AMD is back in bussines?

[samuel]

I had an AMD rig. Phenom 2 960T, HD 7770. I was looking for an upgrade to FX 6300 when piledriver lauched. Then I saw that:

I watched  that multiple times, and i was like...is piledriver that bad? Actually,even Linus was not impressed at all by this architecture.

Up until that:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AMD+FX+8350 (First video from that list)

The TEK recommended AMD for new builds, when everyone was throwing up at people who liked the idea of an 8 core in a gaming/multimedia PC.

And now, even Overclock3D, an obvios hater of latest AMD CPUs sais this:

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/systems/amd_8350_7970_gaming_rig_review/14

Heck, even TOM"s Hardware is atracted by FX 6350 (A slightly verclocked FX6300):

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html

I'm not a fanboy and I don't wanna be one. Last year I was a noob, I didn't know anything about IPC, TDP, L3 cache etc, so I trusted the reviewers who seemed trustable! I was educated by the people above. 

Like me are milions. That's why Intel did not pushed Hashell, that's why 3770K level is "enough" in their opinion!

[Akula]

I have next to no faith in AMD's CPU line, they have let me down in the past and theres every chance that their next gen is a complete flop like bulldozer.

I'll need to see several decent processors before i commit.

 

In the meantime, Haswell :)

[TechFan@ic]

Well let me put it this way, my next build won't have a Haswell in it.

[EChondo]

Not to be rude...but how is this news?

 

This isn't even a review, this has been known for months. Sorry but I think you posted in the wrong section.

[Glenwing]

Moved to General Discussion :)

[samuel]

sorry for that!

[Nit3Rid3R]

AMD never went out of business? lol. This is really old news. 

[Lukiose]

Someone had his head down a hole :P

[samuel]

Someone had his head down a hole :P

I don't even want to know what that means. You surely deserve that member rank or whatever it's called.

[Lukiose]

Diabolically Critical suits me well  :D

But yeah, AMD is definitely back and running hard on Intel right now

[killerx525]

Diabolically Critical suits me well  :D

But yeah, AMD is definitely back and running hard on Intel right now

Steamroller has to be done right if AMD really wants to be more competitive in the CPU market.

[Lukiose]

Steamroller has to be done right if AMD really wants to be more competitive in the CPU market.

Made a mistake, on Nvidia*, true though, they need to cut down the on TDP of their chips while increasing overclockability at the same time for they don't have the processing power of Intel's chips at the same frequency, tough one

[carolkarine]

in desktop builds I don't see TDP as a big issue at all. I could throw in a 200w CPU and have no problems with my PSU. let the desktop CPUs eat the power. it'll be okay.

[jamese669]

the 8350 isnt piledriver any way isnt it i thought it was vishura ???

[killerx525]

the 8350 isnt piledriver any way isnt it i thought it was vishura ???

Piledriver is the cores itself while Vishera is the codename for the CPU itself, correct me if i am wrong :)

[Lukiose]

in desktop builds I don't see TDP as a big issue at all. I could throw in a 200w CPU and have no problems with my PSU. let the desktop CPUs eat the power. it'll be okay.

That's not the point, energy efficiency/clean energy is getting really popular nowadays, for one i personally don't want my computer to be eating up a crap load of power.

[carolkarine]

That's not the point, energy efficiency/clean energy is getting really popular nowadays, for one i personally don't want my computer to be eating up a crap load of power.

I guess I don't care because I'm not paying for my power bill :P

[jamese669]

Piledriver is the cores itself while Vishera is the codename for the CPU itself, correct me if i am wrong :)

i dont know lol i was asking the questiong my self lol

[samuel]

I guess I don't care because I'm not paying for my power bill :P

kinds theese days!

[911^NEmeSis]

All the enthusiasts want is pure power!

[WoodenMarker]

All the enthusiasts want is pure power!

and bacon.

 

....

 

LOTS OF BACON.

 

BACON EVERYWHERE.

[dylandylandylan]

I've decided just to build a FX 8350, just for the sake of it :3

[Scia]

I'm excited to see what Steamroller / Excavator will be offering. It's said that Steamroller will have greatly improved the core modules and therefore speed them up quite a bit.

[ShiverMePenguins]

I'm excited to see what Steamroller / Excavator will be offering. It's said that Steamroller will have greatly improved the core modules and therefore speed them up quite a bit.

if i remember right each core will have its own decode unit while sharing a fetch unit with another core. currently 2 cores share a single decode and fetch unit/module.

this will help with parrelism and possibly at high loads (gaming, workstation stuff etc.). steamroller is supposed to be all about improving ipc and performance (both single threaded and multi-threaded).