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AMD Bulldozer & Bobcat
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renz496
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Jul 16 2011, 05:01 PM
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lol too many rumor right now. AMD announced before the proc will come out in 60-90 day in june (so the worst case we will see the proc in public around september) right now some rumor suggest the launch is puch back to october: http://www.nordichardware.com/news/69-cpu-...or-october.html
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renz496
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Jul 19 2011, 10:06 PM
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QUOTE(dma0991 @ Jul 18 2011, 10:18 PM) It was pointed out that there could be a possibility that BD was never delayed and it is 'delayed' due to the fact that AMD is production constrained and the 32nm fab is full steam for the past few months for Llano release. AMD does not have a fab of their own and GF is actually pretty small compared to TSMC, therefore it is more likely that it is production constrained. The 60-90 days could be an indication that they were just beginning to mass produce and package BD for August-October launch. That is why I mentioned before that even if BD is what it thought to be and it totally destroyed SB in every single test it won't be able to be a huge hit due to the fact that GF is small and cannot meet the demands like Intel could with their fabs. That could also be the reason that Intel might not budge SB pricing even if BD were to come out because Intel knows that AMD is production constrained and cannot exceed 20% of the market's demand. heard about this capacity thing before. from AMD announcement before in june people expect the worse we well see bulldozer in september (i believe this is the time people start speculating about that capacity thing). then some rumor comes out that the processor will out by october which lead some folks believe that AMD really have a problem with bulldozer and the delay was not caused by insufficient capacity at GF alone. QUOTE(yinchet @ Jul 18 2011, 11:36 PM) ^ all PCI-E 2.0?? hope they come up with PCI-E 3.0 for more future proof. right now PCI-E 3.0 is not important. even GTX580 in SLI doesn't show performance decrease when using x8/x8 config compared to x16/x16. even if it does the performance penalty are very minimal
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renz496
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Jul 21 2011, 04:07 PM
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QUOTE(yshiuan @ Jul 20 2011, 09:20 PM) am3+ socket will last for how long? until next gen of bulldozer comes out? planning to get am3+ mobo i believe most people don't have an answer for that. it depends on how long AMD wants to keep it.
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