Sandy Bridge VS Bulldozer

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So i was wondering shall i go for i5 2500k or wait for bulldozer release then decide(The day they are released its my birthday xD)

[Kouki]

Wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the H67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

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Wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the H67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

What ? ? ?

[Auralian]

This close to release It would be wise to wait and see, either way you will have a system that will last 2+ years with the exception that 1 may be discontinued next year.

[Wries]

We don't have any reliable benchmarks of bulldozer yet. If you can wait then wait. There's always a possibility there'll be some nice price adjustments from both sides if nothing else.

Wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the H67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

Maybe they'll discontinue you in order to make better, upgraded dual-core fanboy trolls.

[DarkBlade6]

wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the h67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

lol ........ ?!

[Djinni]

When exactly is the Bulldozer release scheduled for?

[Deleted]

When exactly is the Bulldozer release scheduled for?

Roughly 2 weeks from now. Possibly even during the E3.

[Deleted]

june 14th, i think

[Nightbliss]

I got a feeling Buldozer will be a let down but we will see.

[llDemonll]

Wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the H67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

As others have said....what?

[georgevonfranken]

Wait, there were so many problems with sandy bridge that they have made the formal decision to scrap it, and make the H67 chipset boards.
Then no one will have a sour taste of the word sandybridge in their mouth.

Morale of this post, drugs are bad.

On topic: If you can wait then wait and see how bulldozer turns out

[pansertjald]

Octo-core AMD FX brings performance equal to Core i7-2600K?

if you look here, it looks like the 8 core bulldozer wont be much faster then the i7 2600k

[vesseblah]

Octo-core AMD FX brings performance equal to Core i7-2600K?

if you look here, it looks like the 8 core bulldozer wont be much faster then the i7 2600k

I'm very sceptical about it. AMD already betted on multiple cores with x6 and did epic fail with it. If you look at the last chart in the page linked above, the 8-core Bulldozer pulls even with 2600K in multithreaded test? Does that mean it will run at half speed compared to 2600K with single thread? It would be pretty close in line of current Phenoms... How about overclocking?

Also the last chart is quite blatantly doctored to make the fastest Bulldozer look better than i7-2600K. AMD processors are compared with discrete graphics card against the crap integrated graphics of Sandy Bridges...

Curious to see some real benchmarks instead of poorly doctored ones.

[Deleted]

I'm very sceptical about it. AMD already betted on multiple cores with x6 and did epic fail with it. If you look at the last chart in the page linked above, the 8-core Bulldozer pulls even with 2600K in multithreaded test? Does that mean it will run at half speed compared to 2600K with single thread? It would be pretty close in line of current Phenoms... How about overclocking?

Also the last chart is quite blatantly doctored to make the fastest Bulldozer look better than i7-2600K. AMD processors are compared with discrete graphics card against the crap integrated graphics of Sandy Bridges...

Curious to see some real benchmarks instead of poorly doctored ones.

Just wait until they're released. Anyone who claims one company are better than the other fail big time, go product by product.

[vesseblah]

Just wait until they're released. Anyone who claims one company are better than the other fail big time, go product by product.

I'm sceptical because AMD has been performing significantly worse for past 6 years, and they're still adding more cores (up to 8 with Bulldozer) which already proved to be wrong with PhenomII's. I'm not claiming that Bulldozers will be bad, but I'm saying that there's very high chance it won't be near i5-2500K in gaming performance before and especially not after overclocking. 8 cores will do absolutely nothing while playing games.

[Drunkenvalley]

The quad-cores vs quad++cores feels a lot like HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray. Except there's already a clear winner for who's going to keep on going. >>
Won't claim AMDs aren't bad. Just that continuing with tons of cores seems silly.

[Deleted]

The quad-cores vs quad++cores feels a lot like HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray. Except there's already a clear winner for who's going to keep on going. >>
Won't claim AMDs aren't bad. Just that continuing with tons of cores seems silly.

Its an approach that works for some uses.

But its a bad approach for the general purpose market; where either forking can't reliably be done (browsing - notably JavaScript), can only be done to an extent (games) of which AMD exceeds, or doesn't need the power to begin with (office & movies).

[Saithes]

I believe the same reports that Bulldozer will equal Sandybridge 1155. It's a shame AMD didn't try harder to aim for Intel's Enthusiast platform again but oh well. I guess it may provide a shift in the mainstream market pricing.

[Drunkenvalley]

Its an approach that works for some uses.

Similarly, the hardware competitions of the past both had good sides for either competitor. :<