elann2008

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[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"][QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="emperorzhang66"]According to a leak from early January (probably fake, but had no benchies) 50% faster than the i7 950, so about 30-40% faster than the SB cpu line up. So, if true. Pretty good. :)

How are they up against the SB's though? I'd like to know. :)

Like i said. If true around 30% faster. But it was leaked and you know what that means :P Also, i doubt it will be better for long (if at all), since looking at the architecture, the single core performance won't be its shining light.

Oh wow.. totally missed that part. Sorry.

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#8 emperorzhang66

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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="emperorzhang66"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] How are they up against the SB's though? I'd like to know. :)

Like i said. If true around 30% faster. But it was leaked and you know what that means :P Also, i doubt it will be better for long (if at all), since looking at the architecture, the single core performance won't be its shining light.

Oh wow.. totally missed that part. Sorry.

I've heard SB is only about 6% faster than the 980x , and 950 only about 15% slower than that. So its a REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE but yeah :P @Daytona, define expensive, we talking 980x, 970 or 950/920 from the 1st gen i7 pricing?

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#9 Daytona_178

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[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"][QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="emperorzhang66"] Like i said. If true around 30% faster. But it was leaked and you know what that means :P Also, i doubt it will be better for long (if at all), since looking at the architecture, the single core performance won't be its shining light.

Oh wow.. totally missed that part. Sorry.

I've heard SB is only about 6% faster than the 980x , and 950 only about 15% slower than that. So its a REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE but yeah :P @Daytona, define expensive, we talking 980x, 970 or 950/920 from the 1st gen i7 pricing?

No idea, if i was to take a guess I would speculate it being in the i7 1366 price catagory. Like I said, Phenom II is not going away anytime soon and they cant keep reducing prices. So obviously Bulldozer will have to sit at a higher price point.

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#10 k0r3aN_pR1d3

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I hope AMD gets a smash hit. I am tired of Intel's price gouging.

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#11 Daytona_178

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I hope AMD gets a smash hit. I am tired of Intel's price gouging. k0r3aN_pR1d3

The 2500k was released at a VERY competitive price! Also for gaming it is THE best CPU. I dont mind if Intel charge a premium price for 1366 CPU's as they are aimed more at workstations & Professionals, no NEED for gamers to get these as tripple channel RAM & hyper threading offer no benefit over 1155 CPU's.

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#12 emperorzhang66

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[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Oh wow.. totally missed that part. Sorry. Daytona_178

I've heard SB is only about 6% faster than the 980x , and 950 only about 15% slower than that. So its a REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE but yeah :P @Daytona, define expensive, we talking 980x, 970 or 950/920 from the 1st gen i7 pricing?

No idea, if i was to take a guess I would speculate it being in the i7 1366 price catagory. Like I said, Phenom II is not going away anytime soon and they cant keep reducing prices. So obviously Bulldozer will have to sit at a higher price point.

As long as they still have the £150 mobos to match intel £250 then it'll be fine.

Otherwise. FX platform usually = Performance , whether its Price/performance we will have to wait and see.

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#13 GummiRaccoon

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AMD has stated that the single threaded IPC will be higher than current AMD processors.

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#14 redwarrior191

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[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Oh wow.. totally missed that part. Sorry. Daytona_178

I've heard SB is only about 6% faster than the 980x , and 950 only about 15% slower than that. So its a REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE but yeah :P @Daytona, define expensive, we talking 980x, 970 or 950/920 from the 1st gen i7 pricing?

No idea, if i was to take a guess I would speculate it being in the i7 1366 price catagory. Like I said, Phenom II is not going away anytime soon and they cant keep reducing prices. So obviously Bulldozer will have to sit at a higher price point.

really?? i thought bulldozer will replace the phenoms.. so will the price be in sandy bridge range or above it??

how about llano??

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#15 Daytona_178

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[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="emperorzhang66"] I've heard SB is only about 6% faster than the 980x , and 950 only about 15% slower than that. So its a REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE but yeah :P @Daytona, define expensive, we talking 980x, 970 or 950/920 from the 1st gen i7 pricing?redwarrior191

No idea, if i was to take a guess I would speculate it being in the i7 1366 price catagory. Like I said, Phenom II is not going away anytime soon and they cant keep reducing prices. So obviously Bulldozer will have to sit at a higher price point.

really?? i thought bulldozer will replace the phenoms.. so will the price be in sandy bridge range or above it??

how about llano??

From what I have been told Phenom II isn't going anywhere this year.

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