AMD FX8150 CPU Review

[ionicle]

the problem here is

nobody buys AMD because they get slated

so AMD's next R&D budget is diminished from predicted

less budget = less advancement

next chips come out, considered rubbish

so amd get slated

less people buy them

less R&D budget for the next time

what we all need to do is buy from the underdog to boost their budget for the next round, then they should come up with somthing truely amazing...

you cant deny my logic here...

 

[Lollipop]

You changed your avatar because of this?

 

[SieB]

the problem here is

nobody buys AMD because they get slated

so AMD's next R&D budget is diminished from predicted

less budget = less advancement

next chips come out, considered rubbish

so amd get slated

less people buy them

less R&D budget for the next time

what we all need to do is buy from the underdog to boost their budget for the next round, then they should come up with somthing truely amazing...

you cant deny my logic here...

So we should all buy shit in the hope that in the future there will be better shit with less chunks of carrots in it?

I see what you are saying though but it's not our fault AMD don't have the money for R&D many companies don't have a lot of money but it's up to them to do something about it.

 

[UFN]

the problem here is

nobody buys AMD because they get slated

so AMD's next R&D budget is diminished from predicted

less budget = less advancement

next chips come out, considered rubbish

so amd get slated

less people buy them

less R&D budget for the next time

what we all need to do is buy from the underdog to boost their budget for the next round, then they should come up with somthing truely amazing...

you cant deny my logic here...

But AMD used to be on top, which means they used to have a great R&D budget, which means they had it, wasted it, and then lost the top spot.

Why should we give them our money again?

The way I see it (best case scenario here, which admittedly was what I was hoping BD was going to do) - Intel have no competition, gets complacent, AMD scurries into the dark and researches something amazing, surprises world, surge of people buying AMD, Intel forced to be competitive again...Intel beats AMD, AMD returns to being "Those budget guys", Intel has no competition, gets complacent...etc etc etc etc.

 

[SparkleDJackson]

You changed your avatar because of this?

I watched this in a tesco car park and near popped a testicle i laughing the guy in the astra beside me must have thought i was on something

From my iphone. Thank you sir jobs

 

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

Guys, guys, guys, calm down; you do realise ASUS doesn't make or can feasibly in their production abilities to make CPUs or GPUs, let alone the chipsets. They are good at doing what they do well; creating a sensible PCB and sourcing components from people who know what they're doing.

Sorwee no ROG CPU ever.

Ummm, it was just playful joking around. Oh and your wrong, you are no more a foreseer then the rest of us, Hell MSI could release the fact that they have been developing there own CPU's in secret for the past three years tomorrow. Nothing in life is certain, so who knows what we will see

 

[BMAN]

To say that I was disappointed with the performance (?) of AMD's "flagship" CPU, is an understatement; with all the hype AMD has been flogging onto us for months now, one would have thought (and hoped) this CPU would have kicked Intel's flagship to hell and back.

I find it a bit curious as to why AMD would send all reviewers the same ASUS 990FX motherboard, when there are so many choices on the market.

I also find it incredibly frustrating that I have to learn how to overclock a CPU; in order for it to (sort of) perform next to normal, this thing should be ready to fire on all 8 cylinders out of the box.

A sad day indeed

 

[Diablo]

The best things I can take from this:

1).My 1090T is not woefully underpowered compared to the newest generation

2). I'm not going to get it in the neck when I helped my girlfriend choose the 2600K

3). AMD might be able to claw something back in the massively multithreaded server market

Hopefully the price of the bulldozers will go down quite a bit in the next few weeks. A monopoly is a bad thing, so if AMD can cut the price down to say £20 less than the 2500K, they might have the edge for people with SLI/Xfire rigs who need the extra PCIe bandwidth.

At the end of the day, there are a lot of AMD fans who are dissapointed, and as someone who was secretly hoping for another athlon x64 moment (my first self build had an athlon 3500 in it), I feel sad

Thanks for playing AMD, but please be realistic in your hype/pricing.

 

[Montysaurus]

Interesting review, guess there is a lot of marketing Bull with some processors being Dozers (sleepy?)

 

[GrahamC]

Waited a long time for this kick to the crotch. I really set my heart on a BD based Scorpious rig. Don't know what my next gaming rig will be now, maybe a PS3 ffs.

 

[ppuff]

I shaved my balls for this? I couldn't wait to get home and read your review. Now my excitement has vanished like a fart in the wind. Thanks AMD. *barf

 

[Mr Muggles]

the problem here is

nobody buys AMD because they get slated

so AMD's next R&D budget is diminished from predicted

less budget = less advancement

next chips come out, considered rubbish

so amd get slated

less people buy them

less R&D budget for the next time

what we all need to do is buy from the underdog to boost their budget for the next round, then they should come up with somthing truely amazing...

you cant deny my logic here...

You sound like an AMD apologist. I have an AMD rig, if i'm honest it's down to price for performance etc but I know Intel are the dogs..etc

The mighty Intel

I mean, how do you compete with them? AMd have before but maybe they can't these days or something. I was expecting 8 cores to wipe the floor with Intel, they barely turned up to wipe Intels arse. I am SO dissapointed after the success of the 1090T if anything, people will buy a crossahir IV and 1090T if they have any sense. BD seems a waste of time and effort and this is very sad indeed. Those scientists etc need sacking in fact, sack the managers and Steve Buce lol!!!

Poor old Tom, he looked absolutely gutted

 

[flug_auto]

Thanks for the review. Will the other bulldozers be reviewed?

 

[ionicle]

i have an AMD rig as my main rig too, and tbh, its been the most stable rig ive ever had

im not a fanboy, as my macs are more stable, but out of the pc side of things

intels have always overheated, fried, or just screwed up somehow

amd, plug, play, works

i had an E6300 C2D, it burnt out

i had an E6600 C2D, it was DOA

i had a P4 2.8 HT, it died after a week from new

had a celeron D 2.8 775 in my Grans Pc and thats still working, but its hardly fast, and it runs hotter than anything i can imagine...

ive had a duron 1500, perfect all of its life

i had a 2400+ athlon xp barton, worked for aslong as i owned it

i had a 2800+ athlon xp barton, perfect, still works now...

i had a 3000+ athlon 64 754, lasted, still works now in someone else's pc

i had a 3500+ athlon 64 939, it is also still working now, i sold it on

i had a 4000+ athlon 64, sold it on, idk where it is now, but i bet its still working just fine

i currently have a 4200+ DC 939 athlon 64, and its been my main processor in my main rig for ....4 years now? not a single hickup, and no sign of it burning out anytime soon..

i built a rig for someone i know, fitted a 3500+ in it, it only died because the psu blew up and sent a surge to the dfi Nforce 4 SLI-D, which fried that and the chip

so i got him an athlon II to replace it, and thats a brilliant chip it seems....

now to balance it out a bit, i have a 27" imac with an i3 processor, that doesnt seem to get too hot, and it runs plenty fast enough, however the latter may be down to the OS...

i also have a MBP with a C2D 2.4GHz in it, and again, plenty fast enough, doesnt ever get too hot, not really...

but it may be down to apple's design of the MBP...

im not a fanboy of either side, or macs, i just like macs...

but ive found that through my experience AMD are just a bit more reliable....

ive avoided intel like a rash, except in places where i cant (macs)

however ....if apple started using amd chips.......hmmmmmm....wetdream?

 

[sadbuttrue]

What would really interest me in the context of this new product is a test to determine whether 2 X16 PCIe connections really outperform the 2 X8 connections you get when you have two GPUs together. My understanding is that they don't, because both cards want the same data, and that data is broadcast over the bus with little or no additional bandwidth required. Could we see a test on this in future?

 

[sadbuttrue]

Also not sure why everyone wants to go SB-E so bad.... Still on the 32nm process.

Surely wait for the X79 22nm CPU's? If they stay on that chipset that is.

Find it odd that the SB-E top of the line CPU's are to be 32nm with Ivy Bridge mainstream being 22nm.

That's the same procedure they followed with the original Nehalem architecture. i7s were introduced first, large die size, larger fabrication process, high power requirements for high performance. Then the i3s and i5s came out in the smaller fab, with lower power requirements.

I'd bet it has to do with the fact that early on in the development of a new fabrication technique you get a higher rate of defects. If you start out with a smaller product you don't lose as much silicon wafer. Once your yields are higher you can take it the next step.

 

[Chaney579]

You have no idea how happy i am, it was either go sandy bridge with my build, or wait for bulldozer, the day after i finish my epic build... AMD FLOPS, all i can say is. Winning <3

 

[S_I_N]

Great review Mate love the new mic and color on the wall hope it (the paint color) is back in the new/old place.

I saw the writing on the wall back when they first started talking about BD thats why I went with my 2600K man I look like a genius now. Best damn decision I have ever made imho yeah Chaney we look like the smart ones for a change I bet King of Sands is banging his head on his desk about this

 

[Chaney579]

Great review Mate love the new mic and color on the wall hope it (the paint color) is back in the new/old place.

I saw the writing on the wall back when they first started talking about BD thats why I went with my 2600K man I look like a genius now. Best damn decision I have ever made imho yeah Chaney we look like the smart ones for a change I bet King of Sands is banging his head on his desk about this

Leave the poor guys alone

, remember they are still on the Intel fanboy excuse. But im glad i went with the 2600k as well. When ivy bridge hits ill upgrade strait to that. Im sure intell will actually deliver on some performance boosts

 

[Azurite]

Im still not recovered from the BD results shock. For AMD's sake, and the prizing of Intel cpu's, i hope AMD fixes this by getting out a new mobo that actually gives the performance that they have promised. We need someone to force down Intels prizes.

The BD will crush the 980X? wtf AMD. Some foolish marketing, and it looks like many are pissed off about this. Imoh this is pure lying and it will backfire so bad i think it might be the end of the company. Can they survive with just selling gpu's and apu's for tablets and lap tops?

More heads will roll in the AMD camp now.