Donanimhaber FX8150 Video Review/Benchmarks!

[Imouto]

And that's why all graphs should start at zero and not at a random number.

Misleading information at its finest.

 

[ElFenix]

donimhaber

pass

 

[Idontcare]

And that's why all graphs should start at zero and not at a random number.

Misleading information at its finest.

Yes, if only the graphs started at zero, then bulldozer would perform better.

 

[ShreddedWheat]

regret not getting i5 2600k for $ 149.99 at microcenter the other day

 

[jhu]

*sigh*

someone just buy AMD already. Market cap is less than 4B.

Enterprise value is what you want to look at for buyouts and not necessarily market cap, but it's still < $4 billion for AMD.

Also, no Linpack benchmarks?

 

[NostaSeronx]

Enterprise value is what you want to look at for buyouts and not necessarily market cap, but it's still < $4 billion for AMD.

Also, no Linpack benchmarks?

24 GFlops to 40 GFlops

Cray is going to be PISSED

 

[RussianSensation]

Microcenter's pricing will be $279.99 @ launch for the FX-8150 according to someone on OCN who leaked the official MC pricing data.

If it performs worse than an 1100T, AMD is going to have to drop the price A LOT to be competitive...

That can't be right based on those benches? I think $179.99-$189.99 is a reasonable price since it trades blows with the 1100T.

regret not getting i5 2600k for $ 149.99 at microcenter the other day

Did you mean 2500k? 2600k retails for $279.99 at MC. I doubt they'd have a $130 price cut.

 

[eternalone]

Honestly this is shocking I think this could be worse than the Phenom 1 debacle. I mean its so strange why would they even try to label them FX??? I mean this is really bad, like the worst thing that could have happened. I was 100&#37; gonna buy the quadcore now I think I will have to wait yet again till Bulldozer 2 in 2012. Unless something changes or these bechmarks are all bs, not good at all.

 

[mrjoltcola]

Makes me actually want to buy one to put under glass for my grandkiddies in 25 years. Historically, it may turn out to be a very "significant" processor (not necessarily in a good way for AMD, but significant nonetheless).

And I was really hoping for an excuse to build a Bulldozer hobby rig.

The only way I see them redeeming it is if they were to allow 4xSMP and sell for the same price, maybe ABIT would jump in with a 4-socket motherboard and it'll be like the old Pentium 3 / Celeron SMP days! Cheap, highly overclockable multi-socket!

 

[NostaSeronx]

Makes me actually want to buy one to put under glass for my grandkiddies in 25 years. Historically, it may turn out to be a very "significant" processor (not necessarily in a good way for AMD, but significant nonetheless).

And I was really hoping for an excuse to build a Bulldozer hobby rig.

Jar with a sticky note:

{AMD's worst CPU ever}
In jar AMD FX CPU

:awe:

 

[frozentundra123456]

I have been somewhat skeptical of bulldozer for a long time, but I am shocked by this. I am not sure these benches are accurate, or maybe the test system was not optimized properly.

Can even AMD bring out a processor with all this hype and development that preforms equal to or worse than their current processor?? At least this week we should have some definite benchmarks from reputable sites.

 

[RussianSensation]

Makes me actually want to buy one to put under glass for my grandkiddies in 25 years. Historically, it may turn out to be a very "significant" processor (not necessarily in a good way for AMD, but significant nonetheless).

Just imagine 5 years ago in a 20 person boardroom meeting someone probably said: "Let's take a less risky approach and add 15-20&#37; IPC increase to Phenom architecture, keep the CPU 4 or 6 cores, and focus on improving power consumption. Reply: No, let's take the more risky approach. Let's design a brand new architecture from scratch. We are winners here, not followers - it's all or nothing. I bet In 5 years, most programs will use 8+ threads. More cores is better than fewer faster cores."

Someone out there right now who was in that boardroom probably feels vindicated, and yet, extremely sad since it all could have turned out differently.

EDIT: Stumbled upon this:

FX 4100 X4 8MB 3600MHZ Tray 95W - $120.68 (Provantage).
FX 6100 6C AM3 14MB 3300MHZ Tray 95W - $190.57
FX 8120 8C AM3 16MB 3100MHZ Tray 125W - $222.10
FX 8150 8C AM3 16MB 3600MHZ 125W Tray - $267.75

 

[Allio]

It's worse than the worst-case scenario

 

[Tsavo]

Just imagine 5 years ago in a 20 person boardroom meeting someone probably said: "Let's take a less risky approach and add 15-20% IPC increase to Phenom architecture, keep the CPU 4 or 6 cores, and focus on improving power consumption. Reply: No, let's take the more risky approach. Let's design a brand new architecture from scratch. We are winners here, not followers - it's all or nothing. I bet In 5 years, most programs will use 8+ threads. More cores is better than fewer faster cores."

Someone out there right now who was in that boardroom probably feels vindicated, and yet, extremely sad since it all could have turned out differently.

EDIT: Stumbled upon this:

Fortune favors the bold.

On the other hand, misfortune can really screw the bold.

 

[bryanW1995]

There have been a few instances where a flawed designed was later redeemed:

Radeon HD2000 -> HD3000
Phenom -> Phenom II
GTX400 -> GTX500

Hopefully AMD manages to make something good out of this turkey at some point.

I don't think that AMD will make anything out of it at all. Maybe IBM, samsung, steve wozniak, or the abu dhabi govt could do something with it after they buy AMD for $1 plus some tweezers, a pack of bandaids, and 3 rolls of duct tape.

 

[busydude]

LOL.. the only glimmer of hope, for now, are those prices.

 

[bryanW1995]

As soon as BD officially launches, intel will have a $50 price increase across the board.

Sigh. I guess we can stop blaming Hector now.

 

[drizek]

I guess we can stop blaming Hector now.

Maybe he spilled some Doritos in the Fab, and contaminated the 32nm lines. Maybe that's why they fired him.

 

[drizek]

There have been a few instances where a flawed designed was later redeemed:

Radeon HD2000 -> HD3000
Phenom -> Phenom II
GTX400 -> GTX500

Willamette - > Prescott

 

[OCGuy]

Flop

Ban AMD marketing from this board.

 

[RobertPters77]

Oh, This is Delicious!

All of us Sandy Bridge owners feel so relieved. No regrets for purchasing my i7. I Love this Intel. Keep on innovating. I can't wait to see what haswell brings.

You've reached your quota for trolling. Take a week off.
-ViRGE

 

[Arkaign]

Willamette - > Prescott

I know it was supposed to be funny, but that is inaccurate.

Willamette, expensive, slow, launch mobos used stupid RDRAM. Failure.
Northwood. Excellent. Ultimately faster than Athlon XP, and plenty of models were cheap and overclocked like mad. Even traded blows with early Athlon 64s to a degree, though the A64 was unquestionably superior overall.
Gallatin. Good. Overpriced.
Prescott. 90nm issues and lower IPC than Northwood make this the most notable Intel failure in many years, worse even than Willamette.
Cedar Mill. Totally irrelevant due to the timing of its release, but it actually worked pretty well for what it was.

The Northwoods from the overachieving 1.6a all the way to the rare 3.4 were winners over a pretty long timeline. They were basically losers outside of that timeframe though.

 

[AnandThenMan]

Oh, This is Delicious!

All of us Sandy Bridge owners feel so relieved. No regrets for purchasing my i7. I Love this Intel. Keep on innovating. I can't wait to see what haswell brings.

Very strange post. I take you are don't want competition in the marketplace.

 

[grimpr]

Oh, This is Delicious!

All of us Sandy Bridge owners feel so relieved. No regrets for purchasing my i7. I Love this Intel. Keep on innovating. I can't wait to see what haswell brings.

lol :thumbsup:

 

[RobertPters77]

Very strange post. I take you are don't want competition in the marketplace.

Not when Amd is involved.

Just fold and go home Amd. Let intel license X86 to someone who can compete.

It's over Amd is dead and done for.