Return of AMD FX: My OC'd AMD FX 8150 with OC'd 6990 Review - First Results Up!

[BD231]

Well that's what I get for listening to JFAMD...

http://forums.anandtech.com/archive/index.php/t-2143976.html <~ Check the second post down that's me talkin smack and IDC " correcting " my behavior (as always).

Eight months later

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2198385&page=5

Ironic, I get reprimanded for calling out a liar far before anyone suspects and then he's lynched and mobbed by the entire internet upon BD's release. This place is hilarious.

GPU score tests is closest to simulating a game than combined score. Tomorrow Revo benches!

Can you give us the OC'd load temps gaming and encoding? Thanks!

 

[Zor Prime]

AMD has always been competitive with Intel when it comes to FP and things like Linpacks, my 965 would get around 58 GFLOPs which is pretty close to a 1366 i7 with HT off, and my 1090T would get around 76, which is decent compared to "typically clocked" 980x'es.

AMD used to not be competitive in FP until the original K7. K6 wrecked havoc in integer, but FP was lackluster.

Where AMD has struggled is integer performance, and bulldozer is really no exception. Integer is far more important in our usage than FP, which is why Intel does so much better in benchmarks like gaming.

My have things changed. I remember when gaming performance came down to FP, not integer. I guess with the advent of GPU's, FP doesn't matter as much for gaming anymore. I could be wrong.

 

[polyzp]

i am 100% sure an 800 mhz fx 8150 will not reach nearly as high gpu scores in 3dm11 as a 4.8 ghz 8150.. revo benches up!! ^^

 

[polyzp]

Thanks for the sticker OCZ!


So with the money I made from selling my Sapphire 6970 (which I used to have in crossfire with my 6990) and my old OCZ revodrive 120gb I decided to buy OCZ's consumer flagship PCI-X SSD the Revodrive 3 X2 240 Gb.


Just how fast is this thing compared to other SATA 6 SSDs?





RESULTS:


ATTO Disk Benchmark:



OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS

OCZ Revodrive 3 X2

Only up until 16Kb read/write , the Rovodrive 3 X2 actually trails its much cheaper brother the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, however as soon as it hits 32Kb read/write it leaves it in the dust!


Kind of like this Video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXqSedWSu2k



PassMark Disk Mark:

That's more like it!

 

[polyzp]

ROUND 5: WinRar Benchmark


So when bulldozer was officially released Winrar was one of the benchmarks where FX raced ahead of the 2600k. (Example1)(Example2)

But due to a newly discovered bug where Windows disables HT for intel processors, CORE Parking must be enabled to get the full potential out of compressing and decompressing with Winrar.

RESULTS:

Bulldozer only barley beats a stock i7 870k with core parking turned off.
Before the bug was discovered AMD FX 8150 appeared to have beat even a 3960x.


source : http://www.xtremehardware.it/


If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Link to Blog:
http://AMDFX.blogspot.com

 

[polyzp]

cinebench scores up!

 

[BLaber]

Hi Polyzp,

Have you applied Microsoft Bulldozer hot fix , if not do you mind applying the following KB's & re-benching :

http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/01/1...-processor-using-windows®-7-scheduler-update/

1) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2645594

2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2646060

 

[polyzp]

I have not, but i am planning on doing this later this week! my benchmarks are without the patch!!

 

[podspi]

Hate to ask, but I would love to see all the same benchies WITH the patch too

 

[polyzp]

WEI / cpu and gpu temps up on blog! benchmarks will continue tomorrow!

ill be benchmarking with patch starting tonight! stay tuned and follow my blog ^^

 

[polyzp]

AIDa64 benches up! With patch!

 

[polyzp]

memory benchmarks up!

 

[jsedlak]

I don't get these benchmarks cast the AMD in a positive light...

When all cores are used FX shines! Performance is well over a i7 2600k @ 4.5 Ghz, but less than 2 fps shy of a i7 2600k @ 5.0 Ghz. I am not sure about the low 5.18 ghz 2600k score =S... but its well over that aswell. It should also be notes that 3960x at 3.8 Ghz Turbo is not much faster than a 4.8 Ghz FX 8150.

Shouldn't the 3.8ghz only be reachable if all cores aren't being used? Regardless of whether or not the 3960X was running each core at 3.8 (or less), it's sad to see that the 8150 still can't match it at 4.8ghz. I suppose the argument could be made that 8T vs. 12T gives the edge to the 3960X, but cost dictates the 8150 being the better choice... but the comparison in most peoples' minds is moot since you have to go so high on the 8150 to match a stock 3960X.

Or am I reading this all wrong?

 

[polyzp]

This is correct. The 3960x is running at stock, so turbo is implemented 3.6 ghz on all 12 threads. Really the neat thing to look at is how bulldozer scales while ocd. It has almost perfect scaling, while intel has less than perfect. This can be noticed by comparing stock performance vs oc'd and noticing that from 3.46 to 5 ghz (45% oc) benefits less for intel when compared to 3.6 ghz to 4.8 (33 % oc) for AMD (in h264 benchmark).

 

[polyzp]

PCMARK 7 Scores 2nd PAGE! Pre patch vs with patch!

 

[Subyman]

The biggest turn off of the bulldozer series for me is the power draw on OC. These things suck a ridiculous amount of wattage when OCed. Something like 200W+ on a high 4Ghz OC. My 2500k sips around 110W at 4.2Ghz load.

 

[polyzp]

Winrar / Cinebench Patch scores up!

 

[polyzp]

7 - zip patch scores up!

 

[polyzp]

DIRT 3 Benchmarks up! Page 2

 

[Rvenger]

Dirt 3 is an AMD optimized game, its bound to run better on an AMD setup.

 

[Maximilian]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2222127

Wouldn't know anything about that would you OP?

 

[Dravic]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2222127

Wouldn't know anything about that would you OP?

So if i post benches of my new FX 8150 and 7970 am i too going to be accused with no proof?

Seriously... someone spends there time and effort to give us more data points of Bulldozer with a high end GPU and he must be a part of a hidden viral market campaign?

The post doesn't even read like a marketing post.

Now that I have an FX 8150 I'm actually looking for all the additional info on the chip I can get outside of the initial run of reviews.

I thought this was a hardware enthusiast website where people were interested in not just the fastest out there, but also liked to explore new hardware. BD is a departure from the norm and I'm curious to see how this architecture plays out in the next 2 years.

 

[Maximilian]

So if i post benches of my new FX 8150 and 7970 am i too going to be accused with no proof?

Seriously... someone spends there time and effort to give us more data points of Bulldozer with a high end GPU and he must be a part of a hidden viral market campaign?

Well if you just joined out of nowhere and started spewing favourable benchmarks from your new FX8150 "Scorpious Gaming rig - ON AIR!!!!!" then yeah.

Now that I have an FX 8150 I'm actually looking for all the additional info on the chip I can get outside of the initial run of reviews.

It sucks, there's some info. Also FX8120 would have been a better buy if you were 100% set on bulldozer. If you were not then any X6 or i5 CPU would have been a better buy. If you bought it for the shiny metal box to store cakes or bread or whatever then forget what i said, bulldozer has the edge in cake storage.

I thought this was a hardware enthusiast website where people were interested in not just the fastest out there, but also liked to explore new hardware. BD is a departure from the norm and I'm curious to see how this architecture plays out in the next 2 years.

Hardware that is garbage on release generally does not get better with time. If its just the architecture then wait for piledriver it may improve things. For the here and now, what we have today is a pretty lousy set of CPU's.

 

[busydude]

Well if you just joined out of nowhere and started spewing favourable benchmarks from your new FX8150 "Scorpious Gaming rig - ON AIR!!!!!" then yeah.

ROUND 5: WinRar Benchmark


So when bulldozer was officially released Winrar was one of the benchmarks where FX raced ahead of the 2600k. (Example1)(Example2)

But due to a newly discovered bug where Windows disables HT for intel processors, CORE Parking must be enabled to get the full potential out of compressing and decompressing with Winrar.

RESULTS:

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Bulldozer only barley beats a stock i7 870k with core parking turned off.
Before the bug was discovered AMD FX 8150 appeared to have beat even a 3960x.


source : http://www.xtremehardware.it/


If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Pretty favorable. Right? :whiste:

 

[Abwx]

Well if you just joined out of nowhere and started spewing favourable benchmarks from your new FX8150 "Scorpious Gaming rig - ON AIR!!!!!" then yeah.



It sucks, there's some info. Also FX8120 would have been a better buy if you were 100% set on bulldozer. If you were not then any X6 or i5 CPU would have been a better buy. If you bought it for the shiny metal box to store cakes or bread or whatever then forget what i said, bulldozer has the edge in cake storage.



Hardware that is garbage on release generally does not get better with time. If its just the architecture then wait for piledriver it may improve things. For the here and now, what we have today is a pretty lousy set of CPU's.

That s not the point , if this thread doesnt suit you , you can always
post on other ones rather than spreading here your usual junk..