Bulldozer CPU takes world record 8.429Ghz

[Dark Mantis]

As I put in the title the AMD Bulldozer has been overclocked to a new world record speed of 8.429Ghz  More details here:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3303415/amd-breaks-world-record-with-overclocked-chip/?cmpid=HTML-DN140911&olo=daily%20news

[soarwitheagles]

As I put in the title the AMD Bulldozer has been overclocked to a new world record speed of 8.429Ghz  More details here:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3303415/amd-breaks-world-record-with-overclocked-chip/?cmpid=HTML-DN140911&olo=daily%20news

dm,  if the bulldozer is so fast, why are so many people so dissapointed with it?

soar

[Aussie Allan]

   Early days yet....it might even go further.......although not everyone has a ready supply of NO2 in the Pantry ........

  "Honey,........when you go up to the CO-OP ,....can you get me another bottle of NO2"     

  Aussie Allan

[absic]

Hi Soar,

I don't know what DM's take on this is but I guess that most people are disappointed as the results from recent reviews do not live up to the pre-release hype. These new FX processors were claimed to be as fast, if not faster than the i5 & i7 sandy bridge chips at stock with lower TDP and better overclockability. As you know, if you have read any of the reviews, they don't do quite what was expected of them and, in some cases are no better than the X6 1090T and 1100T Phenom ii's.

The pricing of these new chips doesn't do much, at the moment to help the situation as you can actually buy a 2500K i5 for less and a 2600k i7 for a little more which will give better out of the box performance. I would think, as production volumes ramp up the prices will drop and will become quite a bit lower which will then make them a little more appealing.

Getting a good overclock on the FX processors requires a good cooling solution. The higher speeds will be achieved with water cooling systems and, if you want to try for a record then you need to look at CO2 or LN cooling.

Personally, I feel that these new chips will prove to be better once they are out of the hands of the review experts and are actually being used in real world situations. It is one thing to use "standard" benchmarking software to compare CPU's, but something else when users put them into a real system and use a wider variety of software.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi Soar,

In answer to your question I don't think I could put it any better than absic has already done. I think he has covered just about my feelings on the subject already.