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leochan editor total posts: 313 since: Sep 2000	Oct 12, 11 at 4:03am ^ AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Log in to remove this sponsored message AMD's Bulldozer not only marks the next generation in CPU architecture from Intel's rival chipmaker, but also delivers the first 8-core desktop CPU to the market in the form of the FX-8150 reviewed here at Neoseeker today. Priced at $245, the FX-8150 is the chip which managed to break world records for processor speeds back at AMD's preview event last month thanks to some crazy overclocking and even crazier cooling. Will it similarly shatter expectations here in Neoseeker's labs? AMD FX-8150 "Bulldozer" CPU Review Edit: Sep 25, 12 4:05pm review ------------------- "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star. Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." - (Jean) Anthleme Brillat-Savarin
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Vagabond writer total posts: 261 since: Jun 2010	Oct 12, 11 at 4:33am ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Great review Carl! The FX-8150 falls just between what I was hoping for and what I expected. Still, it looks good though, and $245 is an amazing price !
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Fuzznarf unwashed heathen (guest) IP: Logged	Oct 12, 11 at 11:08am ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Am i the only one that noticed that this is NOT an 8150. the CPU-Z screen on page 4 "test setup, benchmarks & overclocking" shows it to be a 8130P. so whats the deal?? is this even real? is this a bench comparison of an 8130 or and 8150??
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The Smith staff writer total posts: 112 since: Feb 2009	Oct 12, 11 at 1:23pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote Fuzznarf Am i the only one that noticed that this is NOT an 8150. the CPU-Z screen on page 4 "test setup, benchmarks & overclocking" shows it to be a 8130P. so whats the deal?? is this even real? is this a bench comparison of an 8130 or and 8150?? If you look at the Specifications field, you will notice the FX-8150 tag. CPU-z version 1.58 has been launched a good while ago and is not ready for Bulldozer. The next version will recognize it properly. The IMC frequency is not shown, too, which I hope will get fixed as well.
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flame_boi13 Are We There Yet ? s-e-e-k-e-r since: Jun 2002	Oct 12, 11 at 2:21pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Bleargh* I guess Ivy Bridge is definitely worth the wait than Bulldozer. ------------------- _surreal
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Supernova1332 Wolf in Jesus Skin Resident Neo total posts: 2628 since: May 2009	Oct 12, 11 at 3:31pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Not very useful to the average consumer or gamer, as it stands, unfortunately. Would be great for when I use handbrake to encode my animes but I don't do it enough to warrant such an upgrade. Hitler already found out. ------------------- You look just like a zombie, inches from dead and pretty, With purple flowers in your hair.
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Redemption Neoseeker custodial engineer (admin) total posts: 7074 GameGrep pts: 1071 since: Mar 2000	Oct 12, 11 at 5:49pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Bulldozer's flagship might not quite be there, I wonder how it competes in the lower end though. With good overclocking and pricing they could win alot of enthusiast buys. ------------------- The further back you can look, the farther ahead you can see. <paraphrased> - Winston Churchill
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VeGiTAX2 editor since: Apr 2001	Oct 12, 11 at 8:17pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote Redemption Bulldozer's flagship might not quite be there, I wonder how it competes in the lower end though. With good overclocking and pricing they could win alot of enthusiast buys. Curious about that and the 8120 performance honestly, it has the overhead to reach 4.0 for $40 less. For something around the 200 mark if it successfully keeps up with a 2500 it would be worth looking into. I looked into some of the charts online for the turbo core behavior and it performs really well compared to the implementation in the 1100T. -------------------
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Unforgiven Eternal Autumn true seeker total posts: 1238 neopoints: 3816 since: Feb 2007	Oct 12, 11 at 9:18pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Damn. Its performance is lower than expected; the marketing was awful, the "FX" brand shouldn't have been reused. While it's price is competitive to 2500K the point remains that a cpu with double the "cores" 2500K has, delivers similar-to-+25% performance. I hope to see some updates from AMD (a bios maybe can help things out -- one can always hope) and I believe that the architecture has headroom for improvement just like the first Phenoms had. Carl, is it possible to add overclocked 2500K/2600K scores? ------------------- *If a machine can learn the value of life, maybe we can too*
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VeGiTAX2 editor since: Apr 2001	Oct 13, 11 at 12:39am ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote EdwardTheBard I hope to see some updates from AMD (a bios maybe can help things out -- one can always hope) and I believe that the architecture has headroom for improvement just like the first Phenoms had. They'll need to do something if Crysis wasn't even able to run, not sure what they'll be able to change though or if Crytek will even pursue it given their push for CryEngine 3 as a standard now. -------------------
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Supernova1332 Wolf in Jesus Skin Resident Neo total posts: 2628 since: May 2009	Oct 13, 11 at 2:16am ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote EdwardTheBard While it's price is competitive to 2500K the point remains that a cpu with double the "cores" 2500K has, delivers similar-to-+25% performance. The sad thing is that Intel 2600k uses ~2/3 the die size of bulldozer (And that's including gpu), 1/2 the transistors, and lower clocks to beat it in most tests. AMD might have gotten the performance/watt right and multi-core efficiency in tests that can use it, but it might as well be their Pentium 4 in every other respect. ------------------- You look just like a zombie, inches from dead and pretty, With purple flowers in your hair.
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VeGiTAX2 editor since: Apr 2001	Oct 13, 11 at 2:44am ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	Just talked with chautemoc about how these benches are all turning out. Then I realized this and had to wonder how on earth do you get spanked by your value processor at like $125 less and about 1GHz difference in speed. The A8 3850 is running at about 3.5GHz, the FX 8150 is OC'd at about 4.5GHz Given the statements about overclocking the A8 though it might be safer to just look at a lower end first generation Bulldozer if I do go that route. Or even just to get a sale chip of the Phenom II :/ Edit: Oct 12, 11 10:28pm -------------------
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Randome Another smartass threadkiller Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5493 since: Dec 2008	Oct 13, 11 at 4:28pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	FX-8150 vs. i7 980X. FX-8150 vs. i5 2500K. FX-8150 vs. i7 2600K. My 980X is still better! Not necessarily the best, but still.
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Supernova1332 Wolf in Jesus Skin Resident Neo total posts: 2628 since: May 2009	Oct 13, 11 at 7:40pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote Randome FX-8150 vs. i7 980X. FX-8150 vs. i5 2500K. FX-8150 vs. i7 2600K. My 980X is still better! Not necessarily the best, but still. Well you only had to pay 3x-4x as much for it, I should hope it was still better. ------------------- You look just like a zombie, inches from dead and pretty, With purple flowers in your hair.
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Unforgiven Eternal Autumn true seeker total posts: 1238 neopoints: 3816 since: Feb 2007	Oct 13, 11 at 11:09pm ^ re: AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer CPU Review
	quote Supernova1332 The sad thing is that Intel 2600k uses ~2/3 the die size of bulldozer (And that's including gpu), 1/2 the transistors, and lower clocks to beat it in most tests. AMD might have gotten the performance/watt right and multi-core efficiency in tests that can use it, but it might as well be their Pentium 4 in every other respect. That's the problem. Even the multi-core efficiency is far from optimal. It was expected to have lower single-thread perfomance but it was supposed to kick-ass in multi-threaded benches. BD can't even beat Thuban. Well, AMD should have played the compatibility card. Those who have a 7XX with a dual-core athlon would be able to upgrade to a Bulldozer. Now, if they are to upgrade they are temped by the 2500K. ------------------- *If a machine can learn the value of life, maybe we can too*
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