Right guys, doing some pretty thorough research into specific components of my christmas refresh, and from what I have found, it could be a simple windows scheduler patch that puts a bulldozer chip back on my list, see link from Techreport
Also see link from HardOCP and refer to point 6 where the AMD rep stated:
It would seem that if the windows 7 scheduler was optimized for the way the Bulldozer chip addresses its threads, it would be a genuine alternative to Intels i5 chips.
Only reason I'm looking into this was that I fancy something different this time around, and I have missed AMD since my Xp 2400.
Anyone with contacts in AMD care to comment on this, and if a release date for the patch is available, let me know?
Also see link from HardOCP and refer to point 6 where the AMD rep stated:
We are also working with Microsoft on a scheduler update for Windows 7 that will be available soon.
It would seem that if the windows 7 scheduler was optimized for the way the Bulldozer chip addresses its threads, it would be a genuine alternative to Intels i5 chips.
Only reason I'm looking into this was that I fancy something different this time around, and I have missed AMD since my Xp 2400.
Anyone with contacts in AMD care to comment on this, and if a release date for the patch is available, let me know?
