Sorry if this has been posted before, but I didn't see anything on the topic in a quick forum search.
Anyway, my dad's starting to debate what he should do for a CPU upgrade. He wasn't sure if he'd be willing to go Intel (been an AMD person for probably 15 years), so he asked me about the FX-8000 series, and how it stacks up against the Phenom II. I think he has the 965, maybe the 955, but I was wondering if there had been any bench tests comparing the two or not. He asked if I knew how the FX octas compared to the Phenoms, and I hadn't seen anything, so I figured I'd check if any of you guys had seen them.
He was also considering waiting to see what (if anything) comes from the FX series for Excavator. He'd also thought about going Vishera now, then Excavator later, but I told him there's almost no chance AMD would keep that AM3+ socket for Excavator (it might be 4 years old and have taken a year off for Steamroller by then).
The suggestion I gave was to just take the Intel route (I did), because he'll probably end up needing a new board on his second upgrade, no matter what, and Intel's far ahead of AMD now. However, just a side question, do we know if there's any hope Broadwell stays on the 1150 socket or not? It'd be another notch in the Intel belt for this is a new board wasn't needed next year, but I know Intel's not a fan of saving consumers money on board.
Anyway, my dad's starting to debate what he should do for a CPU upgrade. He wasn't sure if he'd be willing to go Intel (been an AMD person for probably 15 years), so he asked me about the FX-8000 series, and how it stacks up against the Phenom II. I think he has the 965, maybe the 955, but I was wondering if there had been any bench tests comparing the two or not. He asked if I knew how the FX octas compared to the Phenoms, and I hadn't seen anything, so I figured I'd check if any of you guys had seen them.
He was also considering waiting to see what (if anything) comes from the FX series for Excavator. He'd also thought about going Vishera now, then Excavator later, but I told him there's almost no chance AMD would keep that AM3+ socket for Excavator (it might be 4 years old and have taken a year off for Steamroller by then).
The suggestion I gave was to just take the Intel route (I did), because he'll probably end up needing a new board on his second upgrade, no matter what, and Intel's far ahead of AMD now. However, just a side question, do we know if there's any hope Broadwell stays on the 1150 socket or not? It'd be another notch in the Intel belt for this is a new board wasn't needed next year, but I know Intel's not a fan of saving consumers money on board.