Any Bulldozer rumors?

[TheGlasMan]

Yes, 16 cores is quite a jump from 8

16 cores @ 2.4 max seems on par with their old process. thats pretty disappointing for the move to 32nm

2x6 @ 2500 105w tdp does not compete with 16 @ 2400, tdp unknown

[Activate: AMD]

Yes, 16 cores is quite a jump from 8

2x6 @ 2500 105w tdp does not compete with 16 @ 2400, tdp unknown

what i'm saying is that you'd expect a clockspeed or TDP bonus by moving to 32nm from 45nm at an equal core count. I was just making a statement based on my gut feeling about those numbers that it doesn't seem like we can expect fantastic new things from the new process and architecture in terms of TDP or clocks... not that we should be. Its also probably safe to assume that the top bins @ 16cores will be in the 130w TDP range

[Activate: AMD]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4767/p...dozer-fx-chips

AMD Bulldozer FX-series Processors
Name Cores CPU Clock L2 Cache L3 Cache TDP Price
FX-8150 8 3.6GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) 8MB 8MB 125W $266.28
FX-8120 8 3.1GHz (4GHz Turbo) 8MB 8MB 125W $221.73
FX-6100 6 3.3GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) 6MB 8MB 95W $188.32

cheap. not sure thats a great sign as to the performance

[Activate: AMD]

more goodies

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/...ocking_preview

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ference/2.html

[Big B-man]

8GHz+, even if it requires LN2 is pretty awesome. I want BD, even if it's just a 6100. We'll see, but I'm kinda hoping to jump on the Zambezi bandwagon at tax time.

[kbohip]

All I'm really hoping for is BD to do as good as a 2500k really. I just really want to have an AMD based system again. Of course everyone knows that the decent oc'ing dies almost always come out at least 6 months behind the initial release of a new line of cpus, so I'm probably still better off going with the 2500k anyway. Why couldn't I have needed to upgrade my system 6 months from now?

[3dfxrain]

Waiting a long time for AMD, too long.

[PerfectShot]

I can wait until February.

Should be receiving my mobile desktop replacement for now. It contains an i7!



I wonder, if I buy a Bulldozer in 2012 - will it have 4 or 8 cores? The more the merrier!

[kbohip]

From an article on the front page here at PCPer:

What was more interesting was the casual overclocking we saw pushing upwards of 4.8+ GHz without breaking a sweat...

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors...w-World-Record

This is good news and gives me some hope. I just hope I can get this rig put together before BF3 is here.

[Activate: AMD]

From an article on the front page here at PCPer:

What was more interesting was the casual overclocking we saw pushing upwards of 4.8+ GHz without breaking a sweat...

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors...w-World-Record

This is good news and gives me some hope. I just hope I can get this rig put together before BF3 is here.

thats good, but you know what else can do 4.8 without breaking a sweat? Sandy Bridge.

thanks for the link to pcper, it wasn't up when I was looking

[kbohip]

thats good, but you know what else can do 4.8 without breaking a sweat? Sandy Bridge.

thanks for the link to pcper, it wasn't up when I was looking

Yeah I know, but if the BD can outperform SB at the same clock speed? Hey, I can dream can't I?

[3dfxrain]

Someone give AMD the hurry up.

[kbohip]

Someone give AMD the hurry up.

Email the CEO 3dfx. Tell him kbohip from PCPER is tired of waiting and that they need to stock Newegg immediately. That should do the trick.

[3dfxrain]

Oh tease me with your overclocking prowess while I use Intel gear

[Activate: AMD]

Yeah I know, but if the BD can outperform SB at the same clock speed? Hey, I can dream can't I?

Yea, unfortunately its probably just a dream I think the consensus is that SB outperforms phenom II by 20-30% in IPC and nothing points to bulldozer managing that big of a jump