AMD Launchs "Bobcat"

[Warmonger]

I just noticed that AMD just launched their lower end "bulldozers" known as the "bobcat". Any take on these chips? They are fairly cheap and pretty impressive for such a cheap price. They have no L3 cache which isn't a big problem since they have a 4mb L2 cache (better L2 cache is faster then L3). I hear AMD plans on launching a BE for the same core, anyone see any overclocking potential in these chips? Also they support "Crossfire" style graphics with the on-chip GPU. Hence you drop in a 6000 series PCI-E card, and your additional card + on-chip GPU will work together as what they call "Duel GPU".

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[Sardaukar]

They perform at the rate of an i3 CPU vs CPU, but as far as onboard graphics when paired against the like priced i3.. the GPU output is almost exactly double. The i3 was playing the same games at about ~30-32 fps.. while the bulldozer was pushing over 60fps.

Fantastic news for laptop and media devices, as well as HTPC servers... May give me a good reason to pull the low end card out of my current HTPC and replace it with a bulldozer chip. Much less wattage, lots quieter, and performs a tad bit better.

 

[Warmonger]

They perform at the rate of an i3 CPU vs CPU, but as far as onboard graphics when paired against the like priced i3.. the GPU output is almost exactly double. The i3 was playing the same games at about ~30-32 fps.. while the bulldozer was pushing over 60fps.

Fantastic news for laptop and media devices, as well as HTPC servers... May give me a good reason to pull the low end card out of my current HTPC and replace it with a bulldozer chip. Much less wattage, lots quieter, and performs a tad bit better.

What catch's my eye, is the crossfire type of support with a single 6000 series card and the built in GPU working together. Such a huge bonus for budget gamers. Which is quite astonishing, since the APU has 400 of its own Radeon cores. Sorta like buying a 6950 and having 6970 benchmarks.