Just wanted to chime in since I've had/have Agena, Thuban, Nehalem, Lynnfield, Sandy Bridge, and Bulldozer built rigs.
To all the people coming in this thread, bashing the Bulldozer architecture and its performance results,... go kick rocks. You're biased, ill-knowledge "advice" is unwanted and basically useless. There is nothing wrong with the Bulldozer platform, its not supposed to be an Intel killer. It is what it is; an alternative to Sandy Bridge with a different use in mind. Anyone who knows anything about the Bulldozer architecture knows what it's real intention was/is.
The moral of this patch release is, it's good to see Microsoft work with AMD to increase performance for a unique processor like Bulldozer. It's nice to see a software giant like Microsoft with with AMD to increase performance, especially when it helps improve upon performance of Bulldozer. Win/Win.
You Intel fan boys need to build multiple bridges, and when you're done complaining as you build, you'll eventually get over it.
Fact is, all of you Intel fans want a AMD 7970 for your precious Intel rig. There's no denying that.
So... another moral, learn to appreciate (and respect) all brands and what they produce, unless you want to pay $500 for a low grade CPU from Intel down the road.