nothingspecial
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98% certain I will end up doing so, probably Ivy Bridge. Unless Bulldozer/Zambezi is considerably better, then I'll just get a cheap AM3 chip and wait for the FM2 platform.
Bulldozer coming 19/09/2011
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ruthless_villain
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amd 1100t was competing with the 950 at stock clocks and that was with ancient architecture... so intel better get ready to take it up the batty
Ya93sin
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The fastest Bulldozer coming out from this first gen is meant to be 1.5x faster than an i7-950, which is just about on par with Sandy Bridge.
Then Sandy Bridge E is also out, which at launch will be a lot faster than Sandy Bridge, and by the time the fastest Enhanced Bulldozers come out, there will be even more powerful Sandy Bridge E chipsets.
IMO, AMD is a generation behind Intel atm, they are doing very well to keep up.
The fastest Bulldozer coming out from this first gen is meant to be 1.5x faster than an i7-950, which is just about on par with Sandy Bridge.
Then Sandy Bridge E is also out, which at launch will be a lot faster than Sandy Bridge, and by the time the fastest Enhanced Bulldozers come out, there will be even more powerful Sandy Bridge E chipsets.
IMO, AMD is a generation behind Intel atm, they are doing very well to keep up.
realneil
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If you think about it, it's a good time to be a consumer, isn't it? Lots of *shiny-new* heading our way and all of it keeps getting faster and uses less power too. As long as you can afford to keep replacing what you have now, it's good.
Ya93sin
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Tbf you can say that at any point in time in the tech world
I've just built my system so I'm just going to watch from a little farther away
michaelah500
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Am I the only one that doesn't give a single damn about performance and having the latest parts these days?
I sold my £1500 system with a dual crossfire for a dual core with onboard graphics and it does EVERYTHING I want. My mother's PC of which I built for her is simply amazing for the price. It's got a £25 Sempron 140 (stock single core at 2.7GHz) unlocked to dual core with an overclock at 3.3GHz on 1.34V with max temps of 25 degrees delta on a £18 air cooler and that outperforms my actual dual core (555) haha.
I used to be obsessed with upgrading and having the very best but now I just don't care.
I sold my £1500 system with a dual crossfire for a dual core with onboard graphics and it does EVERYTHING I want. My mother's PC of which I built for her is simply amazing for the price. It's got a £25 Sempron 140 (stock single core at 2.7GHz) unlocked to dual core with an overclock at 3.3GHz on 1.34V with max temps of 25 degrees delta on a £18 air cooler and that outperforms my actual dual core (555) haha.
I used to be obsessed with upgrading and having the very best but now I just don't care.
I've got no problem with AM3 with Bulldozer support and AM3+ being what they are, but AM3+ is the end of the road for AMx sockets so there no more usual next generation AMD boards with backwards CPU compatibility. This one of those Intel-like socket changes, so there's no in-betweening on this one.
FM1 and Fusion while not pretty for us discreet graphics power users, for rest of the Jane and Joe Average desktop and laptop market this union of AMD and ATI could see the farther opening up the market for more iMac clones and increased acceptance of mini-ITX. I know my parents are looking to upgrade from Core 2 Duo and Athlon, they at most will need two hard drives and one optical drive; the old AMD and Intel IGP is a little skittish so definitely can see a AMD APU or Intel H67 in the works.
FM2 like FM1 and Sandy Bridge sees the integrating of North Bridge operations onto the CPU, so less interference getting in the way of Bulldozer.
FM1 and Fusion while not pretty for us discreet graphics power users, for rest of the Jane and Joe Average desktop and laptop market this union of AMD and ATI could see the farther opening up the market for more iMac clones and increased acceptance of mini-ITX. I know my parents are looking to upgrade from Core 2 Duo and Athlon, they at most will need two hard drives and one optical drive; the old AMD and Intel IGP is a little skittish so definitely can see a AMD APU or Intel H67 in the works.
FM2 like FM1 and Sandy Bridge sees the integrating of North Bridge operations onto the CPU, so less interference getting in the way of Bulldozer.
Ya93sin
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No, not everybody wants to buy all the latest tech, but most people are interested. Developments now affect the products that will come out in another tech generation's time, so whenever you plan to upgrade, you at least know what's going on, where the bargains are and so on.
If you wanted to sell your high performance PC that's fine, obviously you only ever need something based around your own needs, such as work and gaming or so on. I assume you're not gaming or rendering much, and if you are doing word processor based work and emailing then fine, you don't need much at all.
When you speak about the outperforming a dual core, is that in terms of the temperatures or performance? Also how much does your system cost?
Tbf if I'm just working I use a netbook, and if I need a big screen I'll hook it up to a monitor or my TV, and its all good.
