As expected and known that BD is a loser to SB until they come out with gen2 (pray hard). After "some" delays, then this piece of shyt.

But i enjoyed those reviews.

Exactly... Some more the price is at rm900+ for FX-8150! Wtf man. Intel ownage liao!

As expected and known that BD is a loser to SB until they come out with gen2 (pray hard). After "some" delays, then this piece of shyt.

But i enjoyed those reviews.

AnandTech's review is pretty good as Anand actually did some analysis.

the main reason u jump ship to sb bcoz i already know the benched result, for fx8150, got friend inside amd, and the only proc that will really make the different is fx8170... hehehehehhe

AnandTech's review is pretty good as Anand actually did some analysis.

I prefer Hardwarecanucks'.
The comparison +/-% between different processors.
It comes in handy.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...-review-20.html

That is why it is late gets its own post. 

If I were Intel, releasing a newer product that is 100MHz higher and about RM100 more than the previous is a way better strategy. They stand to gain nothing by reducing their prices as AMD is never a threat to begin with. Like I said before even if BD is a unbelievably good CPU that excels in ST and MT tasks and totally blows i7 out of the water, AMD cannot keep up with the demand like Intel could. GloFlo is a small fab and can't pump out the volume or yield like Intel's fabs could.

Although it is very possible to oppose the competition to submission, there are antitrust laws that protects and prevents monopoly. There is really no upside to AMD being brought down. If AMD does go down one day, we could probably see at least some price increase on Intel products just because everybody needs a PC these days and you can't do much even if the price increased.

Intel's monopoly is not like the monopoly you could find like a local shop or small to medium business would because even if a shop reduces its price to kill its neighboring competitor and monopoly a certain area, there will definitely be someone to replace the one that has fallen. When AMD goes down, there is no one to take its place as a x86 competitor. Even if the x86 license is transferred to another company there is no guarantee that the new company will be releasing new products for another decade.

You dont really get into much trouble if u beat ur competitor in a fair game. Thats how Nvidia kill 3dfx, consistently beat them with both aggressive performance and price. Besides, Intel can get 2700k to replace 2600k, then another 3.6GHz 2800K to fill the "higher" price part as what u mentioned. They certainly have room to be aggressive and to downsize AMD(but not killing them off). It is a great opportunity for them if u ask me.

But by the time it emerges for the enthusiast market, AMD will probably have to contend with Ivy Bridge, armed with advancements of its own. This isn’t a good thing. I want to see competition—a battle that keeps both Intel and AMD innovating. Does today’s FX invoke the Athlon 64 FX-51 that compelled Intel to rebadge a Xeon and come up with the Extreme Edition moniker back in 2003 just to compete? Not really, no. In fact, the chip giant didn’t have to do anything at all. Its nearly year-old 95 W parts fend for themselves without even a price adjustment.

Although I’m counting on Valencia and Interlagos to fare better against Xeon in the server space, where threaded workloads are the rule, it’s disappointing to see Zambezi suck down the power of Intel’s highest-end processors under load, perform like its competitor’s year-old mainstream chips, and wear the branding of a family that, eight years ago, actually made Intel squirm.