ok i was about to buy a intel i7 2600k, with two gtx 560 ti, im no millionare, so i want the best bang for the buck machine, i was going to buy two cards to use them on sli mode when im alone at home, but for the most part ill be using them on diferent machines, one for me and one for my brother, i want to buy some high end sli capable pc, and another one more modest for my brother , i was thinking to get a i5 and 4gb ram, for him, so, should i buy just this one for now and save my money for the upcoming bulldozer?, what do you think? what are your predictions?, any advice? 8cores really sounds cool, and it has to be more future proof than an i7 with just 4 cores, they say the new amds will out perform current i7s, even if they dont do it on a core by core comparison, they should be able to beat the i7s on multithreaded aplications isnt it?, but on the other side, an i5 2300 can outperform a six core phenom, for the benchmarks and reviews i have read, what to do? who to belive?
Ahhh the conundrums of building a computer,in the end what ever you buy now will be old news in six months at the rate which intel and amd are spitting out new processors. I know AMD are having issues with bulldozer as they were'nt achieving the speeds they had hoped for and due to this its release is set for August or September (maybe July fingers crossed) Anyway regarding its performance against sandybridge I guess we will have to take a wait and see approach anything other than that is foley as without a proper release and review we can only take guesses as to what they will perform like
They were supposed to be out on the 7th, almost a week ago. Instead, release was delayed until about September-ish due to performance issues. According to AMD, they needed to increase the clock speed so they could compete with Sandy Bridge. According to a benchmark from someone that got their hands on one of the 8 core models and tested it (may not be real but it looks real) it actually fell short of the performance of Phenom II X6. So, expect September but don't hold your breath. I tried to find the video I watched of the benchmark tests being run but I can only find the confirmed fake benchmarks from May that show it outperforming the i7-2600k. There will be more bulldozers after the initial release, some of them with 10 cores. Intel will also be releasing a new enthusiast line (for $1000-ish) later this year including some 8 core models on... of course... a new motherboard socket and chipset. Then there is Ivy Bridge coming out sometime in the first half of 2012 featuring 3d transistors and a 22nm geometry. It will work on the current LGA 1155 socket but, oh of course, needs its own chipset. At least with the bulldozer you can already buy a motherboard that will support it along with Athlon II and Phenom II.
