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AMD 'Bulldozer' FX CPU Reviews Arrive

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-and-shiny dept.

I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD lifted the embargo on their most recent desktop AMD FX architecture, code named Bulldozer, whose CPU frequency record Slashdot recently covered. The fruition of 6 years of AMD R&D, this new chip architecture is the most significant news out of AMD since the Phenom II made its debut. The chips are available now in all major retail outlets, and top tier hardware sites have published the first Bulldozer reviews already." Here are reviews from a few different sites — pick your favorite: Tom's Hardware, PC Perspective, Hot Hardware, [H]ardOCP, or TechSpot. They don't agree on everything, but the consensus seems to be that the new chips aren't blowing anyone's socks off, and that they struggle to compete with Intel's comparable offerings. The architecture shows promise, but performance gains will take time to materialize, making it difficult to leapfrog Intel to any significant degree.

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  1. Re:I skimmed a few... by pankkake · · Score: 4, Informative

    All AMD CPUs allow ECC for instance, so if you require ECC memory it's much cheaper to go with AMD.

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  2. Re:If you are an AMD fan.... by SQL+Error · · Score: 4, Informative

    We've benchmarked the 10-core 2.0GHz E7 Xeons against the 8-core 2.0GHz Opteron 6128. The Opteron CPUs deliver about 70% of the performance on our workload for about 12% of the price.

    The AMD motherboards are much cheaper too.

    Bulldozer is underwhelming on the desktop, but it could still deliver great price/performance in the server market. We'll soon see.