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But what you are saying is weird, they don't know tech but they do know Intel ? The only question people have is will it run windows and sometimes will it run the games I like.
I have no doubt that the 8-core BD will be a worthy processor. However, my concerns are memory performance. Is there any change to the architecture in regards to this? Everyone knows Intel's memory performance is banana's in comparison and I was curious on others thoughts.
I Agree - I got to wonder why AMD hasnt been touting their new processor that is coming out.
- either they are still working on it or ... heaven forbid its not so hot.
- but if I were AMD Id be selling it to the common man as the next best thing.
Is it really coming out in 1 month? ... they sure know how to be tight lipped (you would think that they wouldnt want to sell any)
The only explanation thus must be that AMD's memory controllers/protocols must somehow be more efficient than Intel's resulting in less overhead, and as such less raw memory bandwidth is needed to provide the same level of performance.
Remember when ATi dropped a bomb on the world with the 9500 launch? Do you remember how Nvidia got sucker punched by that release?
If AMD really has the goods, it would be best if they kept quiet...Intel is one company you don't want to warn that they are about to get perl harbored....trust me on this one.
Better to keep it as quiet as possible, and sucker punch Intel...then to open your mouth, and have Intel sucker punch you.
Zarathustra[H];1037622931 said:On overclocked Core i7 systems - however - people seem to be seeing huge gains from bringing their triple channel RAM all the way up to 2100Mhz...
Remember when ATi dropped a bomb on the world with the 9500 launch? Do you remember how Nvidia got sucker punched by that release?
If AMD really has the goods, it would be best if they kept quiet...Intel is one company you don't want to warn that they are about to get perl harbored....trust me on this one.
Better to keep it as quiet as possible, and sucker punch Intel...then to open your mouth, and have Intel sucker punch you.
I wanted Team Green
But the delays kept coming
Bought a Sandy Bridge
I'm betting this thing doesn't even release in Sept. the way things have been going. AM3+ boards will have sat on the market for 6-7 months without a processor. LOL!
AMD, I got money and more
Give me my damn octocore
You already put out AM3+
And I'm still back of the bus
With a little volt bump to go
I sure hope I can hit 5.0
But if I don't make it that far
Still octocore will raise the bar.
Never seen an AMD advert but the AMC24 movie theater I go to has giant intel ads playing before movies. DANCING PENGUINS ON A GIANT SCREEN. That is like crack for the average idiot computer purchaser.
They were sold on "intel inside" at DANCING PENGUINS. AMD is toast.
Speaking of which - what am3+ should I be looking at getting for the bulldozer? ... wondering if anymore will be out by its release.
Replacing the CPU is more of a pain than anything else. Slapping in a video card or a few sticks of ram takes 5 minutes. Replacing the CPU isnt something a lot of people feel like doing once we've got the rig built.
And why build a rig based on pure speculation? Sure, he could have bought an AM3+ mobo and gone with a current AMD cpu. But of course, now he's just paid a serious premium for the "budget" option since he has to buy TWO cpus. And who really knows if the BD is going to be anything special? I'm an AMD fan, but at this point in time there is zero reason to hold out hope for them to be a serious contender in the enthusiast' market. 2500k/2600k is proven performance.
They really screwed the pooch on this one. I wish AMD well but I too have lost my enthusiasm, simply because I no longer believe them.
You know your right they arnt the best, But motherboards and cpu's are reasonably priced. Idk about you but I don't shit money lol Phenom II X6 is plenty fast for anything honestly. And BD will be better then phenom II x6's im pretty sure.
Holy hell, I thought this proc was supposed to be out in July. Where is it?
Speaking of which - what am3+ should I be looking at getting for the bulldozer? ... wondering if anymore will be out by its release.
And how the hell is anyone supposed to know this?
I'm not sure the average person even knows what brand the chip in their computer is. A lot of them have to look at the label to remember the brand of the notebook, let alone any of the components.
Remember when ATi dropped a bomb on the world with the 9500 launch? Do you remember how Nvidia got sucker punched by that release?
If AMD really has the goods, it would be best if they kept quiet...Intel is one company you don't want to warn that they are about to get perl harbored....trust me on this one.
Better to keep it as quiet as possible, and sucker punch Intel...then to open your mouth, and have Intel sucker punch you.
the old xp's were fast and cheap, just a little slower than the p4's at the time.
amd knew its sledgehammer and clawhammer's were killers and were not exactly quiet about the performance. there were leaks 6 months before the release that showed the performance, they were also more expensive than the intels top chip (3.0c) when released.
Zarathustra[H];1037632591 said:Did we live through the same early 2000's?
As I recall the Slot A / Socket A cpus were pretty even with P3's clock for clock, but then Intel was unable to clock the P3's much over 1Ghz and went to the P4 design instead, and the Athlons and Athlon XP's absolutely demolished the P4's as I recall.
The P4's were a huge failure for Intel.
Remember when ATi dropped a bomb on the world with the 9500 launch? Do you remember how Nvidia got sucker punched by that release?
If AMD really has the goods, it would be best if they kept quiet...Intel is one company you don't want to warn that they are about to get perl harbored....trust me on this one.
Better to keep it as quiet as possible, and sucker punch Intel...then to open your mouth, and have Intel sucker punch you.
You seem to have selective memory problems
Northwood A and B lost badly to Athlons XP but Northwood C reclaimed performance crown against Bartons to later loose it to Athlon 64.
Zarathustra[H];1037634469 said:I did build a socket 754 Athlon 64 system later on in 2004 as a reward to myself for getting my first job out of school, but it was after I had already stopped paying attentionto the benchmark wars. Then I completely fell off the planet.
I didn't build another rig until summer 2009
My poor Athlon 64 and Geforce 6800 GT barely ever got used. I may have fired up a game a couple of times but that's it
There's one supposedly running Dirt 3
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/carl/amd-fx-8-core-spotted-at-gamescom-running-dirt-3/
I hope they are out well by the end of September. Guess we will see.
Hehe this screenshot tells us everything about multicore gaming:
Northwood C reclaimed performance crown