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 ...

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 ...

Just how does a $300 AMD CPU and motherboard combo compare against a $1000 Intel combo at 4K on GTX 780 and GTX 980 SLI? Let's find out. Earlier on in the week, we pitted our AMD and Intel systems ...

AMD has revealed the latest in its FX Series of processors: the Piledriver Vishera chips. Aimed at computer users with demanding hardware needs, the new series comes in 4, 6, and 8-core variants with ...

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I am trying to decide between a FX8350 set up vs a i7 4790K set up. I will use the pc for gaming, graphic design, 3D design and rendering and video editing. I am moving up from a old q6600 system. I ...

AMD is launching multiple new processors today, including new high-powered options for midrange motherboards as well as a slight upward tip for the FX-8xxx family. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Now that AMD's 8-core FX Bulldozer processors based on the 'Zambezi' 32nm architecture are out, here's a quick run-through of how to build a system around AMD's latest silicon. Since RAM is pretty ...

Performance Summary: The FX-8350 is the most powerful desktop processor released by AMD to date. The improvements afforded by its updated Piledriver microarchitecture, in addition to significantly ...

AIDA64 demonstrates that AMD hasn't changed anything to improve the memory subsystem of the Piledriver FX processors. Although the FX-8350 had 4% more read bandwidth at its disposal, keep in mind that ...

It is just over a year since AMD launched its flagship consumer CPU. Probably known to you as 'Bulldozer' and brought to market under the performance-intimating FX branding, AMD's grounds-up design, ...