Drafted Box Art for 4 and 8 Core Bulldozer CPU's

[Castiel]

I like the first one myself

 

[Meghan54]

Yay! Box art.

And how long have we been hearing about Bulldozer now? Almost 1.5 years now? Guess the box art is something to get excited about.....

 

[toyota]

yeah the first one looks the best to me too.

 

[Idontcare]

The world has never had an 8-core processor before?

 

[Castiel]

As much shit as i talk on BD i think i'll be buying an 8 Core

 

[Dresdenboy]

The world has never had an 8-core processor before?

I asked a similar question already when the Donanimhaber slides with Zambezi performance appeared. There was a similar statement. But it looks like they only consider DT systems or - as the ad banners and box texts for those FX CPUs suggest - they simply mean the "world's first and only unlocked 8-core CPU":
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,8...fgetaucht/CPU/News/bildergalerie/?iid=1500701

 

[toyota]

As much shit as i talk on BD i think i'll be buying an 8 Core

I was planning a new pc around June so I will wait and see what they have to offer first.

 

[KingstonU]

Yay! Box art.

And how long have we been hearing about Bulldozer now? Almost 1.5 years now? Guess the box art is something to get excited about.....

I think it's closer to 3+ years since the public first heard of it. Remember it was first scheduled to be released in 2009.

 

[jiffylube1024]

The world has never had an 8-core processor before?

First 8-core for the mainstream on a non-server class board. For layman users, "world's first 8 core processor" isn't really false advertising (in the context of them buying it for their home PC) and for nerds like us we all know the truth.

 

[SickBeast]

It looks like AMD finally learned something about marketing. I like the boxes. That said, I would buy an OEM Bulldozer, personally.

 

[manimal]

They look like box art for juice boxes...

 

[Dark Shroud]

I like the first one myself.

 

[Markfw]

Anybody noticed that the chips look like lpga sockets ? (isn't that like Intel is using)

Is AM3+ or whatever socket bulldozer on, going to be lpga type ?

 

[drizek]

Not nececellary, and not as far as we know.

 

[grimpr]

Anybody noticed that the chips look like lpga sockets ? (isn't that like Intel is using)

Is AM3+ or whatever socket bulldozer on, going to be lpga type ?

Looks like an Opteron chip for C32 socket.

AM3+ is PGA and the first boards are out, from Gigabyte, 6 boards in total, AM3+ black socket with SB850/SATA 3.0/USB 3.0

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=10&p=2&v=2

 

[Absolution75]

They look like box art for juice boxes...

Lol I thought the same thing - only about the first and third though.


It is going to be an exiting year!

 

[Markfw]

Looks like an Opteron chip for C32 socket.

AM3+ is PGA and the first boards are out, from Gigabyte, 6 boards in total, AM3+ black socket with SB850/SATA 3.0/USB 3.0

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=10&p=2&v=2

I don't see any AM3+ sockets on that page, or SB850

 

[busydude]

I don't see any AM3+ sockets on that page, or SB850

You can find that in their product overview.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3789#ov

 

[tweakboy]

From what I know AMD can do HT too, or is hyperthreading only for Intel ...if bulldozer does do HT then thats 16 logical cores for your video editing or audio editing software...

 

[Dice144]

HT is Intel tech

 

[bandgit]

Maybe I'm just jaded but it looks like a real Photoshop fake to me. LPGA socket, no FX-8XXX nomenclature, tiny AMD logos, very little text on the side... I think that maybe just maybe we're being had here.

 

[Castiel]

 

[ElFenix]

so does 8 cores mean 4 BD cores?

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Maybe I'm just jaded but it looks like a real Photoshop fake to me. LPGA socket, no FX-8XXX nomenclature, tiny AMD logos, very little text on the side... I think that maybe just maybe we're being had here.

These are from an informal survey AMD had regarding new packaging. It's in no official that the final retail box would look anything like this, but since most of the reaction on different forums has been positive it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[busydude]

so does 8 cores mean 4 BD cores?

8 Cores = 4 BD Modules