AMD Starts Shipping "Bulldozer" CPUs

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[citation][nom]totalgenius[/nom]Yay its alive, can we get some benchmarks.Still waiting eagerly for the Zambezi, AMD please release the i7 exterminators.[/citation]

Hmmm, guess WHY there aren't any benchmarks??

Because they don't touch Sandy Bridge..
 
Oh how I long for the days of the Athlons. Anyone remember when an AMD core running at 1.25Ghz could kick a 2Ghz intel core to the kerb without even trying?
 
[citation][nom]archange[/nom]This has got to be one of the lengthiest births - ever.Hope the kid is worth the labor.[/citation]

In parallelism? Surely.

In performance vs SB? Dont hold your breath.
 
[citation][nom]ScrewySqrl[/nom]I personally think the delay in Bulldozer (remember when it was due in April 2011?) is a nail in the coffin of AMD.[/citation]
Yeah, maybe not last nail, but another nail for sure 🙁

They aren't saying why the delay yet again: is it production issues, engineering issues, performance issues, secret deal with Intel back when they gave AMD 1.25B or what??
 
[citation][nom]Chewie[/nom]Oh how I long for the days of the Athlons. Anyone remember when an AMD core running at 1.25Ghz could kick a 2Ghz intel core to the kerb without even trying?[/citation]
N0. Was the internet invented yet?
 
why they dont show benchmark like they proudly did with apu one wich is beating the hd graphic, well if they dont its because they cant beat a year old processor, if they beat it, it will be on high end production application because it have 16 core but a single core benchmark they will lose. amd is getting out of the market, maybe they dont know that most app is limited to dual, 4 core..
 
Seems like Newegg is down. I bet this headline sent a wave of people to their site. I can just imagine the wave of ravenous shoppers scraping at the doors for particulate matter that might have fallen off of Bulldozer packaging.

So bummed to see they've only shipped the server version. As much as I want to upgrade from my Q6600 (to pretty much anything at this point, AMD or Intel) I guess I can wait a little longer...
 
[citation][nom]reagansmash[/nom]and, halfway there...[/citation]
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer

was the first thought that came to mind... yea... noting more to add.
 
Rumor has it BD/Zambezi can't be clocked high enough to compete w/ i7 from another article....I was really hoping AMD would do better 😛
 
This begs a review on the Tom's IT Pro site. Pick a few performance req's (e.g. database server with a certain TPHd, or a web server with a certain transaction rate), and then work with the OEMs to get loaners with Intel and AMD that will fulfill those req's. Then determine up-front price, annual cost (power bill, etc.), and performance headroom for each of the solutions to see which is the best. That would be quite an article, and would provide a strong real-world comparison between the two architectures.
 
[citation][nom]srgess[/nom]why they dont show benchmark like they proudly did with apu one wich is beating the hd graphic, well if they dont its because they cant beat a year old processor, if they beat it, it will be on high end production application because it have 16 core but a single core benchmark they will lose. amd is getting out of the market, maybe they dont know that most app is limited to dual, 4 core..[/citation]

um... these are server chips, the consumer chips will be 8 core, and threaded applications can handle 8 cores.

 
[citation][nom]srgess[/nom]amd is going down, all you need is to check passmark cpu website to realize that amd is out of business in the high end competition.[/citation]

Don't take this the wrong way but, you may be an idiot. Regardless of how well (or unwell?) AMD's new processors benchmark against Intel, people will still be buying their products including processors. AMD won't be going anywhere for awhile. First of all, as stated in an earlier post, people don't buy AMD for the fastest speeds. It's been YEARS since AMD has been on top of the 'fastest processor' world. Years. They are still selling their processors left and right. People are buying them for price vs performance, to stay away from Intel's stupid high costs and for the ease of overclocking. Among those, they are still selling based off principle. Guess who isn't buying Intel because of their market tactics. Myself, among MANY others.

Also, let's not forget about the fact that AMD bought ATI. Guess who is selling the crap out of GPUs these days? AMD.

So, before you decide to post this fanboy crap of yours, attend a few courses on basic marketing and business and stay FAR away from any jobs that may put you in charge of running a major corporation any time soon. Boom. Roasted.
 
[citation][nom]totalgenius[/nom]Yay its alive, can we get some benchmarks.Still waiting eagerly for the Zambezi, AMD please release the i7 exterminators.[/citation]
not going to happen
 
[citation][nom]xyster[/nom]do we really expect this to be competitive with IvyBridge or SandyBridge-E?I really hope so, but I have my doubts..[/citation]

Thats assuming that AMD's Bulldozer is neck and neck with Sandy Bridge.. What if its faster by 15% or more. Intel would be then playing catch up. Also if i'm not mistaking Q1 or Q2 of next year AMD releases Trinity.
 
[citation][nom]srgess[/nom]amd is going down, all you need is to check passmark cpu website to realize that amd is out of business in the high end competition.[/citation]

Just a little heads up for you. AMD left BAPCo (as did nVidia and Via years ago) because SysMark is simply an Intel sham. SysMark is now a tool for only distinguishing one Intel system from another.

The issue, clearly pointed out by AMD, are tests which show no appreciable difference (10 seconds over 3 minutes, or around 5%) that were represented in SysMark numeric scores by a variance of 35% or more.

And lest it is forgotten, Via left BAPCo because their processors received higher scores -- by simply changing their CPU ID string to an Intel variety.

 
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