im about at the end of the line, if its not out by the 12th im buying intel, and since ivory bridge is too far away, and sandy e doesnt appeal to me at all, i really need this to come out
I guess I'd choose to check some benchmarks comparing it to current Intel's i5's and i7's (performance, temperatures, overclocking capabilities, etc.), and also having price in mind. After a deep through comparison between them I'm pretty sure I'd end up with a very specific conclusion about which one I would get. Cheers, Vatanan.
it depends alot of what you currently have, if you have anything before the i-series i would get it for it should be quite the upgrade
no official word from amd on release date, Im hoping it comes out this year(dec 25th) go ahead buy sandy bridge no need to wait. CPU's will always be coming out amd fx CPU's are being hand out right now to be reviewed
Your current CPU uses the Intel LGA 775 socket so switching to AMD's new FX series (coined the bulldozer and built on the zambezi platform) chipset will mean changing the motherboard and possibly the RAM if Timings and Latency are different with the new board, i am in line with you and excited to hear the fastest FX chipset will be under $200, not bad considering the current Phenom II x4 980 flagship is only $170 or less. Motherboard makers need to catch up with the new AM3+ socket design which will create a wider selection and competetive pricing, try to hold off until later next year and you'll be glad you did, it will still be there waiting for you when are ready for it..
Have you bothered doing any research on Bulldozer? Form what I've read, the Core i7-2600k is going to beat the FX-8150 in thread heavy tasks. Maybe by 9% at the most. In case you don't know, the i7-2600k will sometimes beat an i5-2500k by 40% in thread heavy tasks. I did read that the FX-8150 and perhaps the FX-8120 is going to beat the i5-2500k in pretty much everything... including gaming. Where the FX processors are suppose to shine is with extreme display resolutions. I read that a FX-8150 will massacre the i5-2500k at a 7680x1600 display resolution. It's really made for AMD's Eyefinity. The performance gain on a single 1080p monitor is suppose to be marginally in the FX's favor. I have 3 desktops I own, All of them have a Core i7 processor. I don't need a bulldozer processor. However, if I was going to build someone a PC strictly for gaming, I would build it around a FX-8150. I've built people gaming PC with the Phenom II X4 processors in the past. When it does come out... I would look up the benchmarks. There's a lot of speculation on how well it will perform. Also, the benchmarks that are currently out are altered by both Intel and AMD fanboys alike.
