AMD FX 8-core

[JEMC]

Soleron said:

JEMC said:

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I have to give credit where it's due and, as you said, AMD has failed (by a mile) to deliver a high-end CPU worth buying.

Although (and that's not an excuse) some reviews state that Bulldozer was designed first to be a server-workloads CPU that was moved to be a desktop one, and that in those scenarios it might be good (something that must of us don't care).

Well, maybe next time...

The good thing for consumers is that SB is far better than what anyone needs for the forseeable future.

I will be watching the Trinity launch in Q1, because that has the Bulldozer replacement "Piledriver". If there was some kind of crippling bug or clockspeed limitation, one would hope it could be fixed in that.

Yes, they did delay BD so it launches only 3-4 months before its successor.

But if their roadmap is credible, piledriver will only be an increase of 10-15 %. Enough to put it above the Phenom II x6 but still behind Intel parts.

I'm more interested in the problems Global Foundries has with the 32nm fab process. If that's the reason AMD hasn't been able to launch these chips at their goal speed and they can fix it, we may see Piledriver parts hitting th 4GHz as their stock speed and that may close the gap even further.