Anandtech Review of Ivy Bridge is Up now! Other sites added

[Kenmitch]

Ivy Bridge review is up on the main site now.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5771/the-intel-ivy-bridge-core-i7-3770k-review

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[Maximilian]

Sweet.

 

[Don Karnage]

repost

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33330907&postcount=175

 

[Alaa]

No surprises. Good to go.

 

[Kenmitch]

repost

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33330907&postcount=175

OK....This is for the lazy guys I guess as not everbody is gonna dig thru your thread

I'll add the list to the first post quoted.

 

[dma0991]

Finally some time to actually read the reviews.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I don't feel like going through all of them, any of them test OC vs OC in several games with multi gpu systems?

 

[blackened23]

WHEN WILL THIS be on sale?

 

[Rvenger]

April 29th

 

[TidusZ]

WHEN WILL THIS be on sale?

I don't see on Ncix... The anandtech review makes it seem like it should be for sale today.

 

[Kenmitch]

WHEN WILL THIS be on sale?

The more important question would be:

What kinda bundle deal is microcenter gonna have?

Kinda thinking about downgrading my rig anyways. A hot microcenter deal will push me towards Ivy Bridge

 

[blackened23]

Okay, screw ivy bridge.

4.5ghz at 1.2V, 89C at x-bit labs. With a good aftermarket cooler.

Thanks but no thanks.

Sticking with 2600k

 

[davel]

I don't see on Ncix... The anandtech review makes it seem like it should be for sale today.

Intel just said April 29th on the webcast

 

[Quantos]

http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5763/Temperature.png

Well that's your problem right there. Basically you want to stay at 4.6GHz with 1.1v and you're absolutely fine. Over that, it gets quickly too hot.

 

[blackened23]

http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5763/Temperature.png

Well that's your problem right there. Basically you want to stay at 4.6GHz with 1.1v and you're absolutely fine. Over that, it gets quickly too hot.

Problem is nobody is getting 4.5ghz at 1.1v. Most require 1.25-1.3V where temps skyrocket.

The overclocking potential of IB is a dud unless you have water cooling.

 

[Don Karnage]

http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5763/Temperature.png

Well that's your problem right there. Basically you want to stay at 4.6GHz with 1.1v and you're absolutely fine. Over that, it gets quickly too hot.

Chip won't boot at 4.6Ghz at 1.1v

4.6Ghz requires 1.26v for the majority of us IB owners.

 

[LoneNinja]

Nothing surprising from these results, inline with what I was expecting to happen. Even with such a small increase over SB, AMD needs something better to even have a chance at competing.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Problem is nobody is getting 4.5ghz at 1.1v. Most require 1.25-1.3V where temps skyrocket.

The overclocking potential of IB is a dud unless you have water cooling.

After how disappointing chilled water has been going from Phenom II to SB, I can't wait to get a hold of an IB chip just so I can have a leg up on those silly air coolers!

 

[Quantos]

Chip won't boot at 4.6Ghz at 1.1v

4.6Ghz requires 1.26v for the majority of us IB owners.

Oh damn. I see. :\

I'm really starting to ponder if that 5-15% percent increase is really worth having so much heat and noise. Also, maybe it could hurt the chip and lower its life expectancy? Hmm...

Especially if you're unlucky and you get a chip that required 1.25 or 1.3v to work at 4.6GHz. According to that chart you end up over 90c, and that's on water. I don't see that being sustainable as a daily driver.

 

[dma0991]

Problem is nobody is getting 4.5ghz at 1.1v. Most require 1.25-1.3V where temps skyrocket.

The overclocking potential of IB is a dud unless you have water cooling.

You don't have to get 4.5GHz @ 1.1V, for me it isn't stable and wouldn't POST. I have my Core i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz at 1.3V currently and it is rock stable. I could do 1.28V but with some slight issue during the hot evenings. Temps only skyrocket from 1.3V onwards and I'm sure high end air coolers could still hold up at that voltage.

 

[pelov]

Kyle at [H] was clever and did an IPC // OC review. Worth a read. The IPC is a bit lower than I was expecting and it looks like it'll be easier to offset that with the higher overclocks you'll get with SB.

This is definitely a laptop chip from an enthusiast's perspective.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I seem to remember that most people had a hard time reaching anything past 4.5GHz on most of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors. So if I can get 4.5GHz at a lower voltage on these 3rd generation Intel Core processors and still get the better performance from the IPC improvement then I would say that it is most likely a good thing for most people (Ok not the few that can find one of those golden CPUs that you can work your magic on and get amazing results on).

 

[blackened23]

I seem to remember that most people had a hard time reaching anything past 4.5GHz on most of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors. So if I can get 4.5GHz at a lower voltage on these 3rd generation Intel Core processors and still get the better performance from the IPC improvement then I would say that it is most likely a good thing for most people (Ok not the few that can find one of those golden CPUs that you can work your magic on and get amazing results on).

No offense but even review editors are noting how much more difficult IB is to overclock compared to sandy bridge. The plot graph at this very site shows a 90C temperature at 1.25V and 4.5ghz....I guarantee that SB would have better results than that. Heck, my 2600k does not exceed 60C at 4.8ghz. That is heavily overvolted as well.

Overclocking isn't guaranteed for any chip, obviously. IB is better if you dont' care about overclocking.

 

[waffleironhead]

Do any of the reviews go into image quality analysis?

 

[blckgrffn]

Wow. The "forum preview" nailed this guy. The reviews are offering very little in the form of new information. (IMHO)

I am glad I snagged that 2600k from MC, even though I have yet to open it...

The more important question would be:

What kinda bundle deal is microcenter gonna have?

Kinda thinking about downgrading my rig anyways. A hot microcenter deal will push me towards Ivy Bridge

Definitely. If the bundle is right, well... buying now is the sensible thing to do. Wait too long and Haswell will be too close... and that might bring the IPC gains that really move the goalposts