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The editors liked
Incredible Multi Threaded Performance
Excellent Price/Performance Ratio
Smooth Working Turbo Core For Speed Boost
Dual Turbo Modes For Increased Boost In Lightly Threaded Apps
Maintains Excellent Temps At Stock Speeds
Black Edition With Unlocked Multiplier
Eight Physical Cores
Easily Achieves High Overclocks
Excellent OC Performance Scaling
Easily Tweaked With AOD For Maximum Performan
Performance in highly threaded programs
Overclocking
Good MT Performance
8-Cores
32nm Process
Fairly Overclockable
Affordably Priced
Excellent multithreaded performance
Attractive price
Unlocked multiplier for simplified overclocking
First consumer eightcore processor
Officially supports 4GHzplus turbo speeds and DDR31866 memory
An FX system has 42 PCIE lanes as opposed to the 24 lanes of a Sandy Bridge system
990FX chipset supports NVIDIA SLI. Finally
AMD finally has a 32nm processor with good overclocking
Modular and versatile architecture
Great performance in multithreaded applications
Great overclocking potential
Eight-core processing for under $250
Speedy for the price with multi-threaded software
Unlocked for overclocking
The editors didn't like
Performance In Single Threaded Apps Not On Par With Multithreaded
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Single core performance
Consumed More Power Than 45nm Phenom II
Intel Still Offers Better Overall Performance and Power
Questionable Single Thread Performance
Not always faster than competing Intel or AMD CPUs
Sluggish with multi-threaded workloads
High power usage under load
No integrated graphics
May require new motherboard
Windows 8 required for some features
Requires a new Socket AM3 motherboard
Single core performance has remained static
Full performance requires Windows 8 system and applications that use its new instructions
Overall similar performance to Core i5 2500K
But at a higher price
General performance below expectations
And rival products
High power consumption under load
Compared to Intel's chips
Not the best choice for hardcore gamers
Slower than cheaper chips in tests with single-threaded apps
When AMD released the X6 1095T me and VB had a serious argument about how good we thought it was and where it placed in the grand scheme of things. Suffice to say that with the FX8150 there was no such debate. At all.Bulldozer has been hyped as the next b...
Whether or not we're correct about Bulldozer really being a server and workstation CPU, it's terribly unsuited to the kinds of software we're currently using on consumer PCs. This software is still heavily reliant on single-thread performance, and the FX-...
It is extremely refreshing to see a new architecture from AMD after such a long time without one. Bulldozer is the world's first eight-core consumer CPU, and is marketed towards the consumer and enthusiast gaming crowd. The new chip does have many att...
What we wanted out of Bulldozer and AMD and what we are getting are two different things. AMD has built a very good processor in Bulldozer that can be had at a very good price. Bulldozer however is just some "Me too!" when comparing to Intel's $200 2500K...
Please keep in mind our game sampling here is very small due to time limitations.Our general take-away from our time with the AMD FX-8150 and gaming is that the game matters when it comes to performance deltas.We played a lot of Battlefield 3 Beta Multipl...
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Published: 2011-10-11, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
The allure of having the "world's first destop 8-core processor" is more than slightly muted by the performance results we saw in our review today. Obviously the Bulldozer design team had to make some decisions years ago that couldn't be easily rolled ba...
So, is it success or failure? I am sure most of you would love to see a clear and definite verdict here. However, things are not so simple this time and AMD Bulldozer made things really difficult for all reviewers. The thing is that AMD revealed a tot...
Abstract: Designing and releasing a new CPU architecture is risky business. You are essentially trying to forecast consumers interest, software and hardware development for the lifetime of that product. No doubts about it it is a gamble. If your forecast, the m...
Eight-core processing for under $250, Speedy for the price with multi-threaded software, Unlocked for overclocking
Slower than cheaper chips in tests with single-threaded apps, New AM3+ socket demands new motherboard
AMD's first "Bulldozer" processor has eight cores, but its performance can't match Intel's pricier Core i7 CPUs. Still, it's a forward-looking, good-value CPU for heavy use with multi-threaded apps. ...
