Windows 7 Hotfix Promises AMD Bulldozer Performance Boost

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[citation][nom]jkflipflop98[/nom]You, and anyone that actually thinks drivel like this is true, obviously has 0 idea how the industry works. ANYONE can work with microsoft to supply improvements/optimizations for their hardware. They will do anything to make Windows better. If you don't believe that then you're a moron.Equally, Win7 has been out for the majority of the time AMD has been working on Bulldozer. AMD and Intel both receive preview builds of windows code from microsoft long before MS products hit the shelf. AMD should have seen their CPU sucked during testing and worked to make a performance patch before the CPU shipped out. Again, if you really think there's some kind of "conspiracy to keep AMD down!" then you're a moron.[/citation]

they were working on it for 5 years, and im betting some of that 5 years was waited out to see when multicore applications become more common than single core.

most of the fail on bulldozer was single core apps, and in multicore it was more often than not in between i5 and i7 in some cases surpassing the i7...

that said, they probably didnt thing everyone would rip them a new one because some retarded applications are still single thread only even though... is there even a single thread cpu made today?

counting on a win7 patch, and more likely win 8 they released now, instead of for win 8.
 
AMD is obviously trying to place their products in so-called "mid-segments". Looking at their product line and pricing, it isnt hard to figure out. Instead of products that give extreme performance for a high price, they try to offer products that give acceptable performance for an acceptable price. They dont directly compete with high end intel cpus. They aim the place in between high end and slightly lower segment (between i7 and i5) with 6-8 core cpus (BD or higher end thubans). They put A6-A8 APUs somewhere in between i3 and i5 BUT not directly towards i5. And this scheme is similar downwards.

Sure BD is a fail. But the real failure of BD is the higher power consumption, not the performance. AMD accepted that they aimed Intel's Core i5 chip (not the higher end i7s) with BD. Though, their pricing is not entirely right. But the consumer hopes that BD can be a better competitor against i5 with these software patches/fixes.

Remember, High end enthusiast customer share is very small in the pie and AMD aims the bigger part of the pie. Their reason to this can be insufficient investment to R&D, inability to compete with Intel in the high segment, problems in the company management, maybe they try to regain their strength until their next big thing and then they will change their pricing structure. We will wait and see.
 
All I know is if the FX benchmarked slower than the x6 on some tests, then it is definitely underperforming. I can't believe ppl actually believe that AMD would allow a brand new CPU built from the ground up to be slower than a last generation CPU.
 
well perhaps bulldozer is the first step in getting software to change for the future designs of AMD's processors, and this "fail" as you guys keep calling it. was intentional so that amd's next design's performance can be taken full advantage of once software supports it.

the bulldozer clears out the mess, the piledriver slams intel on its face. steamroller comes in and lays the new foundation for AMD to build off of.. i think they are doing what they did with graphics cards.. multiple shader cores,, eventually we might see processors that are 64core, 128core, 256, 512, ect.. than they will probably move onto 128bit computing.. ok maybe piledriver wont slam intel on its face, but it would be cool if it did 😀
 
AMD... AMD.... AMD... I USED TO LOVE AMD... AND AS A BONUS I EVEN NEW WHAT IT STOOD FOR.... Now I KNOW for a fact that it means ---> ABSURDLY MORONIC DEVICES.... Well that is for the processor division... On the GPU front.... AMD means.... ---> ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT DEVICES....

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Has anyone seen an article or post somewhere that tells what is going on with this patch? I understand at least one article said the patch did not improve gaming performance, have there been any new developments or insider knowledge about what is going on? Any news about a new version of the Bulldozer architecture even?
 
I was excited about the Bulldozer until I seen the reviews about them. I mean....the i5/i7 are amazing and having competition is only good for both sides. Intel has won more battles and such...but the war will never end. Just like Nvidia/AMD(ATi) Sometimes Nvidia drops the ball...like right after the 4400 series...which is why I got the ATi 9800 Pro.... but that card did disappoint me when it's fan actually fell off.... But I did buy an AMD/ATi 6870 because the price was just too good to pass buy compared to the 560ti. I like Nvidia drivers better but I only bother with the top games....and for the gaming I do....either card is great. I've seen the 6870 run BF3...that sold me enough.
 
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