Intel Ivy Bridge Systems Now Slated for 1H 2012

[fir_ser]

So this maybe the effect of the absent of AMD’s competition, hope Bulldozer would come in July and would compete with Sandy Bridge and hope to next generation Bulldozers will correct this situation and would compete with Intel’s offerings (Ivy Bridge).

 

[aznguy0028]

[citation][nom]jaghpanther[/nom]The persistent rumors that Ivy Bridge would be out towards the end of this year made me hold out on going with SB, now about another year to go, I am getting an SB now (and probably regret it when IB does get here) =\[/citation]
I don't know why you'll regret it. SB is an amazing chip on a great platform. Easily the best midrange platform Intel has ever had. IB will be faster for sure but that's a given, but it also depends on what your current system is. I went from the Q9450 to a 2500k (although was waiting for IB as well), but a year from now is way too long to wait. I'm a gamer, and the Q9450 was bottlenecking my xfire 6870 setup like crazy, with SB, my FPS has gone up over 100% compared to my old setup. Easily worth it. If your system is a 1366 or something pretty recent, then I'd say wait for IB, if you have something older like me, it is worth the jump

 

[fir_ser]

Ivy Bridge will be more exciting than Sandy Bridge is, so I hope AMD could catch up with Sandy Bridge using its Bulldozer.

 

[AMD_pitbull]

[citation][nom]cronos177[/nom]Ivybridge is what I am getting next for sure, AMD keeps delaying their products, and they'll only compete with current sandybridge.[/citation]
You're making it sound like competing with SB would be a bad thing? If AMD released BD and it competes or (speaking blasphemy here) ends a little ahead of SB, then AMD is back on track. I don't see why anyone wants to see either company do poorly. If one falters like AMD did with the quads, the other takes a bit of a lead and we lose out as consumers. No competition means slow progression. In the end, Intel's "Tick-Tock" would turn into a "Tick............yawn..........Tock", and possibly see generations of video cards pass, which would be useless due to the CPU and chipset bottle necks 😀

 

[dragonsqrrl]

...and we're back to marking comments down for no apparent reason. I know a lot of people disagree, but I wish the rating system was broken again. Too often I see a perfectly reasonable question or opinion get marked down to oblivion by some of Tom's less enlightened following. Noobs and fanbois seem to go on illegitimate thumbs down rampages far more often then I encounter trolls or blatant idiots commenting on an article (which is really the only time I feel the negative rating system is necessary).

 

[illo]

according to that slide IB will not be for extreme performance, does that strike anyone else as being odd?

 

[fir_ser]

[citation][nom]illo[/nom]according to that slide IB will not be for extreme performance, does that strike anyone else as being odd?[/citation]
As far as I know Ivy Bridge will be for mainstream and will replace Sandy Bridge while Ivy Bridge-E will be for performance and will replace Sandy Bridge-E.

 

[ironmb]

[citation][nom]illo[/nom]according to that slide IB will not be for extreme performance, does that strike anyone else as being odd?[/citation]

As Fir_ser said, Ivy bridge will be mainstream processor. While the IB-E will be the new 6 core extreme.

 

[psycho sykes]

I'm not sure but, since it's 'leaked', then it might be Intel playing on us to make AMD feel more comfortable that they 'should' be the first to release 'the next gen.'.

 

[bin1127]

Sandybridge came out January right? So following Tick-Tock 1H for Ivybridge seems right on schedule? Q4 11 would've made a new line available before a year was up.

 

[psycho sykes]

[citation][nom]fir_ser[/nom]As far as I know Ivy Bridge will be for mainstream and will replace Sandy Bridge while Ivy Bridge-E will be for performance and will replace Sandy Bridge-E.[/citation]
Even then, the 'Ivy Bridge-E' isn't on the slide either.

 

[verbalizer]

honestly we all should stop caring and commenting on it so much..
'much ado about nothing'
maybe if we leave it alone it will finally be released... LOL

 

[mcqsoft]

Intel makes a smart decision. Sandy bridge just beginning and there is no need to hurry the step, the competition still has no answer to the current line of Intel products.

 

[WR2]

Thanks for the update.

 

[psycho sykes]

Have anyone seen "the last mimzy"?

 

[pro-gamer]

aha! another cpu is releasing i love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu intel is best of best