Opnion: Did We Expect Too Much of AMD Bulldozer?

[statikregimen]

The chip is working out for me (8120 OCed), but I don't see it filling more than a few rare niches/circumstances, like mine.

- Did we expect too much? No.
- Should we be disappointed? Absolutely.
- Is it a terrible product? No (coming from an owner).

They're overpriced for what they are. That's why I got an 8120 and overclocked it. TDP is horrible, but for those who don't care, its a viable upgrade option to Phenom II, _with an overclock_. For new system builders, forget it. The fact that you have to OC it to get it to where it should be is unacceptable for most people, especially when you consider power and heat. Its no big deal to me - I just didn't want to switch platforms, so in that regard, its a win _in my particular scenario_.

 

[Guest]

I was expecting a lot from bulldozer, it's a new architecture and i have always loved the low price and performance of AMD cpu's

But jeez, the reviews speak for themselves and so do some these comments, the old architecture beats the new one, not only that the speed and core count mean nothing in single threaded performance, and power draw under load is terrible

For the first time ever i will actually buy an Intel over an AMD

 

[valu3hunt3r]

If expected performance was for better than Phenom II, no that is not too much to ask.

Had AMD not marketed it so much (FX? Seriously lay off the -pick your poison- ) then people would not have expected as much performance as they were hoping to see, so again no you were not expecting too much.

If anyone is to blame for the whole fiasco it is AMD themselves.

[citation][nom]Soon_to_be_x_amd_user[/nom]AMD's Bulldozer will be known as the "Vista" of CPU's.[/citation]

Hopefully Pile Driver becomes known as Windows 7; a sorely needed step in the right direction.

 

[Guest]

Guys guys.

It's over. amdisfinished.com

Seriously, the only thing keeping AMD afloat are their GPUs.

What a shame.

 

[ChromeTusk]

Just read this article:
Former AMD engineer talks about Bulldozer
The 20% increase in cost would have put hand-crafted designs closer to the $200 price-point.

 

[spete701]

Anyone who "Codes" knows how difficult it is to write multi-threaded applications. Sleeping, Racing, Deadlock, Live-Lock. Most programmers do not have the knowledge required to write concurrent code. I'm disappointed but not surprised, AMD has repeatedly delayed the Bulldozer Family of Chips.
But I do notice something that is missing in the benchmarks, something significant: How does the Chip preform while running multiple applications that are multi-threaded, concurrently. Maya, Max, 3D-Studio, Eclipse, Photoshop, and Office. Can you queue up a ton of work, and do other things at the same time, how do applications 'feel'.