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ivy bridge

buzzlightweight

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i know its a stab in the dark but does anyone know or have an idea when ivy bridge will be out? and at what cost?

also will there be a chip set revision? i know my mobo will except ivy bridge with a bios up date but i will want to get a new board with the new chip.

many thanks
 
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i thought that was ivy bridge-E? and ivy bridge would be 1155, on the asrock website it says

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which leads me to think they are the same socket
 
buzzlightweight said:
i know its a stab in the dark but does anyone know or have an idea when ivy bridge will be out? and at what cost?

also will there be a chip set revision? i know my mobo will except ivy bridge with a bios up date but i will want to get a new board with the new chip.

many thanks
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The biggest increase will be in igp performance, which isn't relevant to most people, new chipset won't bring an awful lot with it, pci-e 3 maybe, to go with it on chip, to be absolutely not utilised by any gpu for a good couple years anyway. 7970 might support it, probably will, won't "need" it at all in any way.

There's going to be very little difference CPU wise between a 2600k and 3600k, but considering you could put the money towards a second 7970 instead, and have a gaming system 70-95% faster depending on the game, I know which way I'd go.

Sandy bridge is pretty awesome, the next "big" update to cpu performance will be Haswell, mid 2013, which should be bringing hex/octo cores to mainstream segment.

If you have a Sandy bridge, there's FAR better things to spend your money on for performance than an Ivy.

Personally, with the cash you seem to be able to save and what you have already, 2x 7950's would be the best upgrade path for you. I'm going on the fact you want a 7970 as you being a gamer. A 2600k is so FAR above what any games need right now, and for the next few years, that spending a load more on upgrading the CPU is where you'll see the least performance gain.
 
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drunkenmaster said:
The biggest increase will be in igp performance, which isn't relevant to most people, new chipset won't bring an awful lot with it, pci-e 3 maybe, to go with it on chip, to be absolutely not utilised by any gpu for a good couple years anyway. 7970 might support it, probably will, won't "need" it at all in any way.

There's going to be very little difference CPU wise between a 2600k and 3600k, but considering you could put the money towards a second 7970 instead, and have a gaming system 70-95% faster depending on the game, I know which way I'd go.

Sandy bridge is pretty awesome, the next "big" update to cpu performance will be Haswell, mid 2013, which should be bringing hex/octo cores to mainstream segment.

If you have a Sandy bridge, there's FAR better things to spend your money on for performance than an Ivy.

Personally, with the cash you seem to be able to save and what you have already, 2x 7950's would be the best upgrade path for you. I'm going on the fact you want a 7970 as you being a gamer. A 2600k is so FAR above what any games need right now, and for the next few years, that spending a load more on upgrading the CPU is where you'll see the least performance gain.
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thanks buddy that has really set my mind up now :) i many blow the cash on a 7990 ;)
 
I've gone off duallie cards myself of late, though I think the pricing in the past couple years has been purposefully to put people off buying them.

IE the 6990/590 are doable, they can make them, but they run silly hot and suck so much juice, RMA rates will likely be pretty high and other than taking the official top card slot, sales don't really matter so they've priced them up to stop people buying them.

If you compare that to a 3870x2 or 4870x2 and to some degree the 5970 they were actually great value, cheaper than 2 separate cards, but they weren't quite as on the limit as the current dual cards in terms of heat/power/noise and cost to make.

Basically, if the 7990 is good value vs 2x7970's or 2x7950's, then get one, if either of the 2 separate card options are significantly cheaper, go with them.

To be honest, again its worth saving the money and getting 2x7950's, frankly the performance on next gen xfire will be so freaking good, if you think 2x7950's at £200 a piece will get you say 150fps in one game, and 2x7970's might get you, 170fps, at £300 a piece, I'd save the money myself, 2x7950 will simply be so freaking powerful, anything more is probably a waste.

Hell, if we get some more unlocking cards, so 7950's that can be run as 7970's, that's even more money to go for the cheaper cards.
 
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