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Barring any last minute delays, AMD is expected to finally launch its Bulldozer processor line tomorrow, as was reportedly confirmed by U.S. retailer Micro Center just over a week ago. That's good news for AMD fans. Even better news is the fact that these chips should come with plenty of overclocking headroom, provided you're prepared to push the pedal to the metal.
An overclocker who goes by the nick "HiCookie" posted a validated CPU-Z image showing an AMD FX-8150 processor running at 8032.2MHz (8.03GHz) using a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 motherboard and 2GB of Adata DDR3 clocked at 973.4MHz. That's not quite as high as AMD's record breaking demonstration, in which the chip maker pushed the same processor model to 8.4GHz, but impressive nonetheless.
As you might expect, this wasn't done on air and required some serious cooling. HiCookie used LN2 to cool his chip to a chilly -192C, and it's also worth mentioning that he was only pushing two of the eight cores. Those two disclaimers will undoubtedly temper some excitement, at least until we can see what this thing can do in a typical home setup.
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Humpfester
October 11, 2011 at 3:46pm
After holding on to my FX55 for god knows how many years I went with Intel, but It's good to see AMD back in the fight, the old Clawhammer makes a good paper weight.
praack
October 11, 2011 at 10:50am
that new Intel I 7 hit a little over 5 on air- looking forward to seeing the bulldozer come close or match!
keyzs
October 11, 2011 at 10:03am
the wait is finally almost over
just hope there is enough stock for all of us.
cheers!!
bautrey
October 11, 2011 at 11:25am
I can't believe its almost here. Do you know which online retailers will be selling it?
don2041
October 11, 2011 at 12:10pm
Not really, I remember the excitement when AMD tipped over the 1 Ghz barrier. All without exotic cooling technics
