ivybridge

[kg648]

any ideas when ivybridge is coming out?

 

[Orcvader]

H1 2012.

 

[paulc25]

Its supposed to be quad channel right? What kind of performance hit would you take running it in dual channel? I have 2x4GB ram sticks and wouldn't need another 8 GB. Anyone ran their i7 920's in dual instead of triple channel that have a rough idea?

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Ivybridge is March/April next year according to latest invitation from Intel

The quad channel chip you're thinking of is Sandybridge-E which launches most likely next month. Lookup X79 and Sandybridge-E on Google. It's a faster version of Sandybridge made on the same 32nm process and without the onboard graphics.

Ivybridge is the 22nm die shrink of the current Sandybridge processors and will be very similar.

 

[Skidder]

why don't we start a thread and create thousands of posts about it for the next few qauarters and then have it be rubbish!

 

[Stonedofmoo]

lol indeed. That Bulldozer thread was such an epic fail in the end

 

[tbh]

any ideas when ivybridge is coming out?

April 2012 most likely.

Don't expect massive gains over SB however, for that you will need to wait for Haswell; most of the improvements will be to the integrated GPU and low TDP performance.

 

[JediFragger]

Now that the awwwwwwwesome Bulldozer benchies are out I'd expect a delay til H2 2013

 

[dazzerd]

Ivybridge is March/April next year according to latest invitation from Intel

The quad channel chip you're thinking of is Sandybridge-E which launches most likely next month. Lookup X79 and Sandybridge-E on Google. It's a faster version of Sandybridge made on the same 32nm process and without the onboard graphics.

Ivybridge is the 22nm die shrink of the current Sandybridge processors and will be very similar.

Don't know why people keep saying Sandybridge E is a faster version of Sandybridge when it has been shown that in some cases it is slower than Sandybridge. This is primarily a worksation/server chip designed for stupid bandwidth requirements, where those requirments are not there, there is no benefit over SB other than more pci-e lanes, which again is only going to be of benefit to users either running multi gpu settings and raid card configurations. Of course there is a six core version too which is unlikely to be on SB/IB but you better get some serious cash out for that chip.

See here for an excellent preview: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-3960x-x79-performance,3026.html

 

[Miidget]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/10/10/all-about-ivy-bridge/1

Apparently all the info you need on the ivybridge there. Went straight over my head but might be useful for you lot that understand it.

 

[drunkenmaster]

We don't need a long thread on Ivybridge because, Intel have told us what it is, and its 95% the same as Sandy Bridge, 5% IPC gain, 5% clock gain, 10% overall faster than Sandy Bridge, pretty much same everything except a bigger gpu, better in quicksync......... but quicksync isn't well supported(which is a huge shame), still crap for gaming(though probably good for minecraft/ultra low end gaming).

Theres not much more to know, quad cores, 22nm, probably lower power usage(mature old process's aren't much worse than brand new processes these days), bigger gpu. For the vast majority of users you'd be completely unable to tell the difference between them.

Encoding "might" get a nice boost from the addition of the XOP instruction, might not it seems.

Haswell is the next "big" change for Intel, mid 2013, it could be awesome, potentially 6-8 cores being brought down into the mainsteam price points, ie 6-8 core at 2600k pricing, quad core's hopefully noticeably cheaper than a current 2500k(say £100) and cut down 8 cores or hex cores somewhere in the middle.

 

[malfunkshun]

ignore

 

[HighlandeR]

Will ivybridge be worth the wait though ?

Or easier just to get a 2500k/2600k....

 

[blackninja]

Now that the awwwwwwwesome Bulldozer benchies are out I'd expect a delay til H2 2013

Don't forget the Shhhooooccckkkk that comes with the awwwwwwweeeee!

 

[Purgatory]

Now that the awwwwwwwesome Bulldozer benchies are out I'd expect a delay til H2 2013

Exactly.. good old AMD doing what it knows best... Intel does not have to rush anything now...

I gave up waiting for these super chips last week and got myself an I7 2600k.. Also this week gave up waiting for their 7000 series graphics cards that will probably do as well as their cpu range. Nvidia i'm back after this week... didn't miss you Nvidia but better the devil you know then the devil you don't..

 

[Ynot]

Will ivybridge be worth the wait though ?

Or easier just to get a 2500k/2600k....

Just wondering, would it be best to stay with the 2600K for video encoding then?

Thanks.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Will ivybridge be worth the wait though ?

Or easier just to get a 2500k/2600k....

Well it depends, if you have money in your pocket to buy now then no, it's not worth the wait at all.
But if you're looking to buy say around March time with IB just around the corner than yes, it would be.

 

[Ynot]

but quicksync isn't well supported(which is a huge shame), .

Does this mean that IB wont have quicksync?

Quicksync is needed for video encoding.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Orcvader]

Does this mean that IB wont have quicksync?

Quicksync is needed for video encoding.

Thanks in advance.

It will, and they mentioned they're aiming for it to be faster and better quality with it. But honestly for encoding the 2600K is enough, after a while I went back with Handbrake and the software encoding on the 2600K is quick enough for me.

 

[Ynot]

Thanks for that, good to know.

Better quality, ...thats good news too but i wonder, how much better.