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The editors liked
Innovative architecture design
Very overclockable
Power efficient using Cool 'n' Quiet
Improved Turbo modes
Great overclocking
Serious multi-threading chops for less than £200
Eight cores and loads of clock speed at a reasonable price
Modern design
Elegant modular architecture
Attractive pricing
AM3socket is backwards compatible
Performance in applications makes effective use of multiple cores
Two Turbo modes
Architecture design
Multipliers are unlocked out of the box
Overclocks well
Good scaling
Faster than the Core i5 2500k
Performs exceptionally well with modern gaming engines
The editors didn't like
Weak single thread performance
Often outperformed by Phenom II
Only fast in ideal scenarios
Only slightly faster at stock than 1100T
Struggles against 2500K
And is pricier
Performance is unimpressive
And the power draw is too high.
Not as fast as Thuban (1100T) in lightload apps
Underload powerdraw not ideal
Arguably still behind Intel's SB as an allround chip
Power consumption
Performances should be higher compared with competitors' CPUs and AMD's older models
Expensive
Performance left us wanting more
UK pricing is high
Putting it head to head against Core i7 2600k
When Core i5 2500k is overclocked it is closely matched
Published: 2011-11-07, Author: Carl , review by: HardCOREware.net
Due to issues with customs/logistics (no fault of AMD's), we're a bit late with our Bulldozer review. I suppose that is fitting in this case, but luckily, this gives us the chance to take a bit more time with the review, testing the Bulldozer CPU under it...
Abstract: We’ve been presenting a lot of new AMD products lately. APUs are slowly descending into the mainstream, and the very philosophy of using the PC has changed together with user needs. Making a brute-force CPU isn’t all that hard to do, but the balance of...
In every game we played so far between the AMD FX-8150 and Intel 2500K, not once did the AMD FX-8150 come out on top with a dual or triple-GPU configuration. Even when performance was "similar," the Intel CPU still held a certain percentage of performance...
Abstract: AMD's Open64 compiler had a setback in the Apache web-server performance compared to the rest. The MAFFT performance was not too interesting except for LLVM/Clang lagging behind the other compilers. AMD's Open64 compiler tends to noticeably increase ...
Abstract: New Benchmarks First up some newer benchmarks tested on the Asus Crosshair V (Bios 9911) for the AMD CPUs and for the 2600K on the ASUS P67 Dlx and finally the i7 990X on the Asus Rampage 3 Extreme. Common parts used where : Corsair Dominator PC12800C...
Abstract: During that period, new operating systems with improved thread schedulers will come along and there will be a chance to see how the next generation 'Piledriver' update of the Bulldozer fixes any initial issues. Bulldozer's architectural premise that ...
Based on the tests we've conducted, the only end-users who could benefit from the new AMD chip are PC professionals that deal with sophisticated audio and video encoding, rendering, virtualization, and/or heavy workstation/server loads which max out C...
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Published: 2011-10-19, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: You probably know this by now, since it seems pretty much everyone has read our initial review of AMD's FX-8150 processors, but the "Bulldozer" architecture on which the FX chips are based is a "speed demon"—a CPU designed to run naturally at high clock f...
Abstract: AMD's Bulldozer processor architecture has been in the works for many years and has been delayed many times, causing all sorts of speculations. The "Zambezi" FX processor is one part of the Scorpius platform which combines the "world's first consumer...
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Published: 2011-10-14, Author: James , review by: futurelooks.com
I am honestly not sure what to make of the FX-8150. I did not really lose or gain any performance in games. While this is disheartening, such is not the case with Sandra 2011. In every benchmark I ran in Sandra, with the exception of the SHA-256 results,...
