Is it possible everyone is coming to a die hard conclusion too soon? I won't pretend to know everything about processor architecture, because I don't, but what I have seen is this.
The bulldozer performs a lot better on some motherboards than others (look at asus reviews vs asrock reviews) and you see a decent difference. This tells me that some of the problem may be firmware/driver related, correct?
Next, windows 8 handles the processor better than windows 7. Could it be possible for some operating system updates to take better advantage of this processors strengths?
Also, we have seen programs made to thrive on multicore processors do much better on bulldozer. So as new versions of applications and new games come out, bulldozer can potentially work a lot better.
These tests are done from a controlled environment. Multitasking seems like it may be this processors strength, so real world use may close the gap a bit.
All of these different things considered, what is an underperforming processor now could be a great value 6 months to a couple years from now. Anyone remember amd 64? Pretty crappy initial launch, ended up just being ahead of its time.
My point I'm tying to get across, its not a horrible processor, its just not incredibly effecient yet. Reserve your finale judgements atlease until some firmware/driver updates come out, and to see if Microsoft decides to optimize windows 7 for bulldozer.
My fx-8150 is sitting in my office right now and I'm itching to install it. Gonna be a few days until I can install, and am excited to see what potential this processor really has.
The bulldozer performs a lot better on some motherboards than others (look at asus reviews vs asrock reviews) and you see a decent difference. This tells me that some of the problem may be firmware/driver related, correct?
Next, windows 8 handles the processor better than windows 7. Could it be possible for some operating system updates to take better advantage of this processors strengths?
Also, we have seen programs made to thrive on multicore processors do much better on bulldozer. So as new versions of applications and new games come out, bulldozer can potentially work a lot better.
These tests are done from a controlled environment. Multitasking seems like it may be this processors strength, so real world use may close the gap a bit.
All of these different things considered, what is an underperforming processor now could be a great value 6 months to a couple years from now. Anyone remember amd 64? Pretty crappy initial launch, ended up just being ahead of its time.
My point I'm tying to get across, its not a horrible processor, its just not incredibly effecient yet. Reserve your finale judgements atlease until some firmware/driver updates come out, and to see if Microsoft decides to optimize windows 7 for bulldozer.
My fx-8150 is sitting in my office right now and I'm itching to install it. Gonna be a few days until I can install, and am excited to see what potential this processor really has.