Mizzou
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I think if I was you Mizzou I'd throw one in, and enjoy the performance your H100 will hopefully give you.
Sounds like a plan ... 5GHz or flames
I think if I was you Mizzou I'd throw one in, and enjoy the performance your H100 will hopefully give you.
Most people support AMD to foster competition and innovation. If AMD fails, we could have problems.
This is what pisses me off. with your recall abilities you probably remember that I said I like cutting edge tech and will take the gamble...or something very close to that, so shame on me. however they knew a very long time ago that this thing was going to be a generation behind in it's first offering if not 'unfix-able' period. I have hung in there long after the now mythical PP ratio was gone, all the time having the means and ability to plug in an Intel platform in hopes of competition, performance, and specifically this core.Only to get 4 years of bullshit slides and benchmarks. I do contend that this thing will probably fit me specifically very well, but i have a unique machine and unique uses (Hi-res gaming and mostly heavily threaded applications) and that at best is just a happy coincidence. I will most likely plug a 8150/8120 in this thing and OC the living hell out of it in the interest of not having a $300 MB collect dust, but that is about it for me and AMD CPU's.
...one more time, shame on me.
My forecast fwiw: AMD tread water in the enthusiast sector until such time as the APU can comfortably compete in compute in the mainstream segment. I think once this tipping point is reached AMD will withdraw from the enthusiast desktop market.But at some point they have to actually become viable/competitive.
Must be selling like hot cakes....either that or Newegg are waiting for the review samples to go back to AMD for repackaging.Although the FX-8120 is readily available I haven't been able to locate a FX-8150 in stock anywhere just yet.
I presume you'll be recording all your proposed benchmarks with your current CPU for comparisonOnce I get my hands on one I'll post back results to the Bulldozer thread I've already got going.
Retraining's a b1tch.btw, like your new custom title
I was waiting for AMD to approach me about renting the custom title space re: placing an advertisement for Help wanted (Engineers, Foundry Process liaison -apply in person, Sunnyvale, Ca)
If they were, then AMD's original slide deck and presentation of the plan called for the kidnapping of 800lb Gorilla's...while at the present time, AMD are now guiding "cautious optimism" regarding their new Capuchin management team.. I wonder if the two are related.... :haha:
THEN, I hear that Phenom II had better IPC than Bulldozer. etc etc
I wonder just how much inventory is available. Wouldn't surprise me if AMD hurry Piledriver and Trinity into circulation. To my mind, Bulldozers biggest challenge isn't 2500K/2600K, it's Phenom II X4/X6 - AMD need to provide present users with a convincing reason to upgrade...
@dbz
At this point given what I've already invested on this platform it seems reasonable to go ahead and give Bulldozer a shot. Still working through the reviews and will add the sites you recommend (some I've already checked) to the list. Although the FX-8120 is readily available I haven't been able to locate a FX-8150 in stock anywhere just yet. Once I get my hands on one I'll post back results to the Bulldozer thread I've already got going.
Hey P,
I might be able to save us a few bucks here. It seems from what I can find about the 'interweb' and from Chef, that the 8120 will OC to the same place as the 8150. Chef had read that the 8150 is binned for higher voltage, but it appears that unless you are going exotic, the voltage overhead won't matter.
******@ Steve.
If You are listening in on your thread here, could you weigh in on your OC'ing experience with the 8120 for us slobs who bought in early?
btw, like your new custom title
Indeed, It appears he knows very little about anything.:wave:
Hey P,
I might be able to save us a few bucks here. It seems from what I can find about the 'interweb' and from Chef, that the 8120 will OC to the same place as the 8150. Chef had read that the 8150 is binned for higher voltage, but it appears that unless you are going exotic, the voltage overhead won't matter.
I was wondering how much difference there really is between the two, assumed the 8150 was higher binned but if it's only for exotic purposes the 8120 should be sufficient. Did come across one review where the 8120 was overclocked to 4.7GHz which really should be enough. Might just give it a shot, thanks for the heads up.
yup, the [H] review had 4.7 (100Mhz higher than the 8150 sample) it will be interesting to compare temps with your H100. Oh well, ordering now.
GL guys, I'm sure you'll have fun with your oc's. Remember, if you burn the chip out trying to get more performance just send it back to amd and demand a refund. I'm sure the r & d team saw you coming a mile away.
First one down...donanimhaber **cough *AMD Marketing*cough** are reporting that AMD are supposedly moving production of Bulldozer based CPU's from Globalfoundries to TSMC....so it took all of 48 hours for AMD to throw its foundry partner under a bus.AMD are already in cover-up mode. If you look at their site you'd be hard pressed to judge that a brand new CPU architecture launched yesterday.
Meanwhile the AMD PR machine is hard at work on the message boards and forums. The bulletpoints:
> It's Globalfoundries fault
@Mizzou
A preview of sorts over at Tweaktown exploring gaming performance with triple Crossfire, and FX-8150 / 2600K at their highest stable OC using the Corsair H100.