Ivy Bridge speculation thread (temperature, price drop)

TheGreatGazoo · 04-18-2012, 02:25 PM

Hey

There's a lot of rumours circulating about the IB temperature/voltage being higher than expected (especially when OCing) at the moment. Then Intel decided to lower the price out of nowhere, even though competition is minimal.

Obviously this is all speculation but do you have any thoughts on the topic?

Temperature/voltage/OCing;

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/466...w/index11.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=164099

http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread....w*-56K-WARNING

Price drop;

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/23564/...hed/index.html

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26...-before-launch

http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-cu...nch/15557.html

venomblade89 · 04-18-2012, 02:34 PM

I have a bad feeling about the price drop. It seems as if it's a bribe in a way. "Oh sorry IB isn't what we promised, here's $7, go buy yourself some mcdonalds."

rotNdude · 04-18-2012, 02:49 PM

The least you could do is post links to Internet speculation.

TheGreatGazoo · 04-18-2012, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rotNdude

The least you could do is post links to Internet speculation.

Im currently relocating some of the sources and will be updating OP. Did the same thing when I made the Kepler thread.
Though if people know anything and are going to contribute to the thread obviously they will have researched the topic themselves already. This is a discussion thread not an info thread.

madpistol · 04-18-2012, 02:58 PM

Supposedly it runs hot, and doesn't overclock as well. Combine that with a very small bump in IPC, and you have a recipe for a CPU that isn't much better than their previous generation.

sfade · 04-18-2012, 03:34 PM

Glad I just went ahead and built with Z68 boards and I5's for some builds instead of waiting. I was expecting the new units to likely be only moderate improvement anyway.

TheGreatGazoo · 04-23-2012, 09:27 AM

First post-NDA review Ive found; http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2680...-bridge-review

TeKraken · 04-23-2012, 09:55 AM

and another:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=900&Itemid=63

rotNdude · 04-23-2012, 10:06 AM

and another

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5773/i...pc-perspective

Zodiark1593 · 04-23-2012, 10:12 AM

On the mobile front, the integrated GPU seems to be a pretty solid upgrade. For desktops, the cpu performance increase seems to be marginal at best, while the igp will remain untouched by anyone remotely interested in gaming.

TeKraken · 04-23-2012, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodiark1593

On the mobile front, the integrated GPU seems to be a pretty solid upgrade. For desktops, the cpu performance increase seems to be marginal at best, while the igp will remain untouched by anyone remotely interested in gaming.

agreed, but at 77w TDP.

venomblade89 · 04-23-2012, 11:20 AM

Temperatures are off the charts. Think I'm goin sandy instead..

MrChris · 04-23-2012, 11:28 AM

bit annoying that every review I have looked at does not have any temperature readings, I know its a bit weird given the inclusion of the GPU, but not that hard to do :/

apparently though they seem to run at similar temps to their predecessors, until you go for some OCing madness

venomblade89 · 04-23-2012, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrChris

bit annoying that every review I have looked at does not have any temperature readings, I know its a bit weird given the inclusion of the GPU, but not that hard to do :/

apparently though they seem to run at similar temps to their predecessors, until you go for some OCing madness

I was quite irked by that too, but the reviews I've seen that've shown temps, I can understand why the others have kept it hidden.*looks at my post above yours*.

MrChris · 04-23-2012, 11:44 AM

managed to find some with temps

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2680...-bridge-review

http://www.maximum-tech.net/intel-co...12192/?page=18

there is a die shrink sure, but got to think about that GPU let alone surface area concerns

seems though that the temps are somewhat similar to SB, sometimes cooler, sometimes hotter which makes sense I guess, although all these benchmarks look at the i7

not sure what point there would be in an i7 for a lot of people, myself included an i5 variant would likely do fine, although I am not sure of the differences this time around

is funny that places like anand and tomshardware totally overlooked the temperature testing, and is extremely annoying because while those benchmarks do have some temperature testing, would have preferred a greater number to look at and check over

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TheGreatGazoo Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 37 Posts: 327	Ivy Bridge speculation thread (temperature, price drop) Hey There's a lot of rumours circulating about the IB temperature/voltage being higher than expected (especially when OCing) at the moment. Then Intel decided to lower the price out of nowhere, even though competition is minimal. Obviously this is all speculation but do you have any thoughts on the topic? Temperature/voltage/OCing; http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/466...w/index11.html http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=164099 http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread....w-56K-WARNING Price drop;* http://www.tweaktown.com/news/23564/...hed/index.html http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26...-before-launch http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-cu...nch/15557.html Last edited by TheGreatGazoo: 04-18-2012 at 03:21 PM.

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04-18-2012, 02:34 PM	#2
venomblade89 Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 326 Posts: 1,072	I have a bad feeling about the price drop. It seems as if it's a bribe in a way. "Oh sorry IB isn't what we promised, here's $7, go buy yourself some mcdonalds."

04-18-2012, 02:58 PM	#5
madpistol Join Date: Jun 2006 Reputation: 923 Posts: 4,123	Supposedly it runs hot, and doesn't overclock as well. Combine that with a very small bump in IPC, and you have a recipe for a CPU that isn't much better than their previous generation.

04-18-2012, 03:34 PM	#6
sfade Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 920 Posts: 2,123	Glad I just went ahead and built with Z68 boards and I5's for some builds instead of waiting. I was expecting the new units to likely be only moderate improvement anyway.

04-23-2012, 09:27 AM	#7
TheGreatGazoo Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 37 Posts: 327	First post-NDA review Ive found; http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2680...-bridge-review

04-23-2012, 09:55 AM	#8
TeKraken Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 4619 Posts: 6,055	and another: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=900&Itemid=63

04-23-2012, 10:12 AM	#10
Zodiark1593 Join Date: Mar 2011 Reputation: 362 Posts: 913	On the mobile front, the integrated GPU seems to be a pretty solid upgrade. For desktops, the cpu performance increase seems to be marginal at best, while the igp will remain untouched by anyone remotely interested in gaming.

04-23-2012, 11:20 AM	#12
venomblade89 Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 326 Posts: 1,072	Temperatures are off the charts. Think I'm goin sandy instead..

04-23-2012, 11:28 AM	#13
MrChris Join Date: Jan 2005 Reputation: 2999 Posts: 7,545	bit annoying that every review I have looked at does not have any temperature readings, I know its a bit weird given the inclusion of the GPU, but not that hard to do :/ apparently though they seem to run at similar temps to their predecessors, until you go for some OCing madness

04-23-2012, 11:44 AM	#15
MrChris Join Date: Jan 2005 Reputation: 2999 Posts: 7,545	managed to find some with temps http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2680...-bridge-review http://www.maximum-tech.net/intel-co...12192/?page=18 there is a die shrink sure, but got to think about that GPU let alone surface area concerns seems though that the temps are somewhat similar to SB, sometimes cooler, sometimes hotter which makes sense I guess, although all these benchmarks look at the i7 not sure what point there would be in an i7 for a lot of people, myself included an i5 variant would likely do fine, although I am not sure of the differences this time around is funny that places like anand and tomshardware totally overlooked the temperature testing, and is extremely annoying because while those benchmarks do have some temperature testing, would have preferred a greater number to look at and check over