AMD FX-8150 Review: From Bulldozer To Zambezi To FX

[cangelini]

Perhaps the most hotly-anticipated launch in 2011, AMD’s FX processor line-up is finally ready for prime time. Does the company’s new Bulldozer architecture have what it takes to face Intel’s Sandy Bridge and usher in a new era of competition?

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[btto]

yeah finaly, now i'll read it

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

nOT Bad AMd!

 

[jdwii]

Been so long and i'm kinda sad.

 

[compton]

Not many surprises but I've been waiting for a long, long time for this. I hope this is just the first step to a more competitive AMD.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

At least its almost as good as Nehalem.

 

[gamerk316]

Dissapointing. Predicted it ages ago though. PII X6 is a better value.

 

[Guest]

As I expected - failure.

 

[AbdullahG]

I see the guys from the BD Rumors are here. As many others are, I'm disappointed.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

for the gaming community this is a FLOP.

 

[phump]

FX-4100 looks like a good alternative to the 955BE. Same price, higher clock, and lower power profile.

 

[phatbuddha79]

Why bring back the FX brand for something like this?

 

[gmcizzle]

What I learned: the 2.5 year old i7-920 is still a beast.

 

[jdwii]

This is sad, I'm still getting it as its my only option i'm getting a 8120 Toms why did you only review a 8150 when they have all of them on other sites?

 

[ern88]

What I've learned is...AMD=FAIL!!!!!

 

[killerclick]

As I said before, it won't come close to beating Intel in performance or price. Now let's hear the fanboys whine.

Buh-bye AMD, buh-bye!

 

[Ragnar-Kon]

Looks like solid chips, but I'll admit that the price point isn't low enough to compete in the gaming world with Intel.

I am rather curious how the FX-4100 will stack up against the current Phenom II X4 chips.

And even though the FX is a slight disappointment, I am rather impressed by the Windows 8 benchmarks. Having said that, by the time Windows 8 is ready for release I'm sure Intel will have an even better solution.

 

[Tamz_msc]

So Bulldozer is AMD's version of NetBurst?

 

[Homeboy2]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]As I said before, it won't come close to beating Intel in performance or price. Now let's hear the fanboys whine.[/citation]

Everyone should cry, even the Intel fanboys, this is bad news for everyone, now Intel has absolutely no incentive to lower prices or accelerate Ivy Bridge.

 

[killerclick]

[citation][nom]homeboy2[/nom]Everyone should cry, even the Intel fanboys, this is bad news for everyone, now Intel has absolutely no incentive to lower prices or accelerate Ivy Bridge.[/citation]

Intel shouldn't lower prices, they should raise them. I'll gladly pay more to reward competent product development and nothing would please me more than AMD going down in flames for all their flops in the past 5 years. Intel doesn't need AMD to push them forward.

 

[the associate]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]As I said before, it won't come close to beating Intel in performance or price. Now let's hear the fanboys whine.[/citation]

Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Bah, well, been with AMD since my first pc like 8 years ago...Guess I'll be going intel for the first time ever especially since I can get an overkill cpu for just 300 bucks. Hell that's how much I payed for my phenom II 955...

 

[liquidchild]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.......

 

[joe nate]

Funny, how if you enter to win the test rig it says

"Please Enter The Text Exactly As Displayed"

and proceeds to give you a basic math problem. Yet, if you follow directions and enter it exactly as displayed it says it says it failed and you may not be human. But if you ignore the directions and solve the basic math problem and enter the answer, it lets you enter.

Fail.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]leeashton[/nom]wait for tpu benchmark, toms has always been an Intel fan site[/citation]Talk to Don and Paul, the AMD fans. Chris doesn't care either way. But wait, two against zero would make this an AMD fansite wouldn't it?

 

[fyasko]

[citation][nom]leeashton[/nom]wait for tpu benchmark, toms has always been an Intel fan site[/citation]
how long have you been around? in the thunderbird-athlon xp/barton days intel was getting bashed left and right by toms.