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    I already got a 990fx mobo. Should I upgrade to a FX-8150? Or go with intel?

    I waited for Bulldozer but in the end due to poor performance I decided to switch to Intel. Couldn't be happier with the 2500k.
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    AMD lays off 1400 employees, including execs

    If I was the guy who decided to put the FX moniker on the Bulldozer CPUs I wouldn't feel very safe about my job right now. Seriously seeing the benchmarks of these FX chips was a slap in the face for most of us, who anticipated the return of this legendary model name.
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    AMD FX-8150 Multi-GPU Gameplay Performance Review @ [H]

    Yup I finally switched. I dislike Intel but you really have no other choice.
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    Llano sans GPU. AMD Athlon II X4 631

    @Zarathustra[H] Regarding Civ 5. I think I know why Civ 5 doesn't do well on more cores even though it's a well threaded app/game. It uses Python as its scripting language. Python has this thing called GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) which in certain cases can cause penalties when adding...
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    Is Bulldozer really this bad?

    Where have you been for weeks of discussion when majority of us concluded that it really IS that bad?
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    Upgrade to SB now or wait for IB?

    I just upgraded from a 720 be x3 (@3.5 Ghz 4th core unlocked). That chip was a tremendous value. It was starting to show its age though.
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    Upgrade to SB now or wait for IB?

    I am in a bit of a different boat, since I run OS X. So motherboard choice for me is mostly based on compatibility. So I upgraded now. Will wait and see when Apple starts supporting IB/2011 boards.
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    Ok, second 8120 is bad...Is AMD miss-binningBulldozers?

    It's a power hungry chip I bet it's voltage/power related, especially since you're on your 2nd one.
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    Quit crying like nerdy babies....

    Can't blame people for being disappointed. I think BD is the biggest let-down by AMD yet.
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    Gaming at 1400x900 with Llano

    1440x900 is a laptop resolution, so I think he may be talking about laptops. I would go Llano on a laptop, it's a good deal. For desktop I agree with you.
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    Bulldozer B3 Stepping in Work

    2 Billion transistors and it can't keep up with 700 million transistor CPUs. This tells me there is a lot of room for improvement.
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    What CPU intensive task do you use?

    Compiling source code.
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    Llano sans GPU. AMD Athlon II X4 631

    1M superPi may fit the entire problem in PIIs L3 cache.
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    Where's the IPC @ now Intel? (BD 8150 real world test)

    Also motherboard price difference argument is BS. From the youtube comment:
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    Where's the IPC @ now Intel? (BD 8150 real world test)

    This shows nothing we didn't know. When benchmarked in GPU limited scenarios stock speeds, fx-8150 scores close to 2500k. Nobody buys a 2500k and runs it at stock. Fact is 2500k has about 200Mhz more clock potential over BD. Clock for clock BD gets destroyed by 2500k even at multithreaded...
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