Look out Bulldozer, here comes Excavator!


  1. Posts : 1,045
    Win8/8.1,Win7-U64, Vista U64, uncounted Linux distor's
       #1

    Look out Bulldozer, here comes Excavator!


    16 cores? Able to leap i7's in a single thread.

    In 2015
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
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    Maybe, there was a lot of hype and ballyhoo over Bulldozer and it was a disappointment to many. By 2015 I suspect Intel will have launched their Broadwell platform.
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #3

    AMD seem to just through more cores in the pile, crank the wattage up and think volume of cores is going to cover up that fact that their technology is a day late and dollar short.
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  4. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
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    Hi there.

    With their far superior graphics and decent robust CPU's- I'd tend to stick to INTEL these days --it always seems to work.

    Any time I've had problems with Video etc it's always been a combination of Nvidia and AMD. Since INTEL seems to have its act back together I can't really see any need for EITHER NVIDIA or AMD any more. A few years ago there were problems with the mobile chipset with intel915 drivers - but that's ancient history now.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  5. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #5

    Layback Bear said:
    AMD seem to just through more cores in the pile, crank the wattage up and think volume of cores is going to cover up that fact that their technology is a day late and dollar short.
    Tell that to my fx8350 Pretty awesome in my book. I like AMD, but intel I will admit does a better job overall with drivers. That is where amd stinks.
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  6. Posts : 21
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
       #6

    jimbo45 said:
    Since INTEL seems to have its act back together I can't really see any need for EITHER NVIDIA or AMD any more.
    Just a wild stab in the dark. I am guessing you don't play games.

    I agree with you in so far as most business computers go. But not for Home users.

    Here is the latest comparison of graphics cards from Toms. Intel is a long way back and needs to get a lot faster before Nvidia and AMD are out of business. It puts their fastest processor at about the same speed as a GTX7800. It was a good card in it's day and I had one of them. I retired it from my system in 2008, replacing it with a faster card. ( Just had another look at the chart. It is the same speed as the mobile 7800GTX and is actually a bit slower than the one I replaced in 2008.)

    Graphics Card Performance Hierarchy Chart - Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2014
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  7. Posts : 925
    Windows 10 Pro
       #7

    I may give AMD CPU a chance one day in the future, heck there alot more cheaper to build. CPU, RAM, Motherboard around $1K.
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