Originally Posted by
Quantum Reality
This really seems to me like AMD Is trying for a face-saving way to exit the CPU market, because of how badly Bulldozer flopped as compared to expectations.
No, BD isn't horrible, but when it basically constitutes a side-grade from some higher-end Phenom IIs, and is heavily motherboard dependent (did anyone see the benches showing that a Gigabyte 990FX produces ~20% increases in some benches compared to Asus's Crosshair V?), and needs a patch to the OS scheduler for Win7 (this is reminiscent of people needing some kind of patch from MS to work Hyperthreading properly under Windows 2000).....
Well, it starts to remind me of the car that will only start if you wiggle the steering wheel, pump the gas once, jiggle the key just right in the ignitiion, and then it turns over.
Servers? Ha. Good luck.
Too many people now specify Intel only for their server systems because they hear about AMD flopping here, there and everywhere, but Intel continues to turn out high-speed, quality products that always work as advertised (which includes running very fast) - well, it's a no-brainer.
Opterons are good, but I never see them advertised anywhere.