Gaming CPU

[Durvelle27]

Free? i don't believe this. You must've given him a [sandwich] or something.

wtf ???

 

[borisvodofsky]

calls it like I sees it.

 

[Durvelle27]

well you must be blind then

 

[guskline]

ok thx for the help i will go with the 8120 and hyper 212+ evo

Smart move. Add the extra 120mm fan for a Push/pull effect. It really helps lower temps. The 8120/8150 throw off a lot of heat so keep that in mind. Good luck.

 

[Durvelle27]

actually i end up getting a noctua DH-14

 

[borisvodofsky]

actually i end up getting a noctua DH-14

Dude, WTF, You spent $200 on a weak gaming cpu, and another $80 on an nhd14??

With $350, you can get a 2500k + z68, which will overclock to 4ghz on STOCK cooling. and it's almost twice as fast in games.

OMG.. dude.. lost for words.

 

[Durvelle27]

the cpu was on sale for $150 and the heatsink was $70

 

[T_Yamamoto]

the cpu was on sale for $150 and the heatsink was $70

Still.....

 

[Durvelle27]

well i chose it and not really in intel not against them though

 

[lehtv]

You would've got equal gaming performance with an X4 965 BE for $120

 

[Durvelle27]

i would have gotten a fx 4100 then a phenom II

 

[AtenRa]

Dude, WTF, You spent $200 on a weak gaming cpu, and another $80 on an nhd14??

With $350, you can get a 2500k + z68, which will overclock to 4ghz on STOCK cooling. and it's almost twice as fast in games.

OMG.. dude.. lost for words.

Can you show us Gaming benchmarks with GTX570 at 1080p with AA and AF filters enabled that 2500K is twice as fast than FX8120/8150 ?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Can you show us Gaming benchmarks with GTX570 at 1080p with AA and AF filters enabled that 2500K is twice as fast than FX8120/8150 ?

No cause this guy just wants to up his post count.

 

[lehtv]

i would have gotten a fx 4100 then a phenom II

That'd have been a decent choice as well

 

[Durvelle27]

No cause this guy just wants to up his post count.

what do you mean

 

[Durvelle27]

That'd have been a decent choice as well

that was my first choice but being that the 8120 is only $50 it was a better deal especially 8 cores

 

[Prey2big]

Can you show us Gaming benchmarks with GTX570 at 1080p with AA and AF filters enabled that 2500K is twice as fast than FX8120/8150 ?

Those gaps are pretty horrendous eventhough they arent exactly 100%.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Well it aint twice as fast as our local Faildozer supporter will say. Its only 56% and 73% faster than the crappy excuse for a CPU that Dulldozer is. Not to mention at alot lower power consumption and free IGP.

 

[richierich1212]

Ok we all know WoW runs a ton faster on Intel CPUs. lol.

 

[Black96ws6]

Those of us that have actually had both AMD and Intel for a decent length of time with both know the difference.

AMD cpus are "okay"..."2nd best"...etc. If that's what you want to spend your money on, then, more power to you

And here's more actual user experience:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1208080/gtx-570-w-amd-8120fx-worse-than-560-ti-w-intel-2500k

Guy goes from a 2500k w\560ti to an 8120 w\570GTX, and of course, gets worse results...

My old rig was a Intel 2500K with a Palit GTX 560 Ti 2GB which achieved 3d mark vantage scores of around 21-22k when overclocked to around 950Mhz.

I then sold my GTX 560Ti and got myself a GTX 295 to have a play and compare, it scored 20-23k depending on overclocks.

Now i am running an AMD FX-8120 on a AsRock Fatality 990fx MB with the GTX 570 and scoring 18924 with a 925Mhz overclock.

And finally:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html

As such, we're almost-shockingly left without an AMD CPU to recommend at any price point.

 

[borisvodofsky]

OK, good so you guys believe me now??? Like, I'm not crazy you know. LOL

 

[borisvodofsky]

Can you show us Gaming benchmarks with GTX570 at 1080p with AA and AF filters enabled that 2500K is twice as fast than FX8120/8150 ?

Yea dude, I'm not here to cherry pick benchmarks, but AMD is gaming fail.

I had my hopes up, I was all ready to go bulldozer, but then this crap happens.

TO THE OP Durvelle27, you've made some really bad decisions these past few days.

It's good that you can Deny packages and get a full refund. PLEASE PLEASE DO THAT. :'(

I feel somewhat responsible for this catastrophe as when people were egging you on this preposterously ill-fated road to oblivion.

Top ramen for 1 week will save you $150 easily. Please persevere and go the Intel route.


because as it stands you've wasted not only $200 buying that ridiculously overpriced cpu, but also the $80 cooler which won't make it much faster.


Please also post your motherboard, because, if it's a budget board, then the likelihood of a good overclocked bulldozer will be miniscule, because the bulldozer power requirements are MUCH MUCH higher than any Intel chip.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Can you show us Gaming benchmarks with GTX570 at 1080p with AA and AF filters enabled that 2500K is twice as fast than FX8120/8150 ?

This is a VERY conservative overclock of 4ghz on the 2500k. ALMOST all NEW batches of 2500k hit 4.8ghz with moderate voltages.

So if we extrapolate from the graphs below adding 20% to 2500k Minimum Frame rates

Starcraft 2: 25 minimum fps * 1.2 = 30 fps

As far as I know Bulldozer 5ghz is reachable with ghetto water cooling Corsair H100, so that's also a 20% increase for bulldozer as well.

Starcraft 2 (BD): 13 minimum fps * 1.2 = 15.6 fps

Skyrim (INTEL): 40 minimum fps * 1.2 = 48 fps

Skyrim (BD): 21 minimum fps * 1.2 =25.2 fps


Finally, we're looking at

Starcraft 2 Intel (30)/ BD (15.6) = 92% increased performance
Skyrim Intel (48)/BD (25.2) = 90% increased performance.


:'''''(

 

[borisvodofsky]

Also I forgot to mention...

Op, if you're feeling depressed at all, that's OK. You're mind is doing all it can to resolve your inner dissonance right now

Please be mindful that the solution to the problem is NOT to preserve the mistakes you've made by ruminating; rather, correct resolution of dissonance is only possible through the active approach by taking action.

Stay home, reject those packages, eat top-ramen, buy Intel.

 

[Durvelle27]

all i 8 cores will still help a lot in rendering and converting ?