AMD CPU Questions

[Masteroderus]

Hello.

I was wondering if there would be any point to going with the 8150 vs the 4100 bulldozer chips with respect to gaming.

I am upgrading to a trifire loadout with 3 6950 with unlocked shaders and 6970 clocks. I want something that will take my bf3 experience from ~ 45 fps to a solid 60 @ 1680x1050 on ultra with msaa enabled. But I do not really like the bulldozer chips currently, and would gladly put a 1090 or a 1100 hexa core or a 9xx black edition quad core but they're not available in my area. I also plan to upgrade to piledriver as I have a feeling they'll be better than a 1100T and a 980 in every benchmark.

Thus I would prefer the 4100, but I fear it won't be significantly better than my 3.8 GHz x2 250.

Thanks for your time.

[dandelioneater]

The 4100 might be a slight improvement for the time being if you can clock it past 4 GHz. I think you can get ~4.3-4.4 GHz with them. Single threaded performance is still poor with those chips even when clocked high though.

[Adzsask]

Keep searching for an 1100/1090T, otherwise I would wait to see what piledriver brings. If you want something now z68/2500k.

[sswilson]

If your only choice ATM is BD, and you're currently running a X3, I'd really question whether or not a 4100 is going to be much of an upgrade for you. I'm still holding out for a sub $200 8150 (because that's what an equivalent 1090t goes for if you can find it) before even considering a BD even though I'm currently running an X2 Athlon on a 990FX chipset board which just seems wrong........ ;)

And wow.... just did a quick search on NCIX and didn't come up with a single BD product other than an upcoming WC'd version @ damn near $400.... did NCIX drop BD support completely?

[upcoast604]

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I think you're better off skipping the x4 and go right to x6/x8 cores. X2 250 just isn't in the ball park.

Option 2 a x4 960t 3hgz might un lock to a stable x6 if you get lucky. Unlocking cores is luck of the draw though.

[Masteroderus]

Thanks guys.

I would wait for a piledriver, or a used phenom to appear, but I need the chip quick. I'll just have to shell out 229 for a 8150

:(

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by sswilson

If your only choice ATM is BD, and you're currently running a X3, I'd really question whether or not a 4100 is going to be much of an upgrade for you. I'm still holding out for a sub $200 8150 (because that's what an equivalent 1090t goes for if you can find it) before even considering a BD even though I'm currently running an X2 Athlon on a 990FX chipset board which just seems wrong........ ;)

And wow.... just did a quick search on NCIX and didn't come up with a single BD product other than an upcoming WC'd version @ damn near $400.... did NCIX drop BD support completely?

My search skills were lacking this afternoon... they have stock, just not linked under AM3+ or through a search of "Zambezi". Only way I can see to access them is to select all processors and then AMD.

[moocow]

If you don't have an AM3+ motherboard already, why bother with BD? The current benchmarks just doesn't hold up against Intel in FPS and in power consumption. I'm only looking at Piledriver because I got a spare board lying around.

[Masteroderus]

Originally Posted by moocow

If you don't have an AM3+ motherboard already, why bother with BD? The current benchmarks just doesn't hold up against Intel in FPS and in power consumption. I'm only looking at Piledriver because I got a spare board lying around.

I do have an am3+ mobo, the ASUS Crosshair V.

Isn't it so cool that AMD supports so many generations of chips on one mobo? :D

[Shadowmeph]

That is the one huge thing I love ABout AMD is

Isn't it so cool that AMD supports so many generations of chips on one mobo? :D

and the lower prices compared to Intel