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    Do you sometimes lower the resolution to increase the quality?

    Being on a CRT, i am happy to sacrifice resolution for buttery smooth gameplay and better textures/shadows/effects etc. If i cant get over 50fps i will drop from 2048x1536 to a minimum of 1600x1200 before i start dropping settings instead. I only have two mandatory requirements when it comes to...
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    The Best Gaming was the xbox/ps2/gamecube era

    PS1/N64/Saturn era was by far the best. The leap from 16 bit to 32bit and 2d to 3d was visually amazing, and the use of CD-ROM allowed for comparatively massive games and excellent audio. But it wasn't just the hardware.. The PS1 era gave birth to brand new exciting, original never seen before...
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    Antivirus - gaming question

    I used to disable AV and close all internet browser tabs and running apps before gaming back when i was on a dual core e7500 @ 4ghz for maximum performance. Now that im running a quad core i2500k @ 4.4ghz with 8gb of ram there's no need. Just get an AV that is known to have a small footprint...
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    Ask AMD about BD?

    I'd ask "How tight did your bumholes pucker up when you guys read the SB reviews over at AMD HQ?" :P In seriousness no question asked is going to get a 100% straight answer, it is PR after all and no ones gunna stand up and see "look we F'd up ok? We'll try and do better next time" I'd...
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    Dont pass judgement on bulldozer yet...

    So pretty much the OP is asking us to be patient, give AMD the benefit of the doubt and have faith that they will deliver in a timely manner, while AMD remains completely tight lipped and gives no guarantees or indicators otherwise? De je vu anyone? We've been hearing the same thing from AMD...
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    Dont pass judgement on bulldozer yet...

    So wake me up when all the things you mentioned have come into effect/been rectified. I'll enjoy the all round performance of my 2500k til then. Maybe after Windows 8 comes out, in 18 months time or so, i might think about buying into AMD's chip design if advantages are to be had then, AND...
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    Here comes the spin machine! (Our Take on AMD FX)

    Nah he works for Asus not AMD.
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    Now that NDA is over, how do you really feel about bulldozer ?

    Yep, you either gotta feel sorry for the marketing guys at AMD for being forced to put a positive spin on and trying to sell a turd in a toilet bowl, or be annoyed at how out of touch they are with the sub par product they are pedaling. "Unrivaled, Unlocked, Unbelievable?" Yeah unbelievable is...
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    If FX is designed for the future

    Unless your 90 years old or you plan on dying in the next 10 years, then i think we will definitely see an 8 core Intel CPU under $250 in the next 10 years. Hell, in less than five years we've gone from the first ever quad core costing $1000 to paying less than $180 for Intel's latest offering...
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    [OFFICIAL] Bulldozer Reviews Thread - AnandTech Review Posted

    AMD were right about not releasing early benchmarks in fear of cannibilizing their current sales. Except it wouldnt have been due to a halt of Phenom II sales because of people holding off buying and waiting for BD causing a backlog of unsellable inventory, but for people realizing that BD...
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    [OFFICIAL] Bulldozer Reviews Thread - AnandTech Review Posted

    So if this slide is to scale AMD will have a processor equal to Phenom II next year, and finally a processor faster than Phenom II in 2013? They need a hell of alot more than a 10-15% increase each year to stay competitive
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    Will you be going 2600K or 2500K?

    Yeah but what about the rig? ;-)
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    bit-tech.net reveals Ivy Bridge details

    As usual Intel provides in depth information about their next gen well in advance. Seems they aren't worried about "cannibalizing their own sales" or "handing information to their competitors" as jf amd is. It's a strategy that works well, because now anyone in the market to build a new pc...
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    Oooh Bobby, what are we going to do with you. 2500k Review

    Bobby was so enraged he vowed never to use PC's again and the next day he applied to work at the local Genius Bar. The manager said he was the most over qualified applicant he had ever saw.
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    what is a "ramp issue"?

    Hehe that ramp could also be referred to as a sandy bridge :P Notice it's complete, solid, has been around for a while yet is still perfectly useful. Here is a ramp that better symbolizes AMD
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    2600k Died and here is what intel said

    So basically you destroyed your chip because you bent the socket pins due to improperly/carelessly installing your CPU which shorted out and fried the chip, and felt that it was Intel's responsibility to send you a brand new one so you could give it a second attempt?
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    AMD FX-8120P benchmark from Coolaler

    Bd has had the telltale signs of being a disappointment for some time. 1) The sacking of the ceo as soon as sb was released 2) Delay after delay after delay 3) The refusal of AMD to throw the media/public a bone in regards to previews or benchmarks (this can partly be attributed to #2)...
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    Overclocking Preview Bulldozer 8150

    What AMD doesn't want you to take away from this PR stunt: Even at 5.9 ghz under phase change, BD is still slower in single thread performance than SB @ 5ghz, and MUCH slower than a 2600k in multithreaded performance due to only managing to have one module/2 cores active at that clockspeed :P...
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    What if BD turns out to be FASTER than 2600K?

    If BD is <10&#37; faster clock for clock in single thread and multi thread AND OC's to 5ghZ like my 2500k, i'll be glad i didn't wait for it because i've enjoyed this level of performance for 9 months now. If it is >10% faster across the board and OC's to 5ghz then i'll consider buying one. I...
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    Fudzilla: Bulldozer performance figures are in

    I dunno... The paltry 100mhz turbo increase on the FX-4170, plus the rumors that the delays are partly due to AMD not being able to reach the clocks they wanted, leads me to believe that 4.3 Ghz is fast approaching the max overclocking headroom limit at a reasonable voltage/temp on the current...
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    Confirmed: AMD will delay BD launch again now to Oct. 2011

    Hahaha made me lol. "Oh Oh, Spaghettio!"
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    AMD shows off BD architecture at Hotchips

    Just saying...it's obvious AMD has had big troubles and complications with BD considering it's immense lateness, it wouldn't surprise me if with Intel's much larger R&D budget they could improve upon BD's design if they really wanted to.. wasnt being serious, just a little fun at AMDs expense
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    AMD shows off BD architecture at Hotchips

    Yep i reckon Intel would've had their hands on just about every relevant stepping of BD, im sure they know exactly how it's going to perform. Hell they probably have it performing better than AMD are able to..
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    AMD shows off BD architecture at Hotchips

    That it may never be released? :P
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    Fudzilla: Bulldozer performance figures are in

    No they're not.. A month and a half after this thread started, they're still not..
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    Xbitlabs: AMD Expects Next-Gen Chip to Cut Power Consumption by Half

    *yawn* How about you get your 3 year delayed current gen out the door before marketing your future cpus?
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    Fudzilla: Bulldozer performance figures are in

    Hay guys Im having my own bulldozer event at my house. come over n watch me play dirt 2 on my pc. it will be the only program installed and u can't look inside the case or in system properties, but just take my word for it, it is powered by bulldozer n this is what it can do!!
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    Fudzilla: Bulldozer performance figures are in

    My crystal ball says AMD has at least one more launch delay in store for us all. October/November minimum.
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    Bulldozer "delayed" until September 2011 (Rumor)

    I know you're talking about price performance ratio, but im just getting down to the semantics of the word "better". Most people would feel you are being misleading or wrong by making statements like "athlon x4 is a better chip than 2600k" especially on a tech forum. When you say something is...
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    Bulldozer "delayed" until September 2011 (Rumor)

    I think almost everyone would agree that "better" means the CPU you would pick if someone offered to give you any ONE of those CPUs for free. Would you choose a free X4 640 over a free 2600k? Of course you wouldn't, because the 2600k is better. If you did choose the X4 you would just be cutting...
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    Bulldozer "delayed" until September 2011 (Rumor)

    Better in the same way a Dodge Viper is "better" than a Bugatti Veyron, better in the same way Smirnoff is "better" than Belvedere.
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    Micron C400 Benchmarks!!!!

    I'm not sure but i would think dual 64s on sata 2 would still outscore a single 64 on sata 3. Besides that still doesnt explain why the single 64gb outscores the 256gb by so much when they are both tested at sata 3.
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    Micron C400 Benchmarks!!!!

    Flamenko, im confused by some of the results on your Vantage HDD suite scores..It shows the 64gb c300 beating the 256gb c300 by over 13,000 points?? Also according to your chart the 64gb c300 and two 64gb c300's in raid 0 score EXACTLY the same? (55880)
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    Micron C400 Benchmarks!!!!

    Well said. It seems like were putting 4k random performance up on a pedestal as the be all end all of everyday SSD performance, much like we did with CPU clock speed in the past. With all the millions of dollars Crucial, Intel, Marvell etc invest in R & D do people really think that they're...
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    Wait for the Crucial C400 could be over!!

    Ah ok np thanks man :)
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    Wait for the Crucial C400 could be over!!

    Hey Adamantinepiggy any chance you can tell us what date the NDA for the c400 expires? Just want to know when we can start expecting reviews. Cheers.
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    nVidia Fermi recomended for Crysis 2 Engine game

    The background and foreground look awesome in those shots, but Nomad looks cartoony