AMD Bulldozer News and Discussion

[tkin]

The first batch is not out and they are already talking about refreshes, does NOT look good.

 

[Skud]

Everything's OK, if the end product really lives up to the hype.

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Kinda Off topic but For Gaming guys...I just went through the Anand Tech reviews for CPU & GPU Bottlenecking & it turns out that if you have any QUAD Core with more than 3 GHz Speed then you DO NOT need any CPU Upgrade. Above this point its all GFX Card. So people who already on C2Q & Phenom X4 actually dont need i5 or a BD as it wont give them anything. But if you are on Phenom X2 or C2D then your Proccy will bottleneck & you need a Upgrade. So for gamers atleast BD wont bring anything great but 7xxx will

 

[tkin]

Kinda Off topic but For Gaming guys...I just went through the Anand Tech reviews for CPU & GPU Bottlenecking & it turns out that if you have any QUAD Core with more than 3 GHz Speed then you DO NOT need any CPU Upgrade. Above this point its all GFX Card. So people who already on C2Q & Phenom X4 actually dont need i5 or a BD as it wont give them anything. But if you are on Phenom X2 or C2D then your Proccy will bottleneck & you need a Upgrade. So for gamers atleast BD wont bring anything great but 7xxx will

Even a Q6600 oc'ed to 2.8 or 3GHz has descent gaming performance, we are not talking about gaming, anything over 2400 is overkill for any kind of gaming.

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Yeah...So I guess a i5 OCed to 4 GHz+ will prevent CPU bottlenecking for 3-4 years at-least.

Coming back to Topic I also dont like the sound of refresh versions coming in so fast.

 

[tkin]

Yeah...So I guess a i5 OCed to 4 GHz+ will prevent CPU bottlenecking for 3-4 years at-least.

Coming back to Topic I also dont like the sound of refresh versions coming in so fast.

Only for gaming and watching movies etc, and bragging as well , for video encoding or compressing stuff 2600k helps a lot.

 

[Cilus]

Exactly, a high end CPU is not just targeted for gaming only, it aslo targets the productivity areas. Adobe software like Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, 3D designing software like 3Ds Max, Maya, Video encoding and decoding applications like Tmpgenc, AVidemux are very much CPU intensive and highly multi-threaded and can have very high level of performance boost with CPU with efficient architecture and more cores.
In this kind of scenarios CPU like 2600K or upcoming Bulldozer will be a great help.

 

[mukherjee]

^Yep...people like us should be worried less about benchmarks and more about the real world usage.

At last Intel is gonna have some competition...real competition!!!

 

[VarDOS]

So bulldozer is coming, meanwhile I'm thinking to buy Crosshair V Formula, will it support Bulldozer for later upgrade?

 

[Tech_Wiz]

I think it will support after a Bios Upgrade.

 

[Skud]

Crosshair V Formula is a 990FX based mobo. It already supports BD natively. A BIOS update might be needed later.

 

[ico]

AMD has been putting up some weird comics on their website. Either their PR department has gone crazy/consists of kids or they are being pretty confident.

 

[Skud]

eh, ico, can you post the links?

 

[VarDOS]

that's great, cuz according to my upgrade plan right now I've got 15k for the board will go for this one next month and BD CPU after its out.

 

[ico]

^^ imho, first wait for BD to come out and then get both - the board and the processor.

 

[sumonpathak]

So bulldozer is coming, meanwhile I'm thinking to buy Crosshair V Formula, will it support Bulldozer for later upgrade?

it will...buy it....and take some time to learn the bios...its all worth it

^^ imho, first wait for BD to come out and then get both - the board and the processor.

buying the board now wont be a bad idea...since even an chap athlon II x2 will work on that board...
IMHO he should buy the board first and learn the technicalities of the BIOS

 

[ico]

buying the board now wont be a bad idea...since even an chap athlon II x2 will work on that board...
IMHO he should buy the board first and learn the technicalities of the BIOS

he might regret not going for Sandy Bridge if Bulldozer doesn't turn out to be good. That's my point.

 

[sumonpathak]

from what i have seen the gaming performance that everyone seeks is almost at par....but that's only me....others may beg/desire to differ

 

[VarDOS]

That's my point.

That's the point!, ROG's supporting SB are damn costly 26k for mobo where as this one is pretty cheap. I'm building this kinda a desk and that's why ROG boards are must.

 

[Skud]

That's the point!, ROG's supporting SB are damn costly 26k for mobo where as this one is pretty cheap. I'm building this kinda a desk and that's why ROG boards are must.

Couldn't get you, why ROG is must for that type of setup?