Plowing ahead with Bulldozer

mizz nvidia updated there drivers to 280.26 WHQL on the 9th so you might try those.

New in Release 280.26

NVIDIA SLI

Enables SLI technology on SLI-certified motherboards with AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970.

NVIDIA 3D Vision

With Release 280 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. This driver includes the 280.19 3D Vision Controller driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
Adds support for viewing 3DVisionLive.com and YouTube 3D with NVIDIA SLI PCs. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on 3D Vision Window Mode.
Adds support for Window mode for 3D Vision Video Player. This requires v1.7.2 or higher of the player.
Adds support for new 3D Vision monitors: ViewSonic V3D245
Adds support for new 3D Vision projectors: Acer X1111, BenQ W710ST, and NEC NP-V300W
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
Alice Madness Returns
Back to the Future (Episodes 1-5)
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Chuang Shi Xi You (创世西游)
Dao Jian 2 刀剑2
The Darkness 2
Dead Island
Deep Black
Dou Zhan Shen 斗战神
Dragon Ball Online
Dungeons and Dragons: Online
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
L.A. Noire
League of Legends 英雄联盟
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Mars
Might & Magic Heroes VI
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Blade
PROUN
RAGE
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Rise of the Immortals
Rusty Hearts
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Virtua Tennis 4
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Update the following 3D Vision game profiles
Crysis 2 – rating changed to Excellent. NVIDIA recommends using the v1.9 game patch.
Deep Black – rating change to 3D Vision Ready
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition – convergence changes and rating changed to 3D Vision Ready

Other

Installs HD Audio driver version 1.2.23.3
Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514
Supports playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel. For GPU and system requirements, visit the NVIDIA Blu-ray 3D website.
Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Creative Suite 5 including Photoshop CS5.
Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash.
Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Thanks klepto, that looks pretty promising. I've been checking the EVGA site but they seem to be a little slow getting the lastest drivers posted. Probably won't give it another shot for a week or two when I tackle the last of the wiring. Still need to tie in the fan controller and a few other odds and ends.

Thanks Leeky, got the Intel 510 installed this weekend and it appears to be performing as advertised. Even though you get the Data Migration software I opted for a clean install of Windows 7, figured after all this why not.

Intel 510 Atto Benchmark

i cant wait to go with an ssd i have done builds for other people with them but not used them myself. every time i look at ssd's on newegg they all have so many bad reviews it makes me not want to get one.

I went with the original OCZ Vertex and had to go through a whole series of firmware updates. Still it proved to be very reliable and I'll probably pair it up with the other in my Intel system for a Raid 0 configuration. Really like the Intel so far, the SSD Toolbox is very handy and the SSD Optimizer should help maintain drive performance ... only time will tell though.

ever get those gtx 590's sorted out?

Not yet, have been really hammered at work for the past few weeks. Might take a shot at it again this weekend since I'll be sticking around home for the Labor Day weekend. Think there's a really good chance that the new drivers will do the trick. Keep looking for some firm news on the release of the FX 8150P but all I've seen is a new rumor that it might be delayed again ... AMD's Highly-Anticipated Bulldozer Chips Might Face Further Delay on Xbit.

Over the last couple of days I ran a few benchmarks on the Phenom II X6 1100T for comparision to the FX-8120. Now that I've got the FX processor will be posting results for the following:

3dMark06
3dMarkVantage
PCMark7
AIDA64 Benchmark Series
wPrime
SuperPI
X3 Terran

The 1100T was clocked at 4.2GHz for these runs and it looks like the FX-8120 will be running 4.6GHz, at least initially. Think you'll see results that are fairly consistent with the benchmarks that have already been published. Still some issues to sort out and future bios updates may resolve these problems.

As an example, the 3dMark06 score for the 1100T at 4.2GHz was 24,445 whereas the FX-8120 at 4.6GHz came in at 20,383. That's on the same system with identical components except for the processor. Needless to say this is not what I was hoping for. More details with the links and screenshots later.

How is the power consumption for both (can you find out)?

At stock clocks the FX8120 is better than the 1100T at idle but higher under load.

Bulldozer Power Consumption

Here are the results for 3dMark Vantage.

1100T at 4.2GHz

FX8120 at 4.6GHz

That is one hell of a depressing result. Man I wish I had bought a P67 board instead of an AM3+

I understand exactly how you feel. As the saying goes hindsight is 20/20, I've made bigger mistakes than this over the years This time is different though because I don't really feel that AMD can be trusted going forward.

Break out the champagne, the FX8120 by a nose :rolleyes:

1100T at 4.2GHz


FX8120 at 4.6GHz

X3 Terran Benchmark Default Settings.

1100T at 4.2GHz


FX8120 at 4.6GHz


To put this in perspective, my Core i7 965EE at 4.5GHz averages over 140fps with all graphic effects at max settings in this benchmark.

Note:

Should have mentioned that all tests are running a pair of HD5870's in Crossfire - the GTX590's are definitely going in the Intel rig.

I Agree, I have ever since the Athlon 64 days built myself AMD rigs, times are changing, x79 system for me i feel

Dang Mizzou. Crushed dreams build character ya know. I think you'll be okay. Vantage scores are a bit depressing. What will be your configuration if you're moving your 590's to your wintel rig?

Sure looks like a better alternative unless I can interest you in a slightly used Bulldozer rig

If crushed dreams build character then I'm one h#ll of a character right about now

For the 590's I'll be sticking with my ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution X58 running a Core i7 965 EE and Corsiar Dominator 1600 DDR3. It clocks up to 4.5GHz on air so I'll go ahead and put it underwater and go for broke.

Would like to know your vantage scores. I'm thinking of adding a 3rd 580, would take 3 weeks to finish the addon. AquaGrafx blocks take at least 2 weeks to ship over seas.