(VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch

apoppin · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:18 pm

It's going to be "awhile" before a $200 card saturates the PCIe 2.0 bandwidth; never mind 3.0

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3977

I still want it.

After my somewhat-failed GTX 460 SLI setup I want to have plenty of PCI-E bandwidth and lots of vram from now on.

Oh, and something annoying: The GTX 560 Ti 448 just went on sale for $199.

No stock left by the time I found it, but still, maybe I should have waited just one more day...

apoppin · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:48 am

http://www.nordichardware.com/news/69-c ... ridge.html

Quote:

A European retail NordicHardware has been in contact with can confirm that all boxes are marked 95W, which was higher than expected. However we reserve the right that there may be a misprint on a larger batch och processorer, but as of now we can't confirm wether that's the case or not. Even if performance is better at the same frequency it is a surprise for those with high clocked Sandy Bridge processors intending to switch for Ivy Bridge.

95W ???

What do you think, misprint? 22nm ???
:scratch:

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3977

It's a shame. It gives amd a golden opportunity to catch up.

apoppin · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:09 am

What do you mean? You are assuming that Intel delivered an epic fail.

Personally i would go for (1) "typo" before believing that (2) IB is power-hungry at 22nm, if i have a choice

And AMD will have PileDriver - even if it gets +20% performance across the board and they improve TDP by 50%, it will still not catch Sandy Bridge. And AMD is only looking at a max of 10-15% by their own projections.
:think:

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3977

Ivy needs a lot more voltage than people thought. It's not a typo. There must be massive leakage going on.

apoppin · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:14 am

Quote:

Ivy needs a lot more voltage than people thought. It's not a typo. There must be massive leakage going on

How do you know?
:scratch:

i guess you got in on the Jump to Conclusions hot deal going on awhile back
- the forum mat nearly sold out but they are back in stock.
:grin:

SickBeast · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:57 pm **Posts:** 3977

LOL

You're in quite the mood today apoppin. Did you eat something? It's only 7:40am where you live as well, on a SUNDAY.

Did you receive some exciting new hardware or something?

jaydip · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:48 am

Yeah he is preparing to wrestle with IB for all day long

apoppin · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:03 am

SickBeast wrote:

LOL

You're in quite the mood today apoppin. Did you eat something? It's only 7:40am where you live as well, on a SUNDAY.

Did you receive some exciting new hardware or something?

i got up late. 5:30 AM and i just set up my Core i3-2105 again .. it was completely dissembled in pieces everywhere. And now i have some pre-benching to do

i detailed all of the exciting Kingston HW that i got on Friday (we don't get Saturday deliveries except the USPS) - a second HyperX 3K 240GB SSD *is exciting* as i will eventually move all of my benches to SSD.

And of course, some mystery HW is scheduled for Monday afternoon delivery . . . then i will be busy the rest of the week like you cannot imagine
:yahoo:

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