Saturday, September 24th 2011

AMD FX 8150 Looks Core i7-980X and Core i7 2600K in the Eye: AMD Benchmarks

The bets are off, it looks like Intel is in for a price-performance shock with AMD's Bulldozer, after all. In the press deck of AMD FX Processor series leaked by DonanimHaber ahead of its launch, AMD claims huge performance leads over Intel. To sum it up, AMD claims that its AMD FX 8150 processor is looking Intel's Core i7-980X in the eye in game tests, even edging past it in some DirectX 11 titles.

It is performing on par with the Core i7-2600K in several popular CPU benchmarks such as WinRAR 4, X.264 pass 2, Handbrake, 7Zip, POV Ray 3.7, ABBYY OCR, wPrime 32M, and Bibble 5.0. AMD FX 8150 is claimed to be genuinely benefiting from the FMA4 instruction set that Sandy Bridge lacks, in the OCL Performance Mandelbrot test, the FX 8150 outperforms the i7-2600K by as much as 70%. Lastly, the pricing of the FX 8150 is confirmed to be around the $250 mark. Given this, and the fact that the Core i7-2600K is priced about $70 higher, Intel is in for a price-performance shock.
Source: DonanimHaber
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854 Comments on AMD FX 8150 Looks Core i7-980X and Core i7 2600K in the Eye: AMD Benchmarks

#326
Damn_Smooth
martthefart???????????????????
I don't understand your question.

Should you have waited or should you wait now?
martthefartwill bnd b better than a 1090 6 core on a gig 990xa board?
Yes.
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#327
Wile E
Power User
Damn_SmoothBecause they have people like you dying to get there hands on it. Guaranteed profit.
At the loss of profit from Gulftown sales.

Clear out old stock before pushing new stock. Business 101.
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#328
martthefart
id b pissed off just got a new 1090t cpu and a 990xa motherboard ffs
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#329
Wile E
Power User
martthefartid b pissed off just got a new 1090t cpu and a 990xa motherboard ffs
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you should have probably waited for BD, from what I can tell. It will be better than the 1090t.
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#330
martthefart
is the bulldozer cpu good ? better? than a 1090t cpu if so better by how much?
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#331
Damn_Smooth
Wile EAt the loss of profit from Gulftown sales.

Clear out old stock before pushing new stock. Business 101.
I'm pretty sure that Gulftown has run it's course. It's the people like you that have them and want to upgrade that will bring the greatest profit.
martthefartis the bulldozer cpu good ? better? than a 1090t cpu if so better by how much?
Yes, and quite a bit if anything we know is true.
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#333
Damn_Smooth
martthefartoh well sharted again lol
It happens to the best of us. :D
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#334
Wile E
Power User
Damn_SmoothI'm pretty sure that Gulftown has run it's course. It's the people like you that have them and want to upgrade that will bring the greatest profit.
Not if they already produced a lot that need cleared out.

If they felt any need to release SB-E, they would have. We've been seeing board shots for months. The parts are available, they just have no reason to release them. Their only competition in the segment is themselves, and they can just wait to release to achieve both clearing out the old stock, and to sell a bunch of new stuff upon SB-E release. Best of both worlds.
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#335
Damn_Smooth
Wile ENot if they already produced a lot that need cleared out.

If they felt any need to release SB-E, they would have. We've been seeing board shots for months. The parts are available, they just have no reason to release them. Their only competition in the segment is themselves, and they can just wait to release to achieve both clearing out the old stock, and to sell a bunch of new stuff upon SB-E release. Best of both worlds.
They already shot themselves in the foot then. Anyone interested in spending that much money on a CPU is educated enough to know that SB-e is right around the corner. Ask AMD how Phenom II sales are going.
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#336
martthefart
well fuck amd i feel like3 a noob i alaways got amd not any more i will go intell w3ay bastards
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#337
Damn_Smooth
martthefartwell fuck amd i feel like3 a noob i alaways got amd not any more i will go intell w3ay bastards
When did you get the 1090?
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#338
Wile E
Power User
Damn_SmoothThey already shot themselves in the foot then. Anyone intersted in spending that much money on a CPU is educated enough to know that SB-e is right around the corner. Ask AMD how Phenom II sales are going.
No, because they still get those sales when it does release, and they still sell the current top end until then, albeit at a reduced rate, but still selling better than if SB-E was already out. Selling the old stuff at a slower rate is way better than not selling it at all. When it releases, the new stuff will sell regardless of how long they held it for.

The only reason they would have had to release SB-E already is if there was another competitor in that market. There isn't, therefore the need does not exist. They can sit on it as long as they want, and still pull in money on Gulftown sales, for which there is also no competitor. PII sells poorly because there ARE other competitors in it's market segment.

This is why I want AMD to compete up top. We would already have SB-E out to compare.
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#339
Damn_Smooth
Wile ENo, because they still get those sales when it does release, and they still sell the current top end until then, albeit at a reduced rate, but still selling better than if SB-E was already out. Selling the old stuff at a slower rate is way better than not selling it at all. When it releases, the new stuff will sell regardless of how long they held it for. PII sells poorly because there ARE competitors in it's market.

The only reason they would have had to release SB-E already is if there was another competitor in that market. There isn't, therefore the need does not exist. They can sit on it as long as they want, and still pull in money on Gulftown sales, for which there is also no competitor.

This is why I want AMD to compete up top. We would already have SB-E out to compare.
I see what you are saying, but I dissagree. They aren't going to sell their stock before SB-e hits in a month or two. SB is already cannabalizing Gulftown sales because the performance difference between the two isn't worth the price difference at all. The segment of the market that is willing to pay that much is so small that nearly everyone that is willing to pay that price already has, and I still think their best bet is to launch it for the people like you that are excited to upgrade.

I have always respected you and your posts Wile E, but I really do think they would make more money by releasing it.
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#340
Wile E
Power User
Damn_SmoothI see what you are saying, but I dissagree. They aren't going to sell their stock before SB-e hits in a month or two. SB is already cannabalizing Gulftown sales because the performance difference between the two isn't worth the price difference at all. The segment of the market that is willing to pay that much is so small that nearly everyone that is willing to pay that price already has, and I still think their best bet is to launch it for the people like you that are excited to upgrade.

I have always respected you and your posts Wile E, but I really do think they would make more money by releasing it.
The price difference being worth it is irrelevant on the top end. Top end customers willingly pay the premium for the small increases. SB is not cannibalizing Gulftown. Only for gamers or bang for buckers. Those represent an even smaller percentage than the already small top end.

Look, they know more than both of us. If they felt that more money would come to them, they would have released it already.
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#341
martthefart
month ags ffs when is this bd realresed????????????
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#342
Damn_Smooth
Wile EThe price difference being worth it is irrelevant on the top end. Top end customers willingly pay the premium for the small increases. SB is not cannibalizing Gulftown. Only for gamers or bang for buckers. Those represent an even smaller percentage than the already small top end.

Look, they know more than both of us. If they felt that more money would come to them, they would have released it already.
Good point, but I don't think Gulftown will be a good seller between now and the point that SB-e is released. And we don't know anything about the yields for the chip, there are a billion things that could go wrong and that could be why it hasn't released already.
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#343
Damn_Smooth
martthefartmonth ags ffs when is this bd realresed????????????
Supposedly next month. No one is absolutely sure though.

You can sell your 1090 when BD is released and take a good chunk out of the CPU cost of Bulldozer if you want to though.
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#344
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
martthefartmonth ags ffs when is this bd realresed????????????
Calm down, and check where your fingers land. We do not know for sure, but it seems mid october.
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#345
Damn_Smooth
martthefart1 more thing should i go sli with the gts 460????????????????????
It would definitely give you more performance so it's not a bad idea.
martthefartany 1 want to stuck me off misses in work lol
This is why you shouldn't drink and type.
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#347
blu3flannel
martthefartim off to beb bu when is bd released to online sale ?
martthefarti loe u guys u rokk got a hang ove3r in mornong lol
martthefartsry for mi miss spellimg
martthefartany 1 love me?
Sweet quadruple post.
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#348
martthefart
hi blu u know when bd on sale?

wiil bd slot in mu gig 999oxa board?
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#349
Damn_Smooth
martthefarthi blu u know when bd on sale?
Nobody knows for sure. Rumors say October.
martthefartwiil bd slot in mu gig 999oxa board?
Yes.
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#350
Unregistered
On sale october apparently, and yes it will go into your board.

You need t stop multi posting or a mod is going to get upset with you mart.

Go to bed and sleep your booze off ok :)
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