Vishera/Piledriver thread

[cerebus]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Vishera-Bulldozer-Piledriver-FX-Series,17844.html#xtor=RSS-181

Pricing seems pretty decent this time round - $253 for the top end 8350 and that should be AM3+ compatible and probably still backwards compatible with older motherboards.

What do you reckon? Any hope left in AMD? Leaked benchmarks show the top end part sitting just behind a 2600k for the most part.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

rumors say its about 15% faster , clock for clock vs the bulldozer , but the cpu's come stock clocked at 4ghz which is a nice boost , i hope to see these baby's clock to 5ghz on air!

 

[cerebus]

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2204765/amd-vishera-chip-running-at-5ghz-is-spotted

If they can keep the thermal envelope under control which was BD's major downfall it could be a decent performer. But we'll see I was pretty gutted when BD was such a terrible disappointment.

 

[cerebus]

http://www.techpowerup.com/172376/AMD-Shows-Off-A10-5800K-and-FX-8350-Near-IDF.html

5ghz in water and stable in Wprime/Cinebench, @ 1.45v. That's quite impressive.

http://wccftech.com/amd-vishera-fx8350-x86-piledriver-pitted-fx8150-cpu-benchmarks/
Benchmarks show it sitting just behind a 2600k, at $250 retail it should be decent value as well.