Who is buying Bulldozer and WHY?

[thebski]

Today is a pretty big day as many people have been waiting a long, long time for Bulldozer to arrive. There seems to be a lot of disappointment with what Bulldozer has to offer. I, for one, am not too terribly disappointed because I can't say I expected much more. I pretty much lost all confidence in AMD as a competent competitor to Intel a long time ago. With that said, some people will obviously buy Bulldozer. As a PhD student in applied economics, drivers behind decisions that people make are something that I deal with everyday. I'm very curious as to the drivers behind people making the decision to purchase Bulldozer.

With all that said, I bring you the question that this post is about. What reasons are you going to purchase Bulldozer for? Even though the reaction has been largely negative, I know you future Bulldozer owners are out there. Tell me what draws you to it.

Edit: This is NOT intended to be an AMD vs. Intel or bash on Bulldozer thread. This thread is simply to poll the drivers behind the decision to purchase Bulldozer. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[noob2222]

you are right, i should ignore 20+ professional reviews from actual web site who receive PC hardware to review and trust the rantings of a blind AMD fan boy who thinks his "job" is to post on a web site forum...that is perfect reasoning

like i said, you should look at the data for yourself, only 4 of those 20+ websites showed bd as a complete failure, over half of them were mixed results, good and bad in the same review, and 4 showed bd having potential.

but then again, you could just walk around blindly only looking at the 4 failures, pretending the rest don't exist, or only looking at half of the review that shows the bad side of things.

Either way there is no 18 to 20 against BD

 

[Outlander_04]

If you're referring to X64, then yes it was a technology pioneered by AMD. Other than that, the idea that the core ix series uses AMD technologies is beyond laughable. As far as I remember, it's AMD that produces X86 processors under license from intel.

Intels processors depend on AMD developed technologies
Onboard memory controllers
Quick Path Interconnect [ also known as Hypertransport ]

One thing the industry NEEDS is two strong manufacturers . Intel already have a history of seeking an unfair advantage . Kick backs , and the following anti trust legal action , Fines in the EU , and more than a Billion dollars in compensatory damages paid to AMD in the US .
Intel have not held to the highest ethical standards . To believe they have is a sign of gross stupidity .

Even now Intel are massively over charging for their processors . The AMD dies are twice the complexity and sell at [ roughly] the same price . This can only mean intel are profiteering .

I will build with BD because it will meet my needs .

 

[sweatlaserxp]

1) I will mostly use it for FSX,( if I can get a response form someone over its perf.)

2) F@H. Seems like a legit SMP and bigadv- system CPU

Those are two things that I am interested in as well. I play FSX sometimes, and I've heard from some that FSX performs better on Intel chips.

 

[Chad Boga]

Intels processors depend on AMD developed technologies
Onboard memory controllers
Quick Path Interconnect [ also known as Hypertransport ]

Neither of those technologies were invented by AMD and Intel had an onboard memory controller in one of their 386 products(386SL).

 

[noob2222]

Except for memory and video controller, the 386SL and the 82360SL chip made up almost the entire computer.

The integration of the memory controller onto the die of the microprocessor is not a new concept. Some microprocessors in the 1990s such as the DEC Alpha 21066 and HP PA-7300LC had integrated memory controllers, but rather than for performance gains, this was implemented to reduce the cost of systems by eliminating the need for an external memory controller.

AMD did the initial large scale testing and refining. Just like x64 extensions, dual core cpus ... Intel just sat back and waited. Just like AMD is doing now, testing modular concept, waiting for software to catch up, then intel will "borrow" the design.

 

[4Ryan6]

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