{"id":27348,"date":"2011-10-13T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T00:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=27348"},"modified":"2011-10-13T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:50:16","slug":"twenty-fx-8150-game-benchmarks-with-hd-6970-6970-crossfire-vs-phenom-ii-and-core-i7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/twenty-fx-8150-game-benchmarks-with-hd-6970-6970-crossfire-vs-phenom-ii-and-core-i7\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldozer &#8220;Zambezi&#8221; FX-8150 twenty Game Benchmarks with CrossFire vs. Phenom II and Core i7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n  google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new &#8220;Bulldozer&#8221; FX-series CPUs released today from AMD and ABT has been evaluating the &#8220;Zambezi&#8221; 8-core flagship FX-8150 for the past 5 days. We naturally want to know if it is a good upgrade from AMD&#8217;s aging Phenom II architecture and we will be comparing its performance to our overclocked 980 Black Edition also on the AM3+ platform and also to our overclocked Intel Core i7-920 LGA-1366 platform.<\/p>\n<p>We will briefly introduce the new FX Bulldozer architecture and then head right into our evaluation which will highlight performance in 20 modern games at 1920&#215;1200 and 2560&#215;1600. We will also run synthetic and real world benchmarks on our stock-clocked and overclocked FX 8150.\u00a0 We work to establish its performance in games when paired with a single HD 6970 and also with HD 6970 CrossFire-X2. In this way, we will see if the FX-8150 is worth the $245 that AMD is asking for it.<\/p>\n<p>We notice that FX 8150 is positioned against Intel&#8217;s enthusiast CPU line-up and directly against the upper-midrange Core i5 2500K. Considering that AMD is introducing their new flagship processor at $245, we can expect that its performance should be between the 2500K and 2600K.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>. . .\u00a0 we are still working to get a finished evaluation to you.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the ASUS AM3+ CrossHair V motherboard that AMD sent us for evaluation was dead on arrival and we waited two days for a replacement.\u00a0 This is a highly unusual situation as AMD tests their boards before sending them out for evaluation.\u00a0 The replacement board worked fine except for suspect CrossFire scaling numbers in a few games with the FX-8150.<\/p>\n<p>The complete evaluation will be published in a few hours.\u00a0 In the meantime, we&#8217;d like to present the Summary Chart of 23 benchmarks &#8211; 20 modern games &#8211; with FX 8150 stock and overclocked versus the Phenom II 980 BE at 4.3GHz and versus the Core i7-920 at 3.8GHz (turbo to 4GHz)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/PerfSummary-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/PerfSummary-1.jpg?resize=550%2C444\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/PerfSummary-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/PerfSummary-2.jpg?resize=550%2C445\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot more coming from us in the next few hours including the following:<\/p>\n<p>The Synthetic and Real World Tests<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdtune.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.hdtune.com\/', 'HDTune 2.55']);\" ><em>HDTune 2.55<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdtune.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.hdtune.com\/', 'ATTO']);\" >ATTO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Super Pi<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Chess<\/li>\n<li>Sandra<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futuremark.com\/benchmarks\/pcmarkvantage\/introduction\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.futuremark.com\/benchmarks\/pcmarkvantage\/introduction\/', 'PCMark Vantage']);\" ><em>PCMark Vantage<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Custom PC<\/li>\n<li>Cinebench<\/li>\n<li>x264<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned .. a few more hours &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Poppin<\/p>\n<p>ABT Senior Editor<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new &#8220;Bulldozer&#8221; FX-series CPUs released today from AMD and ABT has been evaluating the &#8220;Zambezi&#8221; 8-core flagship FX-8150 for the past 5 days. 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