Today Windows updater may have brought "Bulldozer" users a little surprise. A hotfix that increases the AMD flagship processors performance. As this "hotfix" is bleeding edge news any benchmarks have yet to be seen but this confirms Windows 7 was in fact hampering "Bulldozer" from performing at 100% in all prior benches. What percentage it was previously performing at has yet to be determined. Here is a small snippet from the Hotfix release notes.You can download the Hotfix here

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#1 Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator Good news for BD owners ! Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 17:46 Reply

#2 HossHuge

Bring on the reviews AGAIN!! Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 17:50 Reply

#3 BlackOmega

Link to the actual article? Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 17:52 Reply

#4 TheMailMan78

Big Member BlackOmega Link to the actual article? Sometimes.......just sometimes WE ARE THE ARTICLE YO! Looking forward to seeing some REAL benches. I just hope its not a 5% jump or something small.Sometimes.......just sometimes WE ARE THE ARTICLE YO! Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 17:52 Reply

#5 DigitalUK

even if it was 5% its better than nothing, at least it shuts up those who said the patch was BS.



great news, someone get the benchmarks on. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 17:54 Reply

#6 brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Someone with a bulldozer chip do a before and after benchmark and see what you get? Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:00 Reply

#7 johnnyfiive

We should be able to get some numbers pretty dang fast here on TPU, plenty of people here have FX's. I sold my Bulldozer rig already so I can't provide numbers unfortunately. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:03 Reply

#8 Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator TheMailMan78 Sometimes.......just sometimes WE ARE THE ARTICLE YO! A couple times on GPU I beat the "big boys" to a story. It's not easy. Well done.



On topic : Come on BD owners ... benchies !! A couple times on GPU I beat the "big boys" to a story. It's not easy. Well done.On topic : Come on BD owners ... benchies !! Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:03 Reply

#9 pantherx12

Can't see download link D: Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:04 Reply

#10 bear jesus

I look forward to seeing what difference it makes. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:05 Reply

#11 phanbuey

I would really love to see some benchmarks of how this performs. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:10 Reply

#12 JustaTinkerer

Just yesterday I was saying this didnt exist, I need to learn to stfu, hat eating time.



I only have novabench on my PC.



What tests you wanna see done? mind no graphics stuff as Im running on a 3850 crossfire setup right now and no overclocking results as im on stock till my new water pump come in.



I have the hotfix just not installed it yet Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:10 Reply

#13 pantherx12

Right think I got it now so will install, anyone want to send me links to benches to run, already have cinebench. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:16 Reply

#14 HossHuge

Graphics and overclocking don't matter. We want to see a before hotfix and after hotfix. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:16 Reply

#15 fullinfusion

Vanguard Beta Tester Shit! I sold my BD to Paulieg... I hope he can run it and show me some numbers... I have some before numbers but need the numbers after the hot fix. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:24 Reply

#16 JustaTinkerer

Downloading PCmark vantage 10 min to go Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:26 Reply

#17 phanbuey

Please post some benchies before and after if you can! txs Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:36 Reply

#18 pantherx12

So far I'm getting lower scores.



Great hot fix Microsoft! Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:38 Reply

#19 Fatal1ty39





KB Article Number(s): 2592546

Language: All (Global)

Platform: x64

Location: ( link for the HOTFIXKB Article Number(s): 2592546Language: All (Global)Platform: x64Location: ( hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Windows%20Server2008%20R2%20SP1/sp2/Fix381038/7600/free/440338_intl_x64_zip.exe Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:40 Reply

#20 InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender I'm interested to see an in depth article to see if it actually does anything. Less than 5% takes the piss. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:45 Reply

#21 riska





Look at post 2 there is a before and after pic



www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/nyheder/9028-microsoft-klar-med-hotfix-til-bulldozer.html It helps nothing this hotfixLook at post 2 there is a before and after pic Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 18:54 Reply

#22 pantherx12

riska It helps nothing this hotfix



Look at post 3 there is a before and after pic



www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/nyheder/9028-microsoft-klar-med-hotfix-til-bulldozer.html I swear that's the second post :laugh:







If anything they've got a performance hit look at the small box that's some kind of memory test/compression test ?



Same performance hit here.



Bloody hell did microsoft even test these? :laugh: I swear that's the second post :laugh:If anything they've got a performance hit look at the small box that's some kind of memory test/compression test ?Same performance hit here.Bloody hell did microsoft even test these? :laugh: Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 19:03 Reply

#23 MGF Derp

riska It helps nothing this hotfix



Look at post 3 there is a before and after pic



www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/nyheder/9028-microsoft-klar-med-hotfix-til-bulldozer.html wPrime went down .4 sec, thats an improvement. And it looks like the after tests were 4C and the before were 8C. Not knowing how multithreaded cinebench is but if the scores are the same with 4C off and it is highly multithreaded wouldn't that be considered an improvement? wPrime went down .4 sec, thats an improvement. And it looks like the after tests were 4C and the before were 8C. Not knowing how multithreaded cinebench is but if the scores are the same with 4C off and it is highly multithreaded wouldn't that be considered an improvement? Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 19:04 Reply

#24 Jeffredo

Looking forward to a professional review site (in English) to test it. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 19:08 Reply

#25 dezz

This fix is for improving less-threaded application performance (like f.ex. games)!

No wonder it has no effect on CineBench@8 threads. Posted on Dec 15th 2011, 19:11 Reply