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So, is it success or failure? I am sure most of you would love to see a clear and definite verdict here. However, things are not so simple this time and AMD Bulldozer made things really difficult for all reviewers. The thing is that AMD revealed a tot...
It is extremely refreshing to see a new architecture from AMD after such a long time without one. Bulldozer is the world's first eight-core consumer CPU, and is marketed towards the consumer and enthusiast gaming crowd. The new chip does have many att...
Abstract: Designing and releasing a new CPU architecture is risky business. You are essentially trying to forecast consumers interest, software and hardware development for the lifetime of that product. No doubts about it it is a gamble. If your forecast, the m...
What we wanted out of Bulldozer and AMD and what we are getting are two different things. AMD has built a very good processor in Bulldozer that can be had at a very good price. Bulldozer however is just some "Me too!" when comparing to Intel's $200 2500K...
Please keep in mind our game sampling here is very small due to time limitations.Our general take-away from our time with the AMD FX-8150 and gaming is that the game matters when it comes to performance deltas.We played a lot of Battlefield 3 Beta Multipl...
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Published: 2011-10-11, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
The allure of having the "world's first destop 8-core processor" is more than slightly muted by the performance results we saw in our review today. Obviously the Bulldozer design team had to make some decisions years ago that couldn't be easily rolled ba...
Eight-core processing for under $250, Speedy for the price with multi-threaded software, Unlocked for overclocking
Slower than cheaper chips in tests with single-threaded apps, New AM3+ socket demands new motherboard
AMD's first "Bulldozer" processor has eight cores, but its performance can't match Intel's pricier Core i7 CPUs. Still, it's a forward-looking, good-value CPU for heavy use with multi-threaded apps. ...
Abstract: AMD had us and a few others down to its Austin, Texas offices a couple of weeks ago and gave us quite and overclocking show with its new FX processors. We carried our cameras along in hopes to give you a front row seat at the event and hopefully whet your...
