Fudzilla: Bulldozer performance figures are in

[Despoiler]

Was browsing /g/ and came by some interesting pics, looks like somebody broke NDA. Seems to lend credence to the leaked slides, here's a Cinebench slide that was posted without the donanimhaber watermark and the embargo date at the bottom cropped out. Also some pics of the reviewer bundle, Bulldozer CPU (8150 presumably), ASUS Crosshair V Formula mobo, and Scorpius belt buckle (?). Enjoy. Seems official release is very soon, only 8 more days guys.

Nice find. Is that a belt buckle? WTH

 

[LondonBurning]

Sexy kit! That's the board I want too.

Man, I really hope BD delivers. I love that board's layout and the price is $100 cheaper than the damn Asus Maximus IV Z68 board (with the same features... go figure).

My C2D 775 mobo died, so been waiting to upgrade to this or SandyBridge-E... no way I'm buying an old LGA1155 platform this late in the game. :/

 

[AnandThenMan]

What is that in the box, an AMD belt buckle?

Yes. A bit of trivia, it's made out of all the Bulldozer processors that didn't work off the production line. AMD has made over 100 million belt buckles so far.

 

[AtenRa]

http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/24314-bulldozer-fx-to-launch-october-12-1800-cet

:whiste:

 

[Despoiler]

BLT shop has the AMD FX parts listed again.

FD4100WMGUSBX FX 4100 4C 8MB 3600MHZ BOX 95W $121.50
FD4100WMW4KGU FX 4100 X4 8MB 3600MHZ TRAY 95W $189.88
FD6100WMW6KGU FX 6100 6C AM3 14MB 3300MHZ TRAY 95W $201.81
FD8120FRW8KGU FX 8120 8C AM3 16MB 3100MHZ TRAY 125W $237.63
FD8150FRW8KGU FX 8150 8C AM3 16MB 3600MHZ 125W TRAY $283.26

 

[utahraptor]

BLT shop has the AMD FX parts listed again.

FD4100WMGUSBX FX 4100 4C 8MB 3600MHZ BOX 95W $121.50
FD4100WMW4KGU FX 4100 X4 8MB 3600MHZ TRAY 95W $189.88
FD6100WMW6KGU FX 6100 6C AM3 14MB 3300MHZ TRAY 95W $201.81
FD8120FRW8KGU FX 8120 8C AM3 16MB 3100MHZ TRAY 125W $237.63
FD8150FRW8KGU FX 8150 8C AM3 16MB 3600MHZ 125W TRAY $283.26

This indicates that the top SKU has gone up in price? Perhaps the performance will be closer to the 2600 than previously thought.

 

[grimpr]

Price news look like some good news, they validate with the passmark results. That belt buckle clearly showcases that AMDs new chips are for real men and lonesome cowboys, i would pair it with free Amazon MP3s of Waylons hits such as..."Good Ol Boys", "Dreaming My Dreams", "Stop the world and let me off" and others.

 

[lau808]

what is the difference between box and tray? and why $60 difference? thanks

 

[Despoiler]

what is the difference between box and tray? and why $60 difference? thanks

I think they might have the prices backwards on their site. A box has packaging and a fan. The tray is just the chip ie made for oem. The box version should be more expensive.

 

[lau808]

wow, does newegg sell cpu's like that? id love to get one without a fan, use saved money on a much better fan that i was gonna buy anyway imo lol

 

[sequoia464]

what is the difference between box and tray? and why $60 difference? thanks

At one point there was talk of these being released with water cooling - might explain the $60??

Just conjecture as $60 seems a bit steep for an air cooler, unless it is a killer air cooler.

Doesn't look like that box is big enough for a water block, fan, and radiator though.

 

[Despoiler]

At one point there was talk of these being released with water cooling - might explain the $60??

Just conjecture as $60 seems a bit steep for an air cooler, unless it is a killer air cooler.

Doesn't look like that box is big enough for a water block, fan, and radiator though.

AMD is *not* packaging the FX chips with a water cooler. Confirmed by AMD.

 

[sequoia464]

I saw that backwards anyway - they have the tray listed for more than the box, like you said if I would have actually read.

 

[sequoia464]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...893&CatId=7246

Saw this at overclock.net

Bundles include mainboards and an FX-6100, this one is an ASUS

ships in 7 to 21 days

Here is the rest of the bundle list .. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4MB+95W+AM3%2B

Showing the 6100 at $190, but not finding it individually anywhere.

Some conversation and other sources showing up also ... overclock.net .. http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/791495-bulldozer-blog-live-717.html

 

[Borealis7]

what is the difference between box and tray? and why $60 difference? thanks

one says "4C" and the other says "X4". maybe the 4C isnt unlocked, but still, 60$ for unlocking+cooler is alot assuming the cheaper one is the tray part.

 

[mosox]

Anything new about Bulldozer being physically compatible with the AM3 socket? I remember Asus, Asrock, and some other mobo manufacturer claiming that the Bulldozer will work on their AM3 boards with a BIOS update or something.

 

[Despoiler]

Anything new about Bulldozer being physically compatible with the AM3 socket? I remember Asus, Asrock, and some other mobo manufacturer claiming that the Bulldozer will work on their AM3 boards with a BIOS update or something.

Third time I have answered this. Yes, with a BIOS update. Asus has already released the update for their Crosshair IV boards.

 

[Olikan]

hey guys...foud this:

I'm sitting in on a press briefing for AMD Bulldozer right now, and while everything is embargoed, I will say this: If you're building a gaming PC, this is going to be the way to go.

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/l2g82/im_just_gonna_say_it/

i also read that charlie from S\A said that bulldozer have something special for gamming

and than we have those amd comics...with FX team and Ruby
and that strange empy space on the die photo


i might beeing paranoid Oo

 

[grimpr]

Probably optimized Catalysts with some multithreading thrown in, we will find out with 11.10s.

 

[Lonbjerg]

Probably optimized Catalysts with some multithreading thrown in, we will find out with 11.10s.

So it's not because of the CPU, the added performance, but becuse their catalyst team finally made a multithreaded driver...nice spin AMD.

 

[-Slacker-]

Ok, so if the FX 4100 costs the same as the phenomIIx4 955, but is clocked 400mhz higher ... doesn't that kind of mean that it has weaker IPC? Which would then mean that the bulldozer architecture has weaker IPC than K10 ..........?

No, seriously, what's with the prices? If AMD is trying to pull of another Radeon 4xxx series with Bulldozer, then prices wouldn't be a good indicator of performance at this point, but can they really afford to sell bulldozers at dirt cheap prices after such a long and (probably) expensive R&D process?

 

[grimpr]

Ok, so if the FX 4100 costs the same as the phenomIIx4 955, but is clocked 400mhz higher ... doesn't that kind of mean that it has weaker IPC? Which would then mean that the bulldozer architecture has weaker IPC than K10 ..........?

No, seriously, what's with the prices? If AMD is trying to pull of another Radeon 4xxx series with Bulldozer, then prices wouldn't be a good indicator of performance at this point, but can they really afford to sell bulldozers at dirt cheap prices after such a long and (probably) expensive R&D process?

I would take the FX 4100 anyday to the Ph2 955, a lot more fun chip.

 

[grimpr]

So it's not because of the CPU, the added performance, but becuse their catalyst team finally made a multithreaded driver...nice spin AMD.

Whats your problem buddy? As i remember, you didnt have one on Nvidias Multithreaded DX11 drivers and Intels 980x's on Civ V didnt you? Well...lets see your reaction to BF3 coming, dont worry i'm immune.

 

[-Slacker-]

I would take the FX 4100 anyday to the Ph2 955, a lot more fun chip.

...

*Scratches beard*

 

[piesquared]

Whats your problem buddy? As i remember, you didnt have one on Nvidias Multithreaded DX11 drivers and Intels 980x's on Civ V didnt you? Well...lets see your reaction to BF3 coming, dont worry i'm immune.

I expect DX11 will shine on AMD hardware. IntEl, well, not so much.
And DX10.1 and lower to be quite competitive.