New CPUs for 1155?

[SH1]

As said above... 3 years from now you would have most likely upgraded platforms. Since only the top end cards will be able to actually use that bandwidth, the people that buy top end cards are usually upgrading at least every other year.

The point I try to make to people is this: If PCI-E 3.0 is included in the hardware you buy, great. If not, don't worry about it. Don't make PCI-E 3.0 a primary decision maker in the hardware you choose to buy.

I would not have upgraded from Sandy to Ivy, for the sake of PCI 3.0 or anything else new in Ivy...

However, as I don't upgrade that often, but want a very big upgrade when I do, including graphics, PCI 3.0 in a new machine, of course...

 

[ZodaEX]

Sorry, that wasn't at u M2. I was pretty much responding to PVP. I have no complaints for my ivy so far and "flop" would never leave my mouth when speaking of it.

Ivys are nice, just wish they were less expensive so I could afford one.

 

[ShePearl]

You will change your platform long before PCI 2.0 is saturated.

PCI-E 2.0 x16 is *already* saturated on multi-GPU configurations. Period.

 

[RamonGTP]

Obvious troll thread is obvious. 3/10 for effort

and I don't agree

 

[swatX]

What do people like the op expect? They aren't getting any competition. This isn't 4 years ago where every step was a solid improvement from before.

Instead of blaming intel maybe put the blame on AMD for not providing a product that can actually compete with the intel


Btw i went from q6600 to i7 3770k and i am very happy.

 

[aphexcoil]

Are we talking about mobile solutions? I think not, so the power consumption difference is insignificant (23W?), which is probably canceled by the fact you need a more powerful cooler since it runs hotter.
PCIE3 support is useless, wake up, 0 difference vs. PCIE2.

23 watts power savings may be insignificant to you, but keep in mind that if you leave your computer on all the time, you're saving around 550 watts per day. That's about 4-5 cents a day, or approximately $20 a year. If you're a corporation that is upgrading a few hundred computers, that's thousands of dollars in savings per year.

Also, for mobile platforms, the extra power savings means increased battery life for a laptop when one is on the road.

Intel started a brand new fabrication process with 3D transistors. I'm sure it will take a year or two to work out the kinks, but I hardly would call Ivy Bridge a "flop." Remember, it's supposed to be just a miniaturization of the fabrication process, but we did get quite a sweet enhancement for the on-board graphics processor, which allows a lot of fairly new games to be playable on a laptop.

 

[aphexcoil]

What do people like the op expect?

I'd imagine they're expecting something unrealistic, like 50% performance gains across the board. Actually, we did get that with consideration to the on-board graphics. I'm not an Intel fan boy, but I am happy with the gains made going to the new fab process. This gives Intel a clear path down to 10nm fabrication, with 7nm a distinct possibility.

At 7nm, you're talking 9 times the density of transistors, which equates to more CPU's per wafer or much more powerful CPU's at the same size as today's CPUs.

 

[tombew]

I think we can all agree the Ivy Bridge chips are a total flop compared to the previous generation.

It sure looks like Intel made a big mistake using cheap thermal paste instead of the fluxless solder they previously used....must be cheaper.....
I wonder what genius signed off on this to save what - $0.50/chip????

 

[ZodaEX]

It sure looks like Intel made a big mistake using cheap thermal paste instead of the fluxless solder they previously used....must be cheaper.....
I wonder what genius signed off on this to save what - $0.50/chip????

IMHO they did. Sandy Bridge was my first Intel Build ever, and due to their TIM shenanigans I won't be buying Ivy Bridge. My next build will likely be a Llano system.

 

[Flekx]

2500k is just way to cheap for us budget to performance people!

 

[Tsumi]

IMHO they did. Sandy Bridge was my first Intel Build ever, and due to their TIM shenanigans I won't be buying Ivy Bridge. My next build will likely be a Llano system.

Why not Trinity?

 

[shadowman01]

ivy bridge was a total success.. sounds like an amd fanboy trying to make people second guess intel.. lol