[citation][nom]kg2010[/nom]Finally, someone with some common sense, @ 1600p games are more GPU bound, a 5970 is a SICK card and can handle anything you throw at it, it's not your processor that's doing you any favors. Lower the resolution to 800x600 and compare the 5970 with a stock i7 and stock PII, and I guarantee you will notice different results. Jimmy, you're one of the few people that understands the AMD pricing scheme. AMD processors are generally priced cheaper, because they offer inferior performance to their Intel counterparts. Would the 1100T be priced where it's at if performed exactly like the 980x?Of course not. it is priced where it's at because that's where it's performance puts it. BD will be priced according to its performance. If it does outperform SB, I am 100% certain it will be priced higher too. AMD doesn't create processors to sell them so cheap and minimize their profits, they are forced to sell them cheaply due to their performance, this is the key that so many of you fail to understand. Yes, AMD processors are great for builds on a budget, but those builds will never be on par with Intel rigs. For those of us who are after performance, and aren't afraid to pay for it, sadly there's only one place we can get that best performance from. If AMD offered performance on par with Intel, more enthusiasts would build AMD rigs, and AMD would be a much more profitable company because of it. I would love to build a BD rig in the future if it does outperform SB, let alone IB, but I ain't holding my breath.[/citation]
most things that that are core for core the same (as in 4 core against the 4 crore, 6 against the 6) intel has at best a 10% difference, some things video wise now, they are significantly better, but advrage user, 10% means nothing, 1 minute vs 54 seconds isn't much, 10 minutes vs 9 is also insignificant to most people.
and lastly, amd doesn't screw us on price, because they aren't the market leader. if bulldozer is more powerful than a sandy/ivy bridge, they will still be cheaper, not because they want to be, but because they have to be.
when amd is competing toe to toe with intel they will still make their processors cost less because they arent a majority market share.
on a side not, at the 2560x1600 resolution, its mostly graphics card for most games, but there are quite a few that would still be bottle necked by a cpu.