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    Ivy Bridge Liftoff!!!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Thors.Hammer, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. Thors.Hammer

    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Waiting on releases from OEMs now. :D
     
    Thors.Hammer, Apr 23, 2012
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  2. Kaso

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    People should pay Intel for this kind of annual entertainments. :D

    What's next? 4D, 18nm, HD 5000? Oh, and don't forget CPU whine.
     
    Kaso, Apr 23, 2012
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    A 4D chip would be a reconfigurable 3d design :D
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 23, 2012
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  4. His Dudiness

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    Oh man, I just bought (1 months ago) my T520 i7-2860QM, 9-cell, 8Gb (will upgrade to 16Gb soon), Optimus NVS 4200m 1Gb, 240Gb SSD + 500Gb HDD in Ultrabay. Paid around $1500.
    Now I'm very frustrated, if IvyBridge is going to be much better for the same price. Damn!
    However, at anandtech they tested new IB chips and they are just 9-20% faster - I can live with that (anyway my cpu is quite capable for several years). It's power consumption that worries me a lot - apparently in IB chips up to 50% less. However, besides cpu, there are a lot of other components in the system, like screen, SSD/HDD e.t.c. So overall power consumption of the system should be around 15% less compared to SandyBridge laptops - am I right?
    What do you guys think?
     
    His Dudiness, Apr 23, 2012
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    That power consumption figure is only for low voltage parts.
     
    Threshold, Apr 23, 2012
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    Your T520 is a solid build plus you have the option of an egpu if you wish- your system should tide you over past Haswell into Rockwell.
     
    FMruss, Apr 23, 2012
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    So basically SandyBridge dudes should not worry too much about IvyBridge. We can all wait until Broadwell comes to throne. :)
     
    His Dudiness, Apr 23, 2012
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    jaug1337, Apr 23, 2012
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    Your 2860QM is going to last a long time, so there's nothing to worry about.

    On the other hand, I'm running on 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo. Going from that to a 3720M is :eek:
     
    GTRagnarok, Apr 23, 2012
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    I'll be going from a 1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo with 1 GB RAM to a 3720M with 8 GB RAM and a SSD. Looking forward to it.
     
    snipore, Apr 23, 2012
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  11. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Desktop review. Booorrriiinng!

    Where's the mobile IB review with more information on HD4000 and IB's battery life numbers? I remember SB was rumored to offer a much better battery life improvement than it actually did when it came out, so I'd like to see some IB tests to see how much of a difference it actually makes. Likewise, I've heard conflicting information on the viability of upgrading mobile SB systems to IB - desktops keep the same sockets and compatible chipsets for longer because the upgrade scene is much more mainstream, but they have far fewer qualms with changing the system in notebooks because there will be fewer complaints if laptop users can't upgrade from SB to IB.
     
    Fat Dragon, Apr 23, 2012
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    I almost bypassed IB by haggling for a m17rx4 today- total of $1800 with tax i7-2670 but with the king of kings 7970M- can't really tear myself to spend that much for 2nd gen cpu when IB is coming out within the week and sagers can be configured with the 7970m. Yeah baby! That's what I am talking about - IB quad + smokin 7970m (forget gt 670m, gt 675m and even 680m).
     
    FMruss, Apr 23, 2012
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  13. R3d

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    Anandtech has a pretty good mobile IB review.
     
    R3d, Apr 23, 2012
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    Seriously IB isn't much of a performance improvement like SB, just gonna get lesser power consumption and maybe sligtly cooler running CPUs. IF you're getting a good deal on the R4, i would get it now.
     
    hawk1410, Apr 24, 2012
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    tetsussaiga, Apr 24, 2012
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  16. Thaenatos

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    Dont worry the 2860QM will be a very potent chip for a few years. :)

    Yep. If you have a sandy bridge let alone 2nd gen sandy there is no need for ivy IMHO as the gains are a slight decrease in power useage. Which my sandy chip is actually not bad on to begin with.
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 24, 2012
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    I second this, that good deal will be off the table when Ivy launches.
     
    jaug1337, Apr 24, 2012
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  18. knight427

    knight427 theenemysgateisdown

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    I'm being senselessly picky here, but there is only one generation of Sandy Bridge. The "2nd Generation" refers to the second "Core" series.

    1st Generation Core Series: Nahalem (e.g. i7-720qm)
    2nd Generation Core Series: Sandy Bridge (e.g. i7-2720qm)
    3rd Generation Core Series: Ivy Bridge (e.g. i7-3720qm)

    EDIT: I just realized you may have been referring to the refresh. Such as when the 720 was refreshed with the 740, or the 2720 was refreshed with the 2760. I guess I'm not sure what the conventional way is to differentiate the 2 releases of a single generation. I was confused because Intel marketing is using "Generation" as their word for microarchitecture.
     
    knight427, Apr 24, 2012
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  19. iViNtaGe

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    It's not a huge deal if you missed it. The power consumption in notebooks will be similar but the power you get per watt is substantially better. In other words, the biggest performance gains are to be seen at lower wattages.
     
    iViNtaGe, Apr 24, 2012
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  20. Thaenatos

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    Yes I was referring to the refresh of sandy.
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 24, 2012
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  22. misterhobbs

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    I thought the announcement just happened and the actual release of sales starts the 29th. The CNET article states that they are available now whereas the WSJ article says they are available on the 29th. One of them is wrong.
     
    misterhobbs, Apr 24, 2012
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    CNET is wrong. The media blackout was lifted on the 23rd, but retailers are not allowed to sell IB processors (or OEM systems containing IB processors) until the 29th.
     
    Peon, Apr 24, 2012
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