AMD demonstrate upcoming Next-gen Bulldozer Gaming CPU @ gaming event in Dallas

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/07/20/amd_hardocp_texas_gamexperience

"There were two 30 foot Eyefinity screens powered by AMD "Bulldozer" FX processors that ran Dirt 3 for 10 hours straight (with no BSODs in sight)."

Eyefinity running on Bulldozer:

Bulldozer powered gaming PC:

For those who don't know Bulldozer will supposedly power the next Xbox too. Looks like Bulldozer is pretty much done. All they now need to do is mass produce them. :)

Damnit I just ordered a Sandy Bridge.

Good thing I got a Asus Crosshair Formula V :D

Man that guy is living my Gaming Dream.

Case looks awesome too!

Good thing I got a Asus Crosshair Formula V :D

Man that guy is living my Gaming Dream.

Case looks awesome too!

NoodleFighter

Hey mine too! I think they are using 3 1080P Projectors. In that way you want have to deal with the bezels. Can you imagine how awesome would that be? :shock: Pure gaming bliss!8)

OMG Stephen Hawking even likes it!!! :shock:JohnF111

WHat GPU were they using? Because it's kinda hard to believe that an on board chip on the CPU can run a game at eyefinity resolutions, and at those resolutions the burden is very heavy on the GPU rather than the CPU.

30 foot... but what resolution?

Edit: NVM, 3x 1080p

Case looks awesome too!

NoodleFighter

Powering those three 1080p resolution projectors I believe was a 6990 GPU.

It is impressive, especially when the tech is incorporated in APU's.Nonstop-Madness

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]It is impressive, especially when the tech is incorporated in APU's.Kinthalis

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]It is impressive, especially when the tech is incorporated in APU's.Nonstop-Madness

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

???

Bulldozer IS the upcoming APU from AMD. It will pack the CPU power of roughly a sandy bridge, and the GPU power of an HD 5670 - roughly.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

Kinthalis

???

Bulldozer IS the upcoming APU from AMD. It will pack the CPU power of roughly a sandy bridge, and the GPU power of an HD 5670 - roughly.

but does it blend? so if this is going to power X720 it should be beast no doubt, but i hear there are 6 abd 8 core varients. and what exactly does APU do differently than stand alone Cpu/gpu combo?

but does it blend? so if this is going to power X720 it should be beast no doubt, but i hear there are 6 abd 8 core varients. and what exactly does APU do differently than stand alone Cpu/gpu combo?

GotNugz

An APU is essentially a CPU and GPU on the same die - same chip. That's why the GPU isn' anywhere near as powerful as a mid-range or high end discreet GPU.

[QUOTE="GotNugz"]

but does it blend? so if this is going to power X720 it should be beast no doubt, but i hear there are 6 abd 8 core varients. and what exactly does APU do differently than stand alone Cpu/gpu combo?

Kinthalis

An APU is essentially a CPU and GPU on the same die - same chip. That's why the GPU isn' anywhere near as powerful as a mid-range or high end discreet GPU.

hmm but couldn't you also run a seperate graphics card with the apu or does it not allow you, i know it's sort of a self defeating idea but the more i look into it the more unimpressed i am.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="GotNugz"]

but does it blend? so if this is going to power X720 it should be beast no doubt, but i hear there are 6 abd 8 core varients. and what exactly does APU do differently than stand alone Cpu/gpu combo?

GotNugz

An APU is essentially a CPU and GPU on the same die - same chip. That's why the GPU isn' anywhere near as powerful as a mid-range or high end discreet GPU.

hmm but couldn't you also run a seperate graphics card with the apu or does it not allow you, i know it's sort of a self defeating idea but the more i look into it the more unimpressed i am.

hmm but couldn't you also run a seperate graphics card with the apu or does it not allow you, i know it's sort of a self defeating idea but the more i look into it the more unimpressed i am.

GotNugz

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

Kinthalis

???

Bulldozer IS the upcoming APU from AMD. It will pack the CPU power of roughly a sandy bridge, and the GPU power of an HD 5670 - roughly.

Bulldozer isn't the coming APU, the upcoming Bulldozer supposedly coming in September, is the CPU only.
In 2012, AMD will be launching the Bulldozer APU, for their FMx chipset

BTW awesome, hope Bulldozer delivers, i was planning on building in a few weeks, but i can wait for Bulldozer, i don't want to join the dark side, and buy an Intel/Nvidia chip.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"] Next gen AMD APU's are suppose to use Bulldozer CPU cores.

???

Bulldozer IS the upcoming APU from AMD. It will pack the CPU power of roughly a sandy bridge, and the GPU power of an HD 5670 - roughly.

I think we can all agree now that that was also more than possible on a phenom, and we won't know how much power this baby packs untill we see some CPU-intensive benchies.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

The performance of a HD 6990? You won't see APU's with that kind of power for several years.

Kinthalis

???

Bulldozer IS the upcoming APU from AMD. It will pack the CPU power of roughly a sandy bridge, and the GPU power of an HD 5670 - roughly.

AMD Trinity (mobile part) comes with two Bulldozer module(4 threads)and Cayman type GPU.

Current AMD Llano uses the the same Radeon HD 5670's 400 Cypress type stream processors.

than a few months after comes Nvidia next gen

Been waiting to see how the quad, hexa and octo cores perform.

I don't get how it is demonstrating anything significant. You can max out Dirt 3 on a Phenom II X4. There wasn't anything revealed at the event that we didn't already know (nothing much). There is 1 person on HardOCP forums that does have a bulldozer on hand though.

than a few months after comes Nvidia next gen

gamer-adam1

Unlike AMD GCN, NVIDIA doesn't have X86-64 license, hence less integration with X86-64 CPU.

AMD is the current X86-64 IP holder i.e. AMD has licensed X86-64 ISA to VIA, Transmeta and Intel.

but does it blend? so if this is going to power X720 it should be beast no doubt, but i hear there are 6 abd 8 core varients. and what exactly does APU do differently than stand alone Cpu/gpu combo?

GotNugz

I don't get how it is demonstrating anything significant. You can max out Dirt 3 on a Phenom II X4. There wasn't anything revealed at the event that we didn't already know (nothing much). There is 1 person on HardOCP forums that does have a bulldozer on hand though.

MrGrimFandango

Exactly. It demonstrates nothing, it is just a marketing campaign.

30 foot screen sure does sound a lot more impressive than 3x 1080p... which isn't at all impressive.

30 foot screen sure does sound a lot more impressive than 3x 1080p... which isn't at all impressive.

the_mitch28

30 foot screen sure does sound a lot more impressive than 3x 1080p... which isn't at all impressive.

the_mitch28

A 30 foot screen at 1080p would look terrible at that distance. All blurry.

A 30 foot screen that is made up of 3 1080p frames together = WAY nicer.

[QUOTE="the_mitch28"]

30 foot screen sure does sound a lot more impressive than 3x 1080p... which isn't at all impressive.

Kinthalis

A 30 foot screen at 1080p would look terrible at that distance. All blurry.

A 30 foot screen that is made up of 3 1080p frames together = WAY nicer.

If I had that setup I'd never go outside again :P

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="the_mitch28"]

30 foot screen sure does sound a lot more impressive than 3x 1080p... which isn't at all impressive.

NoodleFighter

A 30 foot screen at 1080p would look terrible at that distance. All blurry.

A 30 foot screen that is made up of 3 1080p frames together = WAY nicer.

If I had that setup I'd never go outside again :P

I want benchmarks though. ferret-gamer

Gaming benchmarks to be precise

than a few months after comes Nvidia next gen

gamer-adam1