AMD Piledriver Discussion Thread

[d6bmg]

^^ We can do nothing but to wait..

 

[gameranand]

Yeah well we don't have much of a choice in that do we.

 

[Skud]

Pricing and specs, more or less finalized:-

AMD FX-8350 - eight-core, 4.0GHz/4.20GHz, 8MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 125W - $253
AMD FX-8320 - eight-core, 3.50GHz/4.0GHz, 8MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 125W - $242
AMD FX-6300 - six-core, 3.50GHz/4.10GHz, 6MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 95W - $175
AMD FX-4300 - quad-core, 3.80GHz/4.0GHz, 4MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 95W - $131

 

[vickybat]

^^ I really hope these to dethrone 1155 cpu's in terms of performance as they already seem to offer good value in pricing.

 

[Skud]

Waiting for the Windows 8 vs Windows 7 comparison. They are supposed to overcome their weakness in the newer OS, to some extent.

23rd October is the launch date.

 

[gameranand]

23 is launch of above mentioned CPUs ??
As I read that Win 8 will release on 26.

 

[d6bmg]

Price of 8320, 8350. Fail. Should come down to ~$210 eventually.

 

[coderunknown]

i am sure a lot of peoples will be blown off by the (clock) speed and pricing and start wasting money on the 83X0s.

 

[ico]

i am sure a lot of peoples will be blown off by the (clock) speed and pricing and start wasting money on the 83X0s.

check the ratings and reviews of FX-4100 on Flipkart.

 

[sukesh1090]

^^
hahaaa from now on i will never see any flipkart reviews for buying products,because there a person have done a comparison between fx4100 and 2500k and has written both has integrated gfx and the comment has "77% of 22 people found this review helpful".lol.
btw guys does fx4100 has integrated gfx??

 

[gameranand]

Seems like Indian customers are easy to satisfy.

 

[Skud]

The latest leaked pricing looks yummy.

AMD FX "Vishera" Processors Launch Pricing Surprises | techPowerUp

AMD FX-8350 - $199: 8 cores, 4.00~4.20 GHz with TurboCore, 16 MB total cache
AMD FX-8320 - $175: 8 cores, 3.50~4.00 GHz with TurboCore, 16 MB total cache
AMD FX-6300 - $135: 6 cores, 3.50~4.10 GHz with TurboCore, 14 MB total cache
AMD FX-4300 - $125: 4 cores, 3.80~4.00 GHz with TurboCore, 8 MB total cache

 

[topgear]

At last a cpu with 4Ghz stock clock speed - the pricing is great too and nice to see AMD is going to continue their Am3+ cpu lineup.

 

[Skud]

The benchmarks for FX8350 is out; the promised 10% performance improvement is generally there, multi-threaded performance has improved more significantly, power consumption has come down a bit, plus there's improvement in overclocking capability too. But most importantly, introduced at a much cheaper price than FX8150.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

I am pretty happy with the benchmarks for now
will have to wait and see what the pricing will be like in india

 

[Skud]

Much depends on the performance and overclocking ability of the 8320. If it gets it right and priced below 10k, this would be a serious contender.

 

[CarlonSamuels]

I think 8320 would be priced at 11k at least on flipkart maybe lower on other websites

 

[Skud]

Here's the initial pricing from Bitfang:-

1) 8350 - 15366
2) 8320 - 14742
3) 6300 - 11897
4) 4300 - 7971

 

[CarlonSamuels]

I think thats too overpriced if price doesn't come down significantly i will most probably ask someone to get it for me from USA

 

[Skud]

Bad pricing, but it will definitely come down in 2-3 months.