Worth it to get FX 8120 / Bulldozer 8-core for DC?

[RavenSEAL]

Here is my rather unscientific contribution to this debate.
Currently I am running SIMAP.

Avg. credit: 1,514.31
AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor [Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2]
(8 processors)

Avg. credit: 1,173.07
AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor [Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0]
(6 processors)

Avg. credit: 890.13
AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor [Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0]
(6 processors)

The first two are running Win7 64 bit, the last Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit.
All have 8GB of 1600 ram.
Both X6 machines are at 3.5ghz. The FX is at 4.00ghz.

The FX machine also happens to be ranked as the number 43 host for average credit with SIMAP right now.

So if anyone were to ask me if it is worth having purchased the microcenter combo and if it is worth the extra power draw, unequivocally I am going to say YES.

Oh, and the linux X6 machine numbers are low because after making some fan adjustments a day and a half ago, I failed to plug it back into the router. So, it say idle for 24+ hours until I noticed it. It basically lost a days worth of work.
THe FX machine has also been shut down about 4 times during the SIMAP run for various fan adjustments. The X6 running win7 has been going non-stop the entire time. So the gap should actually be a bit more between the FX and X6.

Very nice! :thumbsup:

 

[Sunny129]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125412

That's the card I was interested in.

Note the "V3" in model number. NV differentiates on their driver selector, between GTX460, V2, and V3, IIRC.

It seems plausable that they are really GF114 chips, chopped down.

actually it turns out that these "new" nVidia GTX 460s are a cross between the 1GB 256-bit version and the 768MB 192-bit version. so it is essentially a 1GB GTX 460 that's been crippled by the 192-bit memory bus and only 24 ROP units that came standard on the 768MB GTX 460, as blckgrffn pointed out. either way, its just another permutation of GF104, not GF114. i'd bitch about it, but this isn't the first time a VC manufacturer has engaged in shady business practices...

here's another thread about these new, yet crippled GTX 460s