Is there any reason to use FX CPUs right now?

AtenRa · Mar 17, 2015

mrmt said:
Less efficient bins that couldn't go as opterons SKUs.

By that account every AMD and Intel desktop CPU is trash silicon

soccerballtux · Mar 17, 2015

Texashiker said:
Thank you.

did this help? can you tell us what changed? How much better is it? or was that sarcasm...

soccerballtux · Mar 17, 2015

Ramses said:
Some overclocking on the 8350 and the 270 are probly in order, though the 270 isn't a real winner of a GPU imo. If you go with an Intel setup you're going to be GPU limited I suspect anyway. Toss a cheap 280x or 290 in there, should be tons of used ones cheap soon with the new cards inbound.

I don't think the 8350 needs overclocking. My 8310 at 4.3ghz is a very fast chip.

soccerballtux · Mar 17, 2015

Dave2150 said:
I can't wait to see GTA 5 CPU benchmarks when it's released. I'm betting the AMD CPU's get annihilated like they do in most games.

this wouldn't surprise me if they lazily cranked up settings and didn't improve thread synchronization latency. Otherwise, it should run just as well as it does on the Xbox. Games that run well on Xbox have always run well on AMD.

soccerballtux · Mar 17, 2015

SlowSpyder said:
For whatever it is worth, my FX runs at FX 8350 speeds at well under FX 8350 voltages.

an 8350 would run at 8350 at well under 8350 voltages.

Ramses · Mar 17, 2015

soccerballtux said:
I don't think the 8350 needs overclocking. My 8310 at 4.3ghz is a very fast chip.

"Needs" is debatable of course

I had pretty good luck locking all cores to a bit over stock turbo freq in gaming with mine.

SlowSpyder · Mar 17, 2015

soccerballtux said:
an 8350 would run at 8350 at well under 8350 voltages.

I imagine most would without too much trouble. Just a question of how far. I was able to run LinX 4GHz @ 1.2v. I admit, I only ran it for ~10 minutes, but if you feel like it, adjust your FX 8350 down to those clocks / voltage, let's see what happens. It very well may run there as well, I really don't know.

Puffnstuff · Mar 17, 2015

Well we all could be in some 3rd world country struggling to survive every day instead of here debating the merits of technology in the comfort of modern civilization.

Texashiker · Mar 21, 2015

soccerballtux said:
did this help? can you tell us what changed? How much better is it? or was that sarcasm...

On a tugboat right now, will be home on wednesday March 25th.

After I get home I will try the games out and see if anything changed.

soccerballtux · Mar 21, 2015

Texashiker said:
On a tugboat right now, will be home on wednesday March 25th.

After I get home I will try the games out and see if anything changed.

I will make a note in my calendar to ask again on march 27th.

Maximilian · Mar 21, 2015

Puffnstuff said:
Well we all could be in some 3rd world country struggling to survive every day instead of here debating the merits of technology in the comfort of modern civilization.

Its fun isnt it. I want a 5820k but too poor

Fanatical Meat · Mar 21, 2015

Texashiker said:
That post is so full of crap.

Your comments amount to ford telling parts manufacturers they have to hold to a certain quality. Last time I bought brake pads for my wifes tahoe the pads were not certified by GM.

Maybe exxon should only sell gas that is certified by GM, ford, dodge, toyota?

If an exxon gas station sells gas that has water in it, that is not toyotas fault.

AMD is only responsible for the parts they manufacture.

I bet the non GM certified breaks did not carry a GM OEM approved label. I bet you didn't open them and then find out they only stop the car if it has older difficult to find tires on it. Again if AMD allows its logo to be on a box they should expect that the vendor making the part is allowing the customers to have a good experience. Honestly who uses a VGA monitor at this point? How much extra cost is it to have a dvi output on its video port? Does AMD give a crap about what experience people have or do they want to keep cost as low as possible?
How have the pooches been TH?

escrow4 · Mar 22, 2015

Puffnstuff said:
Well we all could be in some 3rd world country struggling to survive every day instead of here debating the merits of technology in the comfort of modern civilization.

Indeed, digging around in garbage in the middle of the Congo for some food with your distended bloated malnutritioned stomach hanging out watching out for the rebels looking to drill you with a rusty old AK from 1947 or dismember you with a machete that is taller than you. Except we are not, so what am I typing this for?

TurtleCrusher · Mar 22, 2015

Fanatical Meat said:
I bet the non GM certified breaks did not carry a GM OEM approved label. I bet you didn't open them and then find out they only stop the car if it has older difficult to find tires on it. Again if AMD allows its logo to be on a box they should expect that the vendor making the part is allowing the customers to have a good experience. Honestly who uses a VGA monitor at this point? How much extra cost is it to have a dvi output on its video port? Does AMD give a crap about what experience people have or do they want to keep cost as low as possible?
How have the pooches been TH?

Are you still complaining about your inability to research what you bought?

Fanatical Meat · Mar 22, 2015

No responding to TH

Lepton87 · Mar 22, 2015

Fanatical Meat said:
No responding to TH

I thought he was only special in the OT but he's special all-around.

DrMrLordX · Mar 23, 2015

Fanatical Meat said:
Honestly who uses a VGA monitor at this point?

Oohh me me me! I'm too cheap to buy a new monitor.

Maximilian · Mar 23, 2015

DrMrLordX said:
Oohh me me me! I'm too cheap to buy a new monitor.

VGA4lyfe, all the cool kids are using VGA

TurtleCrusher · Mar 23, 2015

DrMrLordX said:
Oohh me me me! I'm too cheap to buy a new monitor.

I can't justify replacing my 2x 22" 1680x1050 monitors. I've had one since ~2007 and it looks like it's not going anywhere.

DrMrLordX · Mar 23, 2015

Maximilian said:
VGA4lyfe, all the cool kids are using VGA

Ahahah if only we could all be that cool.

Scholzpdx said:
I can't justify replacing my 2x 22" 1680x1050 monitors. I've had one since ~2007 and it looks like it's not going anywhere.

Reminds me of people who had those old 21" Princeton CRTs that weighed a metric ton each. It was hard to justify getting rid of those, too, for awhile. They were sweet monitors, for their time.

I'm using some old PoS Gateway that is an early LCD monitor (circa 2001?). There are plenty of justifications for me to replace it, but they all come with a pricetag attached to them.

Ramses · Mar 23, 2015

I miss the hell out of my 21" Sun trinitron. Shame CRT had to go away so completely.

TurtleCrusher · Mar 23, 2015

DrMrLordX said:
Reminds me of people who had those old 21" Princeton CRTs that weighed a metric ton each. It was hard to justify getting rid of those, too, for awhile. They were sweet monitors, for their time.

I'm using some old PoS Gateway that is an early LCD monitor (circa 2001?). There are plenty of justifications for me to replace it, but they all come with a pricetag attached to them.

At the local goodwills they always have 20-24" 1600x900/1680x1050 monitors for $20 or less. Never 1080 monitors.

Ramses said:
I miss the hell out of my 21" Sun trinitron. Shame CRT had to go away so completely.

I had a 19" IIRC and it was very solid. When I say solid, I mean desk breaking.

Ramses · Mar 23, 2015

Mine was 75lbs if it was 1. Murder to move. I bought a fold down leg office/display type table from Staples or somewhere for a desk once, and it bent it. I had to screw a 2x4 with some gussets under to brace it. Was totally worth it.

DrMrLordX · Mar 23, 2015

Scholzpdx said:
At the local goodwills they always have 20-24" 1600x900/1680x1050 monitors for $20 or less. Never 1080 monitors.

Your local Goodwills are much awesome-er than mine I guess. 'course it's been awhile since I've been to one . . .

Ramses · Mar 23, 2015

Used to pick up big crt off craigslist at will. When they show now they are tiny junk.

Is there any reason to use FX CPUs right now?

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