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AMD Bulldozer is here ..Oh dear

Started by bigsteve, October 12, 2011, 19:25:53 PM

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#1
October 12, 2011, 21:24:11 PM
God they are rubbish  :lol: No amount of 8Ghz liquid nitrogen overclocking will prove otherwise either!

Shaun

#2
October 12, 2011, 23:25:47 PM
Read a good few reviews today very disappointing :( AMD really do need to up there game as nobody with any sense wants to see Intel have a monopoly, they are doing ok on the graphic's front hope that enough to keep them going!

What has struck me most is the price! This chip should be £140 max that way it could be justified as a decent value budget chip, but 30+ quid more than a 2500k is just plain mental! The funniest comment I have read today: Bulldozer? ...more like a man with a shovel! :lol:

Bacon

#3
October 14, 2011, 08:33:25 AM
It doesn't matter how well they fair as the Fans will still waste their money on AMD regardless.

The sensible ones among us moved away from AMD long ago.  :)
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Leon

#4
October 14, 2011, 08:50:54 AM
Quote from: Bacon on October 14, 2011, 08:33:25 AM
The sensible ones among us moved away from AMD long ago.  :)

But will move back if given enough reason :P which this chip just doesn't do.
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Clock'd 0Ne

#5
October 14, 2011, 10:00:47 AM
Exactly, everyone here is all about bang per buck, fanboy behaviour for IT hardware is crazy. I still don't get the whole nVidia vs AMDTi thing, just buy whichever card is fastest in your price point.



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It only hurts, it never helps.

Shaun

#6
October 14, 2011, 15:44:49 PM
Agreed, while I'm not bothered about brand I am bothered about having something that is fast and preferably good value for money on top of that, this chip is neither fast or good value for money!  :P

This made me lol

Leon

#7
October 14, 2011, 15:52:58 PM
Hmmm even the roadmap doesn't look that great.

http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/32193-amd-charts-life-bulldozer/
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#8
October 14, 2011, 17:49:31 PM
Personally i don't think BD is a complete failure , just doesn't seem like a good desktop CPU for general use.
My brother in law got all excited , just what he needs to run VM's but as mostly i don't use multi threaded
programs (a bit of encoding every now & again) leaves me very disappointed especially since it has the FX
prefix.
Was expecting it to be very good multi threaded & @ least comparable to Sandy bridge in single threaded
@ a cheaper price but Oh dear Oh dear it stinks single threaded.
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#9
October 15, 2011, 17:25:54 PM
Ze's Downfall videoz iz getting f**king old.

Bacon

#10
October 16, 2011, 01:59:19 AM
Quote from: soopahfly on October 15, 2011, 17:25:54 PM
Ze's Downfall videoz iz getting f**king old.

They got old for me in 2001! Once was bad enough but everyone is doing them now.
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ERU

#11
October 16, 2011, 11:29:14 AM
But won't it be successful if the price of this is right?

Shaun

#12
October 16, 2011, 16:40:22 PM
Quote from: Bacon on October 16, 2011, 01:59:19 AM
They got old for me in 2001! Once was bad enough but everyone is doing them now.
You would struggle with that the film it is from wasn't made till 2004 :P

QuoteBut won't it be successful if the price of this is right?
Yer it could have been a half decent chip if priced right, but for an average desktop user who won't make use of all the cores at 200 quid it's not very good tbh  :(

Mongoose

#13
October 17, 2011, 21:55:12 PM
I used to be the staunchest of AMD supporters, but back in the day they always had something going for them.

Basically since the Core2 came out they've not had a proper answer to the performance race, and they haven't wanted to admit it by going back to budget pricing.

neXus

#14
October 17, 2011, 23:12:20 PM
Walrusbonzo(Will) insisted to me to wait on this as it will be awesome and I said it will be trash. He gave me some stick but I linked this thread to him on facebook rather then doing  :muttley: :nana: :nana: :nana:
But everyone is right, AMD CAN make awesome chips, they have the skills and the team and the ability. They just miss the mark, I have no clue why bt they do.
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