Keep your Sandy Bridge!

[[XC] Oj101]

Quick question here........

1.) Hasn't anyone besides the OBR tested these new Ivy's?.......maybe he received a lemon chip?

Fugger came in here on the first page and said his Ivy destroyed his sandy's. Besides these two guys......isn't there anyone else around that can confirm this?

Fwiw....I'm holding off to build my first i7 build until the Ivy's have been released to see what the performance and price is going to be. I may just stick with a 2500K - 2600K......prices have been great as of late anyways.


For a dumb noob like myself....the OP bummed me out with that report. I was hoping to see something along the lines of it completely smashing the hell out of a 2700K.

Yes, others have tested. FUGGER is indeed correct, IPC in 3D is killing Sandy Bridge. 2600K @ 5 GHz HT disabled 3DMark11 = 7991 3DMarks, 3570K @ 4.55 GHz = 8004 3DMarks. A 450 MHz deficiency and the same score (it's well within margin of error). Sorry I'm not going to show pictures yet, but you're welcome to wait and see for yourself. If you can reach 4.7 GHz on air, you'll be up there with a 5.2 GHz 2600K - a speed that not many (if any) can run 24/7. In that respect IB is indeed a lot better than SB. FUGGER also didn't give specifics, he could be talking about extreme overclocking with 6.5 GHz or more in which case SB can't hold a candle to IB as not only IPC is up slightly but clock speeds are in a different league.

If you have SB right now running upwards of 4.5 GHz, don't upgrade unless you need the bragging rights. If you're on anything pre-SB, wait for IB.

Honestly though, there's no need to take my word for it. The chips will be out soon and then you can see for yourself what IB can do. Since Feb I've been saying that clock speeds are going to be lower for 24/7, overall performance is going to be better and overclocking is going to be unholy - watch and see