Ivy Bridge vs Core 2 duo and Core 2 quad

[IGemini]

When I was looking back through benchmarks, I figured a stock 3570K had a 50/50% improvement over performance and power draw respectively over my current Q9650 @ 3.6GHz. This article isn't surprising, but still makes me look forward to the 4670K I'll be getting to upgrade.

 

[tynopik]

I'm still running the Q9550. It's a hard situation to be in because as much as I would like something new like the I5 3570K in the article I can't bear to spend $200+ on something that isn't going to be a huge upgrade.

If I hadn't needed more memory, I would still be on Q6600

 

[cytg111]

i3 3225 with almost 100% gain over the e8400 in some games like f1 2012.

- Excellent move

looking at the graphs

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487-10.html

The 9550 edges out the i3 for minimum framerates .. imo that makes it second place to the 3570

 

[Borealis7]

to me, June cannot come sooner!
chug along, dear E8400 - you served me well, but your days are numbered.

 

[Anubis]

toms wont load for me for some reason
i went from a E8400 (OCed to 4GHz) to a I7 920 (OCed 4GHz) and that seemed like a night and day difference in some games. WoW specifically which i was playing a lot of then

went from the 920 to a 3770K that i have not OCed yet and this system is faster in most things

 

[tweakboy]

More like Ivy Bridge E 6 core 12 thread monster.

Im going to get the 4930k and pop it in my board, already flashed bios to support new Ivy E cpu's

 

[Matt1970]

I am an E8400 user as well. I only play Counterstrike so I will probably be fine for a while.

 

[WTSherman]

I was in the same boat last year with my Core2. My motherboard was getting flaky, and I debated just replacing the board, as I knew it wouldn't be a huge jump.

I really didn't want to buy a new board for a CPU that was almost 5 years old, so I ended up rebuilding with an i5 2500K (@4.4Ghz). Besides the performance increase, I also gained SATA 3, USB 3, UEFI bios, and other features I didn't have before. That seemed to make it worthwhile. Probably good for another 4 years too.

I almost pulled the trigger myself over the past few weeks with the various parts failures I've experienced, but was able to cobble together a decent system with what parts I had lying around. It's like I've been in a time machine from 2009, haven't been able to afford any upgrades since then and therefore haven't paid much attention to hardware. It scares the hell out of me to see the price of DDR2 RAM on Newegg, it looks like this system is going to be my last hurrah with LGA775.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Athlon 64 3200+ > i7-930

Difference was ridiculous, obviously. I hope for a similar difference when I upgrade in 2015.

 

[tonyfreak215]

I'm still running the Q9550. It's a hard situation to be in because as much as I would like something new like the I5 3570K in the article I can't bear to spend $200+ on something that isn't going to be a huge upgrade. Most other people made that expensive jump away from LGA775 a few years ago but the money dried up right when this was going on for me. I definitely got my money out of the Q9550 though, having used it in my main system since they came out. It was overclocked to around 4 Ghz for a year or so too.

I just upgraded from a Q9550 at 3.6 to a I7-3770K. I was underwhelmed by the upgrade and had a slight case of buyers remorse. Although I do have an SSD.

 

[WTSherman]

I just upgraded from a Q9550 at 3.6 to a I7-3770K. I was underwhelmed by the upgrade and had a slight case of buyers remorse. Although I do have an SSD.

Thats what I'm afraid of, and I wouldn't even be getting an I7. Although its still nice to have the new technology. There are barely any LGA 775 boards out there and DDR2 RAM is way overpriced. When this current system of mine has so much as a single part that needs replacing I'm going to start buying LGA 1155 parts. I've been looking at the Xeon E3-1230.

It seems like the advancement rate with CPU technology has slowed over the past 5 years compared to where it was with the Core 2 Duo coming out and what came before it, although I haven't really been paying much attention to hardware lately.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Surprised how well the G2020 (and probably the G645) fared, considering it's dirt cheap at Microcenter.

 

[MrSquished]

this makes me happy going from a Q6600 with only 4gb of ram to an i53570K with 16gb of ram, oc'd to 4.4ghz, cheap on a deal at MC. that was the sweetspot.

 

[sm625]

This makes me wonder how the Q6600 OC'd to ~3.6-3.8ghz would hold up.

lol just running mine at 3GHz raises the temperature in the room by 5C. That thing is a space heater.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Surprised how well the G2020 (and probably the G645) fared, considering it's dirt cheap at Microcenter.

Yeah, it's a great little cpu that can be passively cooled by about any decent size heatsink. I didn't even use thermal paste with this one, so the contact area isn't that good. Even though temps rarely go above 45C on cores. Excellent cpu indeed. Thank you, Intel.

 

[tonyfreak215]

lol just running mine at 3GHz raises the temperature in the room by 5C. That thing is a space heater.

That is one thing I was really happy about when I upgraded. My room is noticeably cooler.

 

[FalseChristian]

I upgraded from a E8400 @ 4GHz to my current i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz with the same 2 GTX 460 1GB and my framerates more than doubled.

 

[grimpr]

Yeah, it's a great little cpu that can be passively cooled by about any decent size heatsink. I didn't even use thermal paste with this one, so the contact area isn't that good. Even though temps rarely go above 45C on cores. Excellent cpu indeed. Thank you, Intel.

Very true, i had a Celeron G530 on a passive Scythe Ninja and with no thermal paste, run like a champ even if put prime95 on it, i was impressed and will continue to have fun with cheap Intel chips.

 

[tweakboy]

when Crysis 2 demo came out it was pegging my oced E8500 at 95% so I knew it was time for an upgrade. 2500k just made more sense then anything else out there so thats what I went with.

Good job Toyota Supra new 2013. Nice Rig brother man.


Its a big upgrade going from your LGA775 to a Sandy CPU. 100x faster literally.

Games will use avg 30 percent of CPU in all games Ive tried like.

 

[KillaBong]

I definitely wasn't complaining, actually trying to be a bit sarcastic! In fact, none of my old chips could touch this 3570k at 4.7ghz.

I do however, disagree that a 3570k does not benefit over a 2500k. I have compared the power consumption to my roommate's 2500k at 4.8ghz, and it is MUCH lower.

1. CPUs help a lot in smoothness, experience, and remove stuttering/lag/jerkiness, even if FPS aren't very different, the experience can be a lot different and improved. Unlike GPUs where FPS and MS are the only criteria, for CPUs it isn't the same. There is no research for this except my experience but it holds true if you have the aptitude and observational power to comprehend it, which 99.9% people can not understand but can feel the difference in a blind test.

2. In Starcraft, your new CPU in FPS terms is about 100% faster which is unlikely over a single CPU generation.

3. 2500k and 3570k are essentially the same performance. So you are unnecessarily adding a generation which added 0 value to anything at all.

4. The newer CPUs overclock higher as well, which you didn't take into account.

5. Try playing with a fast card on a Q9650 at stock, then at 4GHz, then with a Core i3 and then with a Core i5 quad. The difference will be very obvious in each case in 80%+ of today's games. Especially in terms of the fps graph, smoothness and experience and to a significant extent in terms of median fps as well.

6. The Q9550 is unplayable in all games while the 3570k is playable. Isn't this a big enough difference? Besides, I guarantee you that assuming both CPUs get 40 FPS, the 3570k will still be a smoother experience.

7. My experience with old games back in the day, (present games of that time)

A643200 @2.4 to E4500
Huge difference even if FPS are similar or more. Though FPS were always more except with much higher settings on the latter.

E4500 to E7200
Minimum difference but could be felt by the naked eye at times.

E7200 oc to Q9550 stock/oc
Some difference in some games, no difference in others. Worth upgrading at that time but debatable VFM.

Q9550 oc to Core i7 860 stock
Significant performance difference, big jump, a lot more smoother and much better consistent fps, huge difference in fact with games of the period.

Core i7 860 oc to Core i7 2600k stock
Minimum difference at that time, barely noticeable. But of course things will be very different today and i don't regret the move.

Core i7 2600k 4.3 to Core i7 3770k 4.3
Never noticed a difference at that time. Can't say about now, but I really doubt it. I regret this move.