AMD Bulldozer FX-8130P Clocked at 6GHz

[linkin]

http://wccftech.com/2011/06/02/amd-bulldozer-fx8130p-overclocked-6ghz-liquid-nitrogen-cpuz-details/

 

[mihir]

It says the original pricing of the CPU will be $320 which is more than the sandy bridge 2600k, I would take this as a good sign regarding the performance.

 

[StrangleHold]

From what I understand, all these benchmarks and screen shots are fake. Think motherboard manufactures said that all thats been released are low clocked and locked engineering samples. From AMD the B0 stepping was unstable, the B1 stepping was stable but didnt clock well enough. They are going for a B2 stepping trying to get the clocks up.

 

[wolfeking]

i wouldnt. Clock speed isnt everything. Im sure that I could hit 4-5 GHz with a P3 if I tried and had some lNO2 laying around for cooling. That dont mean it preforms well.

 

[FuryRosewood]

...and if those volts are indication...cmon jeez thats just a little excessive folks?

 

[wolfeking]

thats a B0 stepping though. I think that the B2 release will be able to clock higher on a lower voltage.

 

[linkin]

Strangehold is right, they are indeed fake. Look at "Instructions" where the last word is chopped off. CPU-Z doesn't do that. The TDP doesn't change either, it should just report what the stock TDP is. It does for my Athlon even though it's overclocked.

EDIT: However, that TDP could be taking Turbo Core into consideration.

 

[StrangleHold]

Yeah, I think the voltage and Max TDP gives it away (like linkin mine still says 95W even though it clocked to 3.8). Plus I'm pretty sure all the engineering samples had locked X too.

 

[linkin]

Yeah, I think the voltage and Max TDP gives it away (like linkin mine still says 95W even though it clocked to 3.8). Plus I'm pretty sure all the engineering samples had locked X too.

Here's something more legit by the Author of CPU-Z:

http://wccftech.com/2011/06/02/official-bulldozer-zambezifx-details-revealed-cpuz-aurthor/

Seems a bit more plausible. And the Cache matches the other screen.

 

[StrangleHold]

Yeah, that looks more legit. From what motherboard manufactures claim they were ES, low clocked and locked. Seems the stepping should be B0. But maybe the B0 was the first production die that wasnt stable.

Plus in the top CPUz a ES would not be called 8130P. It would just be called Eng Sample like the bottom one. And having the Max TDP blank seems right for a ES too.

 

[linkin]

Yeah, that looks more legit. From what motherboard manufactures claim they were ES, low clocked and locked. Seems the stepping should be B0. But maybe the B0 was the first production die that wasnt stable.

IIRC the first steppings had performance issues? Seems plausible as it's an entirely new architecture and a module is about 80% of two cores.

 

[StrangleHold]

From what I've read, the B0 wasnt to stable and B1 got it right but it would not clock like they wanted it to. So they are working on a B2 stepping to get the clocks up.

 

[linkin]

Seems to go with the slide they showed at Computex. Chips in 60-90 days from June 1st.

 

[StrangleHold]

Yeah, i've read around Sept. too.

 

[2048Megabytes]

If this information is correct on the B0 samples for Advanced Micro Devices hopefully they can get out their first Socket AM3+ processors out at the beginning of August rather than September.

 

[claptonman]

Using liquid nitrogen, yeah, I've seen videos from AMD where they got to 7Ghz. Doesn't mean it's at all practical.

 

[linkin]

Using liquid nitrogen, yeah, I've seen videos from AMD where they got to 7Ghz. Doesn't mean it's at all practical.

But's it's still pretty good for ES silicon Remember that the phenoms at 7GHz are production chips and have better silicon/stepping etc.