Legit Processor Reviews

AMD FX-8150 Processor Review - Bulldozer Arrives

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: FD8150FRW8KGU
Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5 is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom. Resident Evil 5 features similar gameplay to Resident Evil 4, with context-sensitive controls and dynamic cut scenes also making a return. The player can control Chris Redfield or Sheva Alomar in a similar fashion to Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 4, with the same over-the-shoulder perspective.

Resident Evil 5

We ran the Resident Evil 5 benchmark in DX10 mode with all the image quality settings turned down, which just happens to be the default settings of the game.

Resident Evil 5

This game title runs on up to four threads as you can see from the task manager shot above that was taken on a test system that was running the Intel Core i7-2820QM processor.

Resident Evil 5 Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The AMD FX8150 was easily able to out perform the Intel Core i7-2600K by 8.6% at 1024x768 and 9.4% at 1920x1080. The Intel Core i7-990X crushed the AMD FX-8150 by 27% at 1024x768, though realistically who is going to run a processor that retails for a thousand bucks at 1024x768? When we look at the performance of the Intel Core i7-990X and the AMD FX-8150 at a much more realistic gaming resolution (for processors of this caliber) the difference is only 2 frames per second (1.3%) in favor of the Intel Core i7-990X. For the $750.00 price difference, a 1.3% gain, well we'll let you decide on that one.

Next Page - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark


Review Index
Page 1 - AMD Brings Bulldozer To The Yard
Page 2 - AMD Bulldozer CPU Architecture
Page 3 - The AMD FX-8150 Press Kit & Water Cooler
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - AMD Turbo Core Details and Windows Index Score
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP5
Page 7 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 8 - CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5
Page 9 - Handbrake
Page 10 - POV-Ray 3.7 RC3
Page 11 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 12 - PCMark 7
Page 13 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 14 - Resident Evil 5
Page 15 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 16 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 17 - Total System Power Consumption
Page 18 - AMD FX-8150 CPU Temperature Testing
Page 19 - AMD FX-8150 CPU Overclocking
Page 20 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions