It's very easy to be dismissive of AMD's mainstream FX processors based on the Piledriver core. Intel has been beating AMD on every front but price for a couple of generations now, owing at least some ...

Before giving our impression of the Piledriver FX series, let's rewind for a minute and recap what we had learned up to this point. When the original Bulldozer-based FX chips landed roughly a year ago ...

AMD released the FX series Vishera - Piledriver based processor. And though everybody has been focusing on that most high-end AMD FX 8350 processor, another three processors have been released.

The new AMD FX-8350 uses the same packaging and socket as previous-generation FX-series processors, based on the Bulldozer microarchitecture. As such, save for some markings atop the chip’s integrated ...

Should I upgrade to a faster AMD CPU or save to buy a new motherboard, CPU and RAM? I currently have an AMD FX-6300, 8GB of GDDR3 and 2 MSI Radeon r9 280x's in crossfire. I think I might have a CPU ...

It's been a rocky year for AMD. In retrospect, Bulldozer's disappointing performance was the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Since it launched, Sunnyvale has laid off thousands, is preparing to lay off ...

A year after introducing Bulldozer FX processors, AMD is refreshing its flagship desktop series with Piledriver, an enhanced version that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency.

Obviously we also had to peek at memory bandwidth performance. The new memory controller works well for AMD's FX series as performance has skyrocketed. We let the motherboard decide what default ...

Even before AMD officially released its Bulldozer-based FX-Series of desktop processors last year, the company was already talking about the follow-on microarchitecture codenamed “Piledriver”. In fact ...