Early Ivy Bridge Sample Tested

[SoF]

can't wait for them to hit the market - sb-e isn't exactly what you call fun...

[aussie-revhead]

Why? What's wrong with SB-E? This is a legit question, I have never touched one as they are too dear for me. I'm going to buy Ivy as soon as I find one that can be bought.

A few people have told me that SB-E ( and 1366 before that) is the real enthusiast platform and 1155 doesn't matter as its just a toy ...... Elitist garbage I say !!!

[BababooeyHTJ]

So, when is the rumored release?

[Olivon]

So, when is the rumored release?

Debut April.

[sin0822]

Why? What's wrong with SB-E? This is a legit question, I have never touched one as they are too dear for me. I'm going to buy Ivy as soon as I find one that can be bought.

A few people have told me that SB-E ( and 1366 before that) is the real enthusiast platform and 1155 doesn't matter as its just a toy ...... Elitist garbage I say !!!

Yea it is more fun than SB, but the frequency OC is lower than SB.

Ivy frequency seems so much more fun to deal with, brings back memories of GT for most.

SBe is like we are OCing less than we did in the past, high frequency is always fun. It isn't that interesting when a CPU's max limit can be reached under air/water cooling.

[bamtan2]

Why? What's wrong with SB-E? This is a legit question, I have never touched one as they are too dear for me. I'm going to buy Ivy as soon as I find one that can be bought.

A few people have told me that SB-E ( and 1366 before that) is the real enthusiast platform and 1155 doesn't matter as its just a toy ...... Elitist garbage I say !!!

there is nothing toy about sandy bridge. sandy bridge is faster because it is simpler. sandy bridge-e has more cache and cores. good for special circumstances. but sandy bridge is faster for most things because it has higher clock speed. smaller, simpler design = less voltage = less heat = higher clock speed.

ivy bridge and the v2 xeons will be faster than the sandy bridge stuff. the only thing sb-e has going for it is the clock strap which one presumes will allow better overclocking of locked chips than the ivy bridge xeons

[aussie-revhead]

True but it still out scores sandy in later 3D benchmarks, I agree that high MHz is fun and more rewarding than a lower clock.

[Leeghoofd]

Dunno if it will be true for Ivy unless you find a gem 5.9 SB-E CPU... we will see in a few months

[UrbanSmooth]

i7 3770K + Four GTX 680s = This year's beast machine.

Ohh, wait, did I forget about Ivy Bridge-E?

[FlanK3r]

u forgot at better choice, AMD GPUs....For nVidia is too late, maybe thi year will be next gen of AMD graphics 8000, so...

[Olivon]

Don't forget that NV big dog is coming september too. And we don't know what GK104 can do

[RPGWiZaRD]

According to to sweclockers http://translate.google.com/translat...bridge&act=url


April 8th: LGA1155 motherboards chipset Z77, Z75, H77 och B75 is released

April 29th: Launch of the desktop quad core variants, benchmarks, OEM computer models revealed by partners etc. Still unsure if they will be available for order on that same date or a little later

June 3rd: Q77 and Q75 and later during the month mobile parts with dualcore

[Mats]

I hope it's not a paper launch in April, but I guess Intel don't want to launch another not so great product after last years three mistakes/shortcomings.

[Mats]

Intel expects its next-generation microprocessors to go on sale eight to 10 weeks later than initially planned, according to Sean Maloney, executive vice-president of Intel and chairman of Intel China.

In his first interview to discuss Intel’s business in China, Mr Maloney told the Financial Times that the start of sales of machines equipped with Ivy Bridge – the 22nm processor set to succeed Sandy Bridge in notebooks this year – had been pushed back from April. “I think maybe it’s June now,” he said.

Mr Maloney said the adjustment was not caused by a lack of demand but came because of the new manufacturing process needed to make the smaller chips.

An Intel spokesperson said the company’s plans to start shipping Ivy Bridge in the second quarter had not changed.

That's all the link says about iBridge, the rest is smartphones and Maloneys career.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3c3c2b6-6...#axzz1ncz9YCfT

[aussie-revhead]

Does anyone know if there will be a new z77 version of the Gene?? I'm guessing there will be but how long will we have to wait?

Edit:ok I found the Maximus 5 leaks, I hope they are out quickly with Ivy

[Olivon]

http://www.donanimhaber.com/islemci/...e-ediliyor.htm

[aussie-revhead]

What do you guys think will be a safe voltage range for the new process?

[RPGWiZaRD]

What do you guys think will be a safe voltage range for the new process?

Almost impossible to say what's the physical voltage range limits other than Intel themselves or after years of statistics but physiological voltage range for me would be like around 1.30~1.32v max if 1.1v is default. :P I've always used a bit higher voltages personally, rocking this i7-860 @ 1.41v for like 2½ years now and used to use E6750 @ 1.52v and much earlier in the days A64 3700+ @ 1.65v to mention a few, sadly all chips I've tortured 24/7 air-wise survived without signs of degradation too. :P

[aussie-revhead]

Sandy though seems to degrade very easily, I guess it's a little early to ask about voltages but 24/7 will have to be around 1.25v I'm guessing, maybe 5ghz 24/7 will become commonplace.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Sandy though seems to degrade very easily, I guess it's a little early to ask about voltages but 24/7 will have to be around 1.25v I'm guessing, maybe 5ghz 24/7 will become commonplace.

Yea I'm guessing 1.25~1.3v is whereabouts most people will stop initially but in the end it also depends a whole lot on how it scales with voltage. Of course it's no sense going from 1.23v to 1.3v for a 100MHz increase. But I'm guessing 1.25~1.3v will be good enough for 5.2GHz +/-100MHz on most chips (I'm predicting 5.0~5.2GHz becoming the typical 4.0~4.2GHz result on i7-920 back in the days), but yea that's a big shot in the dark based on 2 results only with one source very questionable but I find prediction more interesting than reading about the actual results. (should be a betting contest for new hardware) :P But that's my prediction around 500MHz higher average 24/7 clocks from Ivy (air cooling) but also at a lower more corresponding "safe" voltage.

[aussie-revhead]

If this is against forum rules then please delete this but does anyone know how to get your hands on a 3770K right now? I read they are for sale in China and Russia, how does this work with NDA? Or are they selling ES cpus?

Cheers.

[Leeghoofd]

retail CPU's are already being sold there...

[herderien]

someone could order a Z77 mobo in norway, 3770k available elsewhere...

mobos should have been available on april 8 and cpu is due 29 april ...

[radier]

Many Z77/H77 mobos are widely available in Poland:

ASRock Z77 EXTREME4
Asrock H77M
Asrock H77 Pro4/MVP
Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE
Asus P8Z77-V PRO
Asus P8Z77-V
Asus P8Z77-V LE
GA-Z77X-D3H
GA-Z77-D3H
GA-Z77M-D3H
GA-Z77MX-D3H
GA-Z77X-UD5H
GA-H77M-D3H
H77MA-G43
MSI Z77A-GD65
MSI Z77A-GD55
MSI Z77A-G45
MSI Z77MA-G45
MSI Z77A-G43

[Mats]

55 models in Germany.

Z77: http://geizhals.at/de/?cat=mbp4_1155&xf=317_Z77#xf_top

Z75: http://geizhals.at/de/?cat=mbp4_1155&xf=317_Z75#xf_top

H77: http://geizhals.at/de/?cat=mbp4_1155&xf=317_H77#xf_top


Two mini-ITX H77: http://geizhals.at/de/?cat=mb1ppga_d...317_Z77#xf_top