If AMD FX-8150 selling at the same price as i5-2500K...

[vipervoid1]

I will support i5-2500k coz of monthly electric bil ~
and better performance in gaming ~

 

[amuffin]

I really would like an 8 core for rendering, but too much power usage. Electric bill would go up 🙁 So thats why I will hold out until intel makes their 8 core chips and get 1 for rendering purposes.

 

[RetiredChief]

80 %, seems I've seen that number before, AW yes I remember.
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The latest numbers from IHS iSuppli show that Intel was first for the full year of 2010 in global revenue with 81% of all sales.
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Ref: http://www.dailytech.com/2010+Processor+Market+Share+Details+Unveiled/article21226.htm

Then there is Passmark, Not the benchmarks, just the number of people recording their performance. Were close to even in 2006, looks closer to 75%/25% currently
AMD vs Intel Market Share
Updated 4th of March 2012
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/market_share.html

 

[fazers_on_stun]

Here is the more review compare the FX-8150
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/FX8150/

It show FX-8150 is not loss to i5-2500K in each of the benchmark...Actually in some benchmark FX-8150 is very good..

But what cause the overall performance like that...?

But that suite of benchmarks only shows the 8150 as significantly(10% or more) faster than the 2600K in about 3 benchmarks - WinRAR compression and the Truecrypt codec. How often does a typical desktop user make use of those strengths in a typical day on the PC?

Throwing out the purely synthetic benchmarks and concentrating what a typical desktop user is more likely to do (audio, video, gaming), the 2600K typically outperforms the 8150, sometimes as much as 40% or more.

IMO, the 8150 is a server CPU that AMD has tried to shoehorn into the desktop space, and not too successfully. While it is not a bad CPU, it's also not as good as the competition (and in some benchmark, not as good as the previous Phenom 2 generation). No reason at all to 'upgrade' if you have an AMD P2 or a Nehalem or better Intel system. And for pure gaming, the 2500K is much better and at lower cost than the 8150.

If you need workstation or server capability, then you should be comparing the 8150 to the 6-core Intel SB CPUs IMO, and then deciding if the extra cost of Intel is worth the extra performance.

As I said previously, the buyer needs to figure out his or her primary usage and then decide, or buy both and benchmark for himself 😛..

 

[fazers_on_stun]

THe first time I used a PC it's an Intel platform way bask in the 90's and it's an Intel 486, then came 586 with DOS(Disk Operating System), then Windows 3.1 then came Windows 95, 98 2000, XP and so on. And then Pentium 1, 2, 3, 4 and beyond. My trust is in Intel and Widows.

LOL - with that many computers, I'm sure your wife feels like a widow 😀.

My gaming PC is in the basement (typical nerd arrangement 😀), so my wife has to go down 2 flights of steps to fetch me at night 😛..

 

[fazers_on_stun]

All the info posted in this thread has been discussed already, over and over again. Nothing to see here - time to move on, folks...

 

[RetiredChief]

@ fazers_on_stun. Much prefer to play with wife than computer game!! Computer located on same floor as Wife.

 

[fazers_on_stun]

@ fazers_on_stun. Much prefer to play with wife than computer game!! Computer located on same floor as Wife.

Well I prefer a bed to the floor, but to each his own 😀.. 😗

My wife has no problem talking with her family in Vietnam for hours at a time when she gets home from work in the evenings, no matter what I'm doing or want to do, but when she's ready to go nighty-night and maybe I'm not, then that's a whole different story 😛.. But then, when has it ever been different in married life??

 

[truegenius]

Well I prefer a bed to the floor, but to each his own 😀.. 😗

My wife has no problem talking with her family in Vietnam for hours at a time when she gets home from work in the evenings, no matter what I'm doing or want to do, but when she's ready to go nighty-night and maybe I'm not, then that's a whole different story 😛.. But then, when has it ever been different in married life??

:lol:
you big (naughty) boys, have fun.

 

[amuffin]

 

[sonexpc]

After 48 hours.... 80% vote for intel i5-2500K...then the next question want to know is @ what price level you will consider to use FX-8150 instead of i5-2500K?

 

[amuffin]

$170.

 

[de5_Roy]

After 48 hours.... 80% vote for intel i5-2500K...then the next question want to know is @ what price level you will consider to use FX-8150 instead of i5-2500K?

$150 or $120 or less
reason: i could use the extra cach to buy a decent lcs (amd recommends one to be used with fx) or a high end cooler like noctua's or phantech's.

 

[HEXiT]

honestly i wouldnt buy 1 ever. i would rather get a turban core and wait till the next issue and see what that brings... if i was given 1 in a setup i would remove it and sell it. you guessed it i would replace it with a 960t...
to me they are a pointless waste of money and time.

 

[gamerk316]

....ohhh.. first 8 hour ...75% still support i5-2500K... Out of my expectation....I assume will be 50/50...Let's see what's going on...

First ..see wheather we can gather 100 people in the poll to make some conclusion..

Its simple really: The 2500k is a better CPU. At the same price, the 2500k should get significantly more support.

If BD was $25 or so cheaper, then you'd have close to a 50-50 split.

 

[jaguarskx]

What price? May $150.

Other than the high power draw, most programs I use do not use 8 cores. The only one that can use that many is Handbrake, but I'm not constantly converting a DVD or Blu-Ray using x.264.

Most programs I use are either single core or dual core. The only game I am currently playing that benefits from more than 2 cores is GTA IV because it is such a poorly ported game. However, I am almost finished playing that game.

The only game I'll be playing that uses 4 cores this year is Dragon Age: Origins. However, that's just half of the cores on the FX-8150. The other 2 or 3 games I'll be playing this year do not benefit from more than 2 cores like Skyrim and Mass Effect 3.

So why pay so much for 8 cores if I am not going to be using them all most of the time and only half of them (4) in certain games? I'd rather go for a CPU with 4 strong cores like the i5-2500k rather a CPU with 8 relatively weak cores like FX-8150.

 

[jaguarskx]

Unfortunately, AMD will have to pull another "Athlon XP" trick out of their hat for me to buy another AMD CPU.

The Athlon XP was:

1. A little less expensive than it's comparable P4 counterpart.
2. Consumed less power.
3. Provided a little better performance in most games.

The drawback? Not as good at video encoding like the P4, but that was not a big concern for most people.