AMD Vishera FX8350 Piledriver Review

[Ulijin]

I need you guys to point out, that when you render and you have a budget of £250, 8350 is a better option than the i5s.

Reviewers cannot point out every little piece of information. Your point is only really relevant to people who want to render and have budget of £250. That's a pretty small subset of the people who'll read this review...

It begs the question why do you care so much about this chip? Have you purchased one? Do you work for AMD or an affiliate? Just curious.

Perhaps if you weren't so aggressive in your posts people would be more receptive to your points.

 

[refillable]

Since it's a different person posting, I'm going to answer.

OK, I apologised already, that the way I am being aggressive is because my language skill suck, I am a normal person and I can't give a proper critic. I confess myself.

So what if it's only a little 'subset of people who reads this reviews' to benefit? Is it any wrong to just type it? What if it's really that the person who reads this is a 'small subset of people who reads this reviews'? They're going to think no way! But it's actually a better option. So that's a big negative to the site when that person opens tom's hardware, anandtech or whatever and surprised that it's actually good in rendering.

So actually, by saying that, you're indirectly making this site's reputation down. Which is the opposite of what I'm doing. And, you're stopping me for doing that?

Why do I care so much about the processor? It's not because that I care so much about the processor and I start defending it like crazy, but I actually care about the site and the review itself more than the processor. How could I say this? All my points were backed up by facts and objective opinions.

This is what I seriously hate. I mean, seriously hate. I recommend a i3 over a PhenomII/FX-4xxx, they tell me I am an intel fanboy. I recommend an i5 over a FX-8xxx, they told me that too. I recommend a 7950 over a 660 Ti, they told me I am an AMD fanboy. Now, I tried recommending a FX8350 over an i5 for rendering, they told me, I work for AMD. What kind of madness is that? I have experienced dealing with these not long ago. And it's not nice at all to be honest. So please no...

At the launch of a 8350, I have argued with a guy in a review. The argument was much harder for me than this. That time I was in the intel side talking about core to core performance and it's increase in each generation vs AMD. So please mind what you're talking.

Peace Dude.

 

[Terodius]

Waiting for AMD to make a good chip feels just like I did after being disappointed by The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and thinking "Ohh man Revenge of the Sith is going to redeem this trilogy"

 

[MacLeod]

Depends on how you look at it. I think Piledrive is a "good" processor in and of itself. Heck my 8150 is a good proc. It overclocks like mad and crushes anything I throw at it. The problem is that Intel is doing it so much better and for not much more money. Thats what hurts.

Still I think Piledriver is a step in the right direction and along with some competitive pricing can be a reasonable alternative to Intel which is what we need. We need something that can nip at Intel's heels and keep them honest. the 8350 at $200 or under does this IMO.

 

[Bang]

I'm really hoping AMD can fix their memory controller problem before they launch their next line. As a long time AMD fan I find this very disheartening. My next build will without doubt be Intel. Intel pwns AMD in about 90% of the tets here and in other reviews. I dont compile or decompile code, which is where AMD CPU's really shine. Since the Intel i5 3570k is only about $6 more than the FX8350 its easy to see why I decided to go intel.

Perhaps Sir TTL should consider creating the Rust Award. This is just the same old worn out crap from AMD.

 

[MacLeod]

Well if you consider the 8320 which is the same thing as the 8350 but $30-40 cheaper, it looks a lot better.

I would like to do an Intel swap but like I said, my 8150 is fun to play with and is handling all my duties which is just gaming and porn. Aside from a few games, there is relatively no real world difference between Intel and AMD when you're running a single GPU amd playing at resolutions of 1920x1080 and below. It's not til you get into the multi-GPU and/or ultra high resolutions that Intel really starts to pull away.

 

[rossi94]

I fully agree with toms statement in his video. AMD is 2 years behind Intel, and thats very sad. In germany there is a proverb: "Konkurenz belebt den Markt." What means: Competition brings the market to a kind of new level.

 

[MacLeod]

Yep. With AMD being no real competition for Intel you have to buy the most expensive i5 if you want to overclock. When AMD was close enough to be a viable alternative, you could overclock any Intel proc.

AMD doesn't have to be better than Intel, they just have to be good enough so that along with competitive pricing, they're that viable alternative again. That's all that's needed to keep Intel honest and that benefits us OC/PC enthusiasts.

 

[rossi94]

I heared that Samsung is buying AMD and Intel is buying Nvidia, but I'm no 100% sure with these infos.

 

[MacLeod]

LOL! Samsung. Love the internet rumor mill.

 

[rossi94]

Heared it from a good friend - I don't trust inofficial internet announcements.

 

[Bang]

Samsung buying AMD would be awesome. Samsung has the funds to get AMD back in the game. They would also get good cpu's for their line of phones. With the way AMD is going to lay off 15% of its employees and close plants, Samsung could fund enough to put AMD on top. If there is any truth to that rumour Intel would have to be very very concerned.

 

[rossi94]

Samsung is leading in mobile chips but amd could learn from their efficiency and Samsung could create better apus with amds knowledge about graphics, also is Samsung a manufacturer like Intel, that means they can produce their own chips .. and if Intel gets Nvidia they had better mobile CPUs and the drivers would be working more efficient. All in all - dreams would come true.

 

[233Kosta]

Just a quick one, I seriously doubt nV would sell to Intel. I think they'd rather be bought by AMD. Just because of the x86 licensing BS that's gone on in the past. I'd be surprised if nV didn't hate Intel's guts.

 

[Cody_h4x]

It really is a shame, AMD needs to atleast start an enthusiast lineup, maybe not the cheapest but they would deliver power.

 

[erenhardt]

It is not like this CPU will not handle games... You will notice difference only when you do other stuff with CPU, like rendering etc.
But yea...intel is ahead

 

[phatjak]

This cpu was made to compete against the i7-3770k...It's very powerful
and is a winner against any kind of i5 series intel has to offer..and for the price of 195$ there is no other option available.

 

[Mgutierrez33]

having personal experience with the 8320 (basically just an underclocked 8350 that's cheaper), I can safely say that for the price, I would pick this platform over an i5 of any generation any day of the week. It DOES use a bit more power under load, but for all but the must grueling of tasks (i.e.: hXc workstation number crunching or video rendering) you can't go wronk. Now once you hit i7 territory... eh, sure, I'll take the i7, but at quite the premium in the process.

 

[TAWN]

If i had dosh i would go Intel for sure, but unfortunately spare cash is very limited so i will probably be getting one in a few months....

 

[deadbc77]

*****************Hell, im running a 3770k @ 4.5ghz.Just thought it was a interesting perspective.