Whats is better

[skitz9417]

hi im wondering about my cpu its a phemon x4 840

do u guys think if i upgraded to a phemon 956 or should i just wait for the new pd cpu

 

[bigcyco1]

I would just wait mate

 

[jay_nar2012]

Just wait, they aren't far now.

 

[skitz9417]

i heard they will come next month is tht right and they will support am3+ and may i ask how do u think they will stack up angist intel

 

[jay_nar2012]

Can't be sure, we have to wait and see, i think they were meant to be 10% or something like that faster than sandy bridge or something (i wouldn't assume anything, the next gen could either be how it should be or it could be bulldozer 2.0)

 

[skitz9417]

so is it next month or in the next couple of months

 

[skitz9417]

because im looking for a good cpu for a hd 7950

 

[jay_nar2012]

Well Intel's Haswell will come out next year April apparently and Piledriver comes out either next month or in one of the next months after next month...

 

[skitz9417]

nah i would rather try out the pd when it comes out

 

[jay_nar2012]

Just don't buy it straight away, see how it performs in benchmarks first.

 

[skitz9417]

yea after i see the benchmarks

 

[Kamen_BG]

Piledriver CPU's were estimated to be 15% faster than Zambezi CPU's and also use less power.
I hope the update is going to be as big as the update from Phenom I to Phenom II.

 

[skitz9417]

yea me too and i hope the i dont have use my od phemon x4 840 and i the perforamce is better than it

 

[skitz9417]

hey what the 4core cpu of the pd cpus

 

[skitz9417]

oh wait i found them the fx 4350 and FX-4320 or fx4300

and damn they are quick 4.2 and 4.0

 

[jaideep1337]

I think PD will be significantly better.
I recently bought a lappy with 4500m trinity APU and thats based on PD and they are a big improvement over the old APUs and im not talking about the GPU part.
The CPU part of the APU is about 15% faster than the previous gen.So I would say if you were to get the PD you would get performance equivalent to the sandbridge i7s.
Thats still not as fast as Ivy but it will still be a better price/performance deal.

 

[amuffin]

They're going to be roughly the performance of the 1st gen core i series.

 

[skitz9417]

ok cool

 

[skitz9417]

so like the i3 i5 first gen

 

[amuffin]

i3/i5/i7.

 

[skitz9417]

and i7 my god thts good

 

[amuffin]

1st gen i7, it's still very capable but the 2nd and 3rd gen absolutely outperform it.

 

[skitz9417]

i have seen the benchmark i agree with u