I switched to AMD back in 2004-ish when AMD beat the pants off Intel.

I still have those CPUs. I don't remember whether it was the 2800+ or the 5000+, but it rocked the CPU world, at the time.


/e Hell, I still have the actual computer I built that has the AMD 5000+ in it. It still works.


Although I no longer have the motherboard, I still have the 2800+ as well...










This post was edited by Ghot on Oct 30 2019 11:17pm

thanks obama, my cores

Although I'd dearly love to blame Obama for this... I don't think he had anything to do with it.

"I'm objective"

"I'd get emotional satisfaction out of blaming Obama for any random thing"

problem solved

Thanks ghot
Ive been using an fx8350 for a long time now

Same.




/e


Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1

AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard ( 1302 BIOS)
EVGA 03G-P4-2883-KR GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-bit GDDR5
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866Mhz RAM CMD16GX3M2A1866C9
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 CPU Cooler (push/pull)

WD 500GB Velociraptor - SATA III
WD 2TB Caviar Black FZEX - SATA III
WD 2TB Caviar Black FZEX - SATA III
WD 2TB Caviar Black FZEX - SATA III
LG GH22LS30 CD/DVD Burner

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad EPS12V

DELL Ultrasharp U3011, 30" monitor
Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 THX Speakers (Black)
Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Keyboard (Cherry MX Black)
Logitech Optical M-100

COOLER MASTER ATCS 840 Full Tower Case
3x230mm, 1x120mm, Optional: 3x Scythe S-Flex SFF21G 120mm (installed)






When I stopped gaming as my main pastime, I realized I didn't have to upgrade every or every other year.

This post was edited by Ghot on Oct 31 2019 05:28am

O.o I think I put one of those into my fathers PC, but I purchased through a Minnesota local microcenter, so guess I'm effed until I can hop on a local class action?

I bought it for the 8 core hype and because I was happy with my Phenom II x6 1090T, that thing was a beast and overclocked pretty good in its final days.



This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Oct 31 2019 06:05am

You're not exactly "effed". The CPU is fine. The suit just concerns AMD's advertising. Your father can still use the CPU, and you can still collect the money. It's not like you have to RETURN the CPU to get the money.

They advertised the FX-8350 as having 8 cores, which it really doesn't. It has 4 cores, each composed of TWO modules, hence the term 8 cores. The computer and all CPU programs still SEE eight cores, even though there is really only four.
AMD is known for adapting terminology to make their product SEEM more able.

That's sort of what they have to do with their 3 fabrication plants, trying to compete with Intel's 23 fabs.



/e But yeah, I noticed the same thing going from the Phenom 955 to the FX-8350. Here's another little bit of info.... An FX-8350 running at say... 4.5Ghz only does the same amount of WORK as an Intel CPU running at 4.0Ghz. The older, Phenom CPUs actually DID do the same amount of work as their speed indicated. Aka, a 4.0Ghz Phenom did the SAME amount of work as a 4.0Ghz Intel CPU.





/ee


Here's an example of a program that can take advantage of all the cores of a CPU, running on Windows 7 on an FX processor. You can see that although Task manager > Processes shows all eight cores... only FOUR cores are really doing the work.






This post was edited by Ghot on Oct 31 2019 06:32am