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SnesTea on 16 October 2011
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Xen said:
Snesboy said:
Solid-Stark said:

I really don't get the disappointment people are expressing. From what i understand an i-5/i-7 25k+ is more than enough for gaming and everyday use; and from the FX early test it seems like AMD is just barely catching up to Intel in some fialds, more or less in others. Therefore Ivy Bridge will leave them behind soon. I don't see how this is a bad thing, unless you must have the fastest, latest CPU in your rig just for the sake of having it. Or people just wanted to see AMD back on top. It seems an FX will be a good CPU for gaming and everyday use, imo.

Mind you i'm a pc noob.

It is a good CPU. It's just not as good as Sandy Bridge.

However, Bulldozer has been in development since forever and most of us were expecting Bulldozer (AMD FX) to well, bulldoze Intel's line of Sandy Bridge processors.

Apparently, Piledriver (the successor to Bulldozer) is coming in the next few months so most of us are hoping that those are going to be better than Sandy Bridge, hopefully match Ivy Bridge (but probably not). Since I don't really care for Intel, either way, my next CPU is going to be AMD FX8150 or a Piledriver CPU.

Here's a link to newegg. I mean, you are getting a pretty good processor for much less money than an i7 2500k.

Intel i7 six-core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115079 999.99 USD

AMD FX 8-core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960 279.99 USD

You decide man.

And for the same (less!) amount of money you can get a 2500k which annihilates the FX-8150 in most uses, even some encoding ones where zambezi should thrash it. Plus, with the 15% MAX gain AMD is predicting for piledriver, its single-core (and everything thats not threaded to a pulp) perfomance is still going to be pathetic compared to sandy, not to mention ivy.

This bang for buck argument is getting tired, mainly because Intel offers the better value these days, with the only AMD processors being a wise purchase IMO - Athlon II x4 645, and Phenom II 965 (even got the latter for my parents  - they won't need a new PC in a loooooooooooooong time).

Bulldozer is an architecure with lots of potential, but Intel is far and away the better choice now.

Processor fanboyism is downright stupid. I don't see why people dislike Intel as much as they do. Expensive CPU's? Swing back to FX-51, FX-60, and 64x2 4800+ and check how much these cost before the C2D rolled out.

I was contemplating bulldozer too, but I'm going with the 2600k.

Bolded 1: The Phenom II series is pretty solid. Even the X6's, even if they are a bit pointless. But you are right about Intel's processors. They are great, especially when you are building your own machine (like most of us do). However, a lot of companies like to overcharge on laptop's just because they're powered by an i5 dual-core.

Bolded 2: The AMD Athlon 64x2 series was ridiculous. Thankfully, prices have gone down a lot for those, but since they're so old, who would want one anymore? Well, except for me. I got the last one on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103980