Ivy Bridge Complete Line-up Exposed!

"Intel Ivy Bridge processors are expected to release in April 2012. Its basically a successor to Sandy Bridge family and its based on 22nm manufacturing structure. According to a report by MyDrivers, first batch of Ivy Bridge family will include a total of 18 processors. That includes fourteen Core i5 models and four Core i7 models. Core i3 models will follow in Q2 2012."

More ->http://www.maximum-tech.net/intel-ivy-bridge-complete-line-up-exposed-specs-revealed-7253/

Can't wait to april 2012!

Looks like they went for less power instead of more performance, which is cool since most people don't really need anything better than C2Q.

Only one dual core?gmaster456

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]Only one dual core?wis3boi

Hey are these the 3D transistor chips? Anyway it's nice to see Intels progress not being slowed due to lack of competition.JohnF111

Looks like they went for less power instead of more performance, which is cool since most people don't really need anything better than C2Q.

gamerns

Sorta-kinda. Ivy is a "tick" in Intel's "tick-tock" strategy, which means it's a process shrink of Sandy Bridge (which was a "tock", an all-new architecture manufactured on the prior tick's process) with the odd tweak to the design. So it's not like they just said "screw performance, we're just going to worry about power consumption" -- the power savings over Sandy are just a byproduct of their development strategy.

Only one dual core?gmaster456

As it says, these are just the i5s and consumer i7s. Dual core i3s will come later.

Any predictions on pricing and performance increase over SB yet? I was just about to finally upgrade from my c2q q9550, I am literally going to go buy z68/ddr3/2500k tomorrow, but will Ivy bridge be enough of an improvement over SB to wait? I doubt I won't burn through the money wating till April though...

Also, as I haven't been really keeping track of things in hardware for a while, will Ivy Bridge be 1155 or will Intel shove a new socket down our throats again?

Now we need prices.

Any predictions on pricing and performance increase over SB yet? I was just about to finally upgrade from my c2q q9550, I am literally going to go buy z68/ddr3/2500k tomorrow, but will Ivy bridge be enough of an improvement over SB to wait? I doubt I won't burn through the money wating till April though...

Also, as I haven't been really keeping track of things in hardware for a while, will Ivy Bridge be 1155 or will Intel shove a new socket down our throats again?

QQabitmoar

Ivy's 1155, and most guesses put the performance increase over SNB at ~5-10% (although it should have significantly more OC'ing headroom). Definitely not worth waiting for.

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Any predictions on pricing and performance increase over SB yet? I was just about to finally upgrade from my c2q q9550, I am literally going to go buy z68/ddr3/2500k tomorrow, but will Ivy bridge be enough of an improvement over SB to wait? I doubt I won't burn through the money wating till April though...

Also, as I haven't been really keeping track of things in hardware for a while, will Ivy Bridge be 1155 or will Intel shove a new socket down our throats again?

PBSnipes

Ivy's 1155, and most guesses put the performance increase over SNB at ~5-10% (although it should have significantly more OC'ing headroom). Definitely not worth waiting for.

Ivy Bridge = 1155

Ivy Bridge-E = LGA2011.

Also, this is 2 months after my b-day, damn, oh well, they would make a great Easter day present.