AMD FX Series Processors Hit Pre-Order
With the recent announcement of Intel's Sandy-Bridge-E's pending release date, we get some much welcome word that the FX-Series ("Bulldozer") is coming soon, with the CPUs going up for pre-order.
AMD's FX-Series ("Bulldozer") is expected to be release in Q4, following the release of its Opteron server based processors. We get our first sign that the release may be sooner than later, with the CPUs going up for pre-order on retail sites such as Bottom-line Telecommunications (BLT). BLT has the FX-8150 priced at $266.28, the FX-8120 priced at $221.73, and the FX-6100 priced at $188.32. We can expect the final release price to come in very close to these prices (past history has shown AMD's 1K quantity price to be $10 to $15 lower than retail price).
The AMD FX-Series processors are based on their new "Bulldozer" micro-architecture. The FX-8150 has 8-cores, clocked at 3.60 GHz, and 16 MB of cache. The FX-8120 has 8-cores, clocked at 3.10 GHz, and 16 MB of cache. The FX-6100 has 6-cores, clocked at 3.30 GHz, and 14 MB of cache.
The table below contains a summary of FX-6100, FX-8120 and FX-8150 details:
| Model | Cores | Threads | Frequency | Turbo Frequency | L2 cache | L3 cache | TDP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX-Series FX-6100 | 6 | 6 | 3.3 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 6 MB | 8 MB | 95 Watt | $188.32 |
| FX-Series FX-8120 | 8 | 8 | 3.1 GHz | 4 GHz | 8 MB | 8 MB | 125 Watt | $221.73 |
| FX-Series FX-8150 | 8 | 8 | 3.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 8 MB | 8 MB | 125 Watt | $266.28 |
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Not on Newegg yet, but definitely online.
Hmm....8 cores for under $300 bucks? Sounds interesting and tempting, but ill wait for the benchmarks.
The fact we haven't seen any benchmarks at all shows me it doesn't match up against SB well let alone Ivy which will be out at the same time.
My body is ready!!!!
Ok ok.. Enough of the foreplay.. Show me the benchmarks!!!!
I wonder whats the fastest clocking cpu out there (cough *click it* cough):
http://valid.canardpc.com/records.php
get the news on it elsewhere though cause its not here!
Sadly for AMD, not releasing benchmarks and engineering samples to everyone long in advance is strong evidence that Bulldozer isn't the powerhouse we all hoped it would be. Intel released benchmarks and specs for Conroe many, many months before release and many of us doubted the benchmarks at first because they completely blew away the Athlon in almost every benchmark. If AMD really had such a winner with the the new chip, they wouldn't NDA everyone for so long.
Either way, the new chips will probably be the best bang for your buck CPU seen to date.
OHHH MAHHH GAWDDD! The FX4100 is going to be cheaper than expected! Even better time to upgrade to a chip that can OC so well
*whispers* TH already have their hands on some chips *shh*
Hopefully this will actually give Intel some competition. The i5 2500K quad core beats AMD's six core processor.
I love the logic and theories professed... You'll just have to wait a few more weeks to see Zambezi CPUs that OC to 5 Gig.s on air. Then you can decide for yourself if you think you got your money's worth for $300.
If I see one more Bulldozer article, that provides nothing but paper figures and speculation I am going to SCREAM!
Until Bulldozer is in the hands of the first reputable benchmarking team, everything might as well be BullS**T instead.
Hey Pasero01
about you "Cough" record "CLICK THIS"
http://www.techpowerup.com/152008/ [...] Speed.html
Hmm, seems a little odd to be advertising 16MB of cache when these chips only have 4-6-8MB of L3 depending on the model. Looks like they're adding the L2 cache size to the L3.
@zloginet
...thats what I was implying but didn't want to link out to another news site...
Definitely will be getting an FX-8120. I'm sure that thing will OC just as high as the it's other 8-core brethren. I don't care if they don't outperform the i7 2600k. As long as I can do 3D rendering and play CPU-intensive games very well with hopeful 60FPS, then AMD did their job for me. I'd rather take an 8-core CPU for under $300 than a 4-core CPU over $300 even if the 4-core offers the best performance. I want the best bang for the buck
OHHH MAHHH GAWDDD! The FX4100 is going to be cheaper than expected! Even better time to upgrade to a chip that can OC so well
Hopefully on air. Remember the Phenom IIs overclocked to 7Ghz on LN2 but only would get to about 4GHz on air.
If I see one more Bulldozer article, that provides nothing but paper figures and speculation I am going to SCREAM! Until Bulldozer is in the hands of the first reputable benchmarking team, everything might as well be BullS**T instead.
HEAR, HEAR!
@pazero01
Sorry about that... I thought I would be part of the bashing for once.
Yay?
got my eye on the FX-8100 myself. Should be a great overclocker at a good price.
Hey Pasero01about you "Cough" record "CLICK THIS"http://www.techpowerup.com/152008/ [...] Speed.html
The Pentium IV could clock nearly that high with insane cooling, yet in day to day use the Athlon 64 pretty much destroyed it in every regard. The fact that Bulldozer could run stable at that speed (with increased core complexity) makes me worry AMD pulled a Netburst with the design and pipelines.I'm suspecting more that this generation will another GHZ war with AMD taking the "MORE GHZ GOOD" position instead of Intel.
That sort of speed usually isn't possible without either designing the chip with certain liberties or otherwise having a highly advanced materials design. The Pentium IV could pull it off due to Intel wreaking havoc with the chip's per-clock performance. I doubt AMD has advanced quite -that- much in materials to have such a massive improvement in overclocking in one generation. It would be nice, though, to see them pull one out of their hat and surprise us all.
That's why most of us are waiting for actual benchmarks, not the "OMG I destroyed a perfectly good processor" awards.
Not impressed.
*sigh* i almost feel sorry for the people amd have suckered into pre-ordering by AMD's overclocking publicity stunt. let's see some benchmarks already! stop messing around AMD & just green light the reviewers to do articles on bulldozer. you'd get alot more pre-orders if people knew the real world performance of these chips.
About time! I thought they are going to delay it forever.
Nobody is being suckered except those who buy products from a convicted criminal company like Intel. Intel has tried for 20 years to crush AMD and have a monopoly so consumers would have no choice. Thanksfully AMD did not allow that to happen. I vote with my wallet and I vote for AMD even if Intel's CPUs are faster. No one needs the fastest, over-priced CPU as any curent gen CPU runs just fine. AMD has always provided the best performance/value and they will continue to do so.
@beenthere there was a time when AMD sold processors for a grand as well.
I am going to wait, as much as I would like AMD to gain market share with something huge, I can't spend money without know what I am getting.
benchmarks or no benchmarks, I'll gonna get one for myself. Do not even compare the graphics against Intel...
I don't really understand the whole my E-penis is bigger than yours thing most of you have going on. The person that can build the best rig for the least amount of money is the only smart one in the room. I'd rather spend less money for a CPU and use the extra money to get a better GPU or even a second GPU or an SSD. Buying the biggest badest Intel CPU doesn't really mean shit if you don't build up the rest of the system. Less powerful CPU + better GPU is better than more powerful CPU + lesser GPU for gaming. If you are not gaming then you really have no use at all for the best Intel CPU's in the first place for a personal system.
thanks for the anti-intel rant beenthere, doesn't solve anything though. i couldn't care less wether the company i buy from are criminals or not - don't get me wrong, i own both amd & intel & have owned others in my time too - but one thing i've never done is bought blind. i just think amd wasting time & processors on some silly overclocking stunt rather than handing out samples to reviewers & letting the public know the real figures is wrong.
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"@beenthere there was a time when AMD sold processors for a grand as well.
I am going to wait, as much as I would like AMD to gain market share with something huge, I can't spend money without know what I am getting.
.." end quote.
Buy what makes you happy. If you have an ethical compass you won't support a criminal corporation who has done everything they could to exploit consumers.
You don't need to worry about spending your money with AMD as they always deliver the best performance/value. If you're part of the "small penis crowd" that thinks the fastest CPU, GPU or whatever makes you a better person then you get to vote with your wallet for what's right or for Intel. I'm fully aware that some folks have no moral compass and do whatever they chose without giving much thought to their actions.