AMD FX-8150, FX Series Review - Bulldozer makes debut

Dude (don't care if your are a woman/girl), Intel will never let AMD go bankrupt!
They will have to prop them up some how to avoid antitrust lawsuits.

a quad core FX @ 4.2ghz has less gaming performance then a phenom II x4 @ 3.7ghz...AMD knows you makes the chip smaller not the benchmark result, right?

anyone want to buy my 970 mobo??

I was really hoping that the Bulldozer series would at least be competitive with the i7, let alone the i5. However, it seems that at that price point I would be better off investing in one of the Intel chips. I completely prefer AMD to Intel, but I also want solid performance for my games. Intel it is.

Bulldozer performance is good overall but gaming performance is it's weak point. And most of the enthusiasts are gamers so thats a big problem for AMD. I am sure programmers ,designers & people who encode videos alot will be pleased with the bulldozer performance.

Disapointing...... very disappointing. Core i5 2500K- Core i7 2600K still better, actually lets say only i5 2500K which is MUCH CHEAPER than FX 8150, and still performs better. Let's say that FX 8150 wins i5 2500K (benchmarks say other things but let's just say). intel will release its Ivy Bridge. 22nm! They will replace i5 2500k-2600k with better products. SO now AMD released their High end cpus, and cannot beat the high end cpus of intel previous generation cpus (when Ivy bridge comes), so ivy bridge will DOMINATE AMD in my opinion. There is just no need to buy a lower-end AMD CPU. Buy the BEST and that's still inadequate. So Intel is just better for me

For what it cost I would think it would make for a nice VM host.

I would say I'm disappointed but that would be a lie. I've always used intel processors.. and this is precistly why.

AMD still haven't "got it".

You hoping for AMD to fail don't understand how a successful marketplace works. If AMD fails & we are left with a monoply things will only get worse.

Well at this this ends, what, two years of hype?

It's disapointing but i think people go a little bit too far when sugesting that AMD will go bankrupt because of that.

It's sad people already forgot the days AMD decided to name their CPU 2000+ and such (poor marketing i'll agree on that) because those CPUs was capable of doing as good as an Intel CPU while clocked 15-20% lower (and back then clock speed was the only thing people cared about) ?

Pentium D was lagging behind Athlon X2 in gaming. Pentium 4 had hard time beating Athlon XP CPU with 15-20% lower clock speed.

Since Conroe AMD is definately lagging behind and Intel clearly without any doubt took back the performance lead. It's disapointing to see AMD 1 or 2 gen behind Intel. Amd needs to go back to drawing board and do what Intel did with Conroe arch in 2006.

Of course AMD will never please haters who buy Intel and nVidia all the time even when there's better deal elsewhere (and there's lot of them) but i think they can definately rise back from this epic fail.

I think disappointment really depends on your expectations. I personally expected it to be right along the 2500k, in which it is and then some.

However, looking at reviews from other sites and this one, gaming performance is the same or less than the Phenom IIs, so that's definitely disappointing.

It's a shame really, if this processor came out at the same time as the Phenom IIs instead it would be considered a winner.

I think at this point it's safe to say the general consensus around the web is disappointment and hordes and hordes of i7-2600K orders just went up.

Looks like I'll be sticking with my 965BE until it burns out and upgrade in 2-3 years to something with intel.

Does anyone have any ideas how well would FX-8150 be, if we're talking about game-server hosting? In gaming i7 is a better choice, but I don't really know what to think, which one to take.
Servers: TF2 32slots, 2xCSS [both 24slots], 1.6 24slots, minecraft, killing floor + web. And all that wihout any lags..

We need to put things in context. I mean both Intel and AMD, whenever they roll out a new product lineup, there's bound to be issues especially when compared to the previous generation. But give AMD time, they will tweak and improve this new lineup as they always do, performance/technology optimizations and whatnot.

On a different note, I think it doesn't really matter 'who' makes the fastest chip. Just be glad there is another company besides Intel to keep prices realistic. You maybe young, but I remembered paying more than $700 for a Pentium II back in the day. When AMD started to really compete, Intel lowered their prices and kept innovating to stay ahead. You want AMD to do well because otherwise Intel could just go back to slower and more expensive product rollouts.

If you want the fastest cpu, then get the fastest cpu. True gamers don't care what brand it is. If I'm a fanboy, I'm only a fanboy on "pricepoint & bang for buck". If I'm gonna buy a new rig, I'll see what CPU gives me the best value at a pricepoint say of $150, research and get whatever that is. With the money saved, I could get me a speedier video card or more ram. Remember CPU is only part of the rig equation.

I mean, do people still really buy on brand name alone? or do people not shop around for the best bang per buck of a given pricepoint?

bang per buck at certain pricepoint > blind fanboyism

How about a i3 versus a 4170. Think they are real close in price. Most of the people in the third world dont buy the fastest. They cant afford them, would take too big a chunk out of their budget. All these fanboys should take a look at globalrichlist.com to find out what the rest of the world lives on..$500 is what most middle class third world people earn in a month. To spend it all on a PC is really not worth it, we got to eat folks.

AMD kicked it's own arsh with this one. Just like everyone else, I'm disappointed. On the other hand, I see no reason to upgrade my Phenom II, guess we can all save up for Ivy Bridge.

On CPU side , I am surprised as AMD performance is closer to INTEL.
On GPU side, I am more surprised, AMD performance is lesser than INTEL..

what constrained AMD not to have powerful graphics? power?
Hope they do better in coming quarters with improved performance..
Good Luck AMD...

After the long waiting time filled with hype about bulldozing Intel, it finally turns out to be a damp squib..

A-Another
M-Massive
D-Dissapointment

Being that my wife and I already have a 2500k and a 2600k... I'd call this a 'feel good' article.

nothing to say than , AMD has been eliminated