Ivy Bridge Launch Schedule Leaked

thenewoc · 19 Apr 2012 at 09:32

Seems like IB turning out to be rather a pup. Its been shrunk, big deal, it's still gonna look same size inside your case. Then I think, well perhaps it benefits laptops more due to lower power, better igpu but this will only be partly true with it running at stock as a laptop won't have anywhere near the potential of a desktop to keep the cpu cool.

prescott28 · 19 Apr 2012 at 10:56

thenewoc said:
Seems like IB turning out to be rather a pup. Its been shrunk, big deal, it's still gonna look same size inside your case. Then I think, well perhaps it benefits laptops more due to lower power, better igpu but this will only be partly true with it running at stock as a laptop won't have anywhere near the potential of a desktop to keep the cpu cool.

Exactly. I think the 2500K is the way to go but I can't decide what would be better for the motherboard - Z68 or the new Z77. I suspect the former as it is, at least, tried and tested technology.

thenewoc · 19 Apr 2012 at 11:12

I think z77, but a cheapish one as I see this as a stop gap until Haswell. If you go z77 then you keep your options open in the sense that you can still go IB if they produce a better stepping of IB. Otherwise its x79, can't quite decide atm.

prescott28 · 19 Apr 2012 at 11:27

thenewoc said:
I think z77, but a cheapish one as I see this as a stop gap until Haswell. If you go z77 then you keep your options open in the sense that you can still go IB if they produce a better stepping of IB. Otherwise its x79, can't quite decide atm.

I see your point, but I am not going to get a sandy and then upgrade to Ivy. I'll keep the Sandy for a couple of so generations of chips before another upgrade, I am still on a Q6600 which works pretty well after 5 years. In that time I have only had to replace the motherboard.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 19 Apr 2012 at 18:27

This could explain the TDP increase:

http://www.chip-architect.com/news/2012_04_19_Ivy_Bridges_GPU_2-25_times_Sandys.html

The GPU is even bigger now than before in production E1 samples as opposed to the engineering samples. I wonder if they hit some issues which needed a GPU redesign or have improved the GPU performance??

prescott28 · 19 Apr 2012 at 18:45

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
This could explain the TDP increase:

http://www.chip-architect.com/news/2012_04_19_Ivy_Bridges_GPU_2-25_times_Sandys.html

The GPU is even bigger now than before in production E1 samples as opposed to the engineering samples. I wonder if they hit some issues which needed a GPU redesign or have improved the GPU performance??

I bet is was satisfying Apple who want to be able to build machines without graphics cards. Typically, only very low level PCs don't have graphics cards but I think quite a lot of Apple go that way.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:03

It seems a Core i7 3770K review has been leaked earlier:

http://computershopper.com/components/reviews/intel-core-i7-3770k#review-body

They do some games tests,although the HD3000 scores look a tad on the high side and the A8-3850 scores look a tad low.

Jokester · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:09

Guess the good news is that the CPU runs 16C cooler compared to their 2600K on the same cooler.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:13

Its hard to say whether they used an E0 engineering sample or an E1 production sample. It seems the engineering samples are meant to run cooler than the production samples which have been tested.

OTH,the larger GPU section is interesting as is the larger 95W TDP than previously reported.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:16

prescott28 said:
I bet is was satisfying Apple who want to be able to build machines without graphics cards. Typically, only very low level PCs don't have graphics cards but I think quite a lot of Apple go that way.

The CPU examined was a desktop Core i5 3550:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-ivy-bridge-cpu-3d-transistor,15337.html

It will be interesting to see if the Anandtech HD4000 IGP review is still an accurate indication of performance,or whether the larger IGP is down to improving yields.

jwsg · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:26

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
It seems a Core i7 3770K review has been leaked earlier:

http://computershopper.com/components/reviews/intel-core-i7-3770k#review-body

They do some games tests,although the HD3000 scores look a tad on the high side and the A8-3850 scores look a tad low.

Interesting review to appear prior to embargo lift. Claimed 4.6Ghz @65C with stock cooler, 77W TDP.

the_director · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:28

I don't know what to think anymore. Will just have to wait until the full reviews our out.

jwsg · 19 Apr 2012 at 19:35

.. is that really the stock cooler?

Doop! · 19 Apr 2012 at 21:28

Is there a mirror of that review anywhere? It seems to have been taken down

james_ati · 19 Apr 2012 at 21:58

Its not the intel stock cooler but by no means is it an awesome cooler.

At least something positive has been leaked finally! just wish I could have read it before it was taken down!

thenewoc · 19 Apr 2012 at 23:32

Darn, no google cached page either, hope it was true, sounds like it was quite positive.

jb7 · 19 Apr 2012 at 23:46

thenewoc said:
Darn, no google cached page either, hope it was true, sounds like it was quite positive.

Was definitely true, read it earlier. Was a positive review, showed small increases over SB but nothing too major

the_director · 20 Apr 2012 at 00:32

But was it a retail chip? Basically review said small CPU increase, big GPU increase but much cooler and used less power - clocked to 4.6. It was essentially the complete opposite to every other review / leak I've read.

bulldog147 · 20 Apr 2012 at 04:25

Ivybridge going to be nightmare exspecially those on air cooler (temp rocket to 90C!) remind me of old i7 920 C0!

So, Intel, no thanks! I am going to stick and glad to staying with sandybridge (one of the best cooling cpu ever)

I cannot believe how on earth ivybridge 22nm ran hotter than 32nm ? Even thought ivy got lowest vcore than sandy but sandy still much cooling than ivy. Intel is no future for overclocking now.

I just wish AMD and Intel stop putting GPU on the chip (what the point ? as we all use our high end graphic card.

Disappointed for ivy as the same as bulldozer.

VoG · 20 Apr 2012 at 10:38

bulldog147 said:
I just wish AMD and Intel stop putting GPU on the chip (what the point ? as we all use our high end graphic card. )

The point is that the "enthusiast" slice of the market is negligable compared to the bulk beige box shifters, which is where Intels/AMDs profits lie.