Ivy VS Sandy?

Feddy · 04-24-2012, 04:02 PM

Is it worth to upgrade to IVY? Are there any performance boosts? Honestly i havent anything good about it so far.

Ankur · 04-24-2012, 04:19 PM

There isn't much drastic changes, but there is almost 10% more performance, less power consumption, better GPU and most important it is new and same price as of Sandy Bridge, so Ivy is better.

Forgot, IVB also can overclock better and has 63x multiplier.

If you are looking to upgrade from sandy to ivy then cancel the plan, as there aren't much drastic changes, but Ivy bridge has the edge.
But if you are buying new then get Ivy.

2048Megabytes · 04-24-2012, 04:30 PM

If you have a Sandy Bridge system with a Quad-Core processor I would not upgrade. Sandy Bridge Quad-Core architecture can handle about anything an end User wants to do with their system.

**Machin3** · 04-24-2012, 04:31 PM

Ivy will just future proof you even more.

2048Megabytes · 04-24-2012, 04:40 PM

With computers there is no such thing as future proof.

**Machin3** · 04-24-2012, 04:49 PM

That's true but you could buy an Ivy bridge and not have to buy another cpu for a while. Heck, you would probably be fine with a Sandy Bridge cause those things are like indestructible and you might as well upgrade to have the current chip and stay with it for a couple of years.

claptonman · 04-24-2012, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Machin3

That's true but you could buy an Ivy bridge and not have to buy another cpu for a while. Heck, you would probably be fine with a Sandy Bridge cause those things are like indestructible and you might as well upgrade to have the current chip and stay with it for a couple of years.

Prices can only go down, and since the sandy bridges are more than enough for a lot of people, upgrading now seems pointless. But it wouldn't hurt.

jonnyp11 · 04-24-2012, 06:26 PM

Ivy is actually cheaper than sandy according to anandtech, they are faster, and they do use less power and have a more powerful igpu, but, the first batches of ivy, or at least the one they recieved for testing, was slightly worse at overclocking but was strong at undervolting, but they said all processors get better after time once the 22nm technology is refined and improved.

FuryRosewood · 04-25-2012, 06:57 AM

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...770k,3181.html

Lookin like if you were expecting super performance vs sandybridge, better wait till next time

only real benefit to people using discrete graphics is PCI-e 3.0, and thats questionable if thats necessary at the given time, id say no myself, id just get sandy bridge till prices of ivy fall further, but thats my 0.02

Mr.Moose · 04-25-2012, 08:36 PM

Anyone know how much larger the overclocking potential of the Ivy's will be over SB?

04-24-2012, 04:02 PM	#1
Feddy Byte Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 34	Ivy VS Sandy? Is it worth to upgrade to IVY? Are there any performance boosts? Honestly i havent anything good about it so far.

04-24-2012, 04:19 PM	#2
Ankur Gigabyte Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Pune, India Age: 21 Posts: 1,843	There isn't much drastic changes, but there is almost 10% more performance, less power consumption, better GPU and most important it is new and same price as of Sandy Bridge, so Ivy is better. Forgot, IVB also can overclock better and has 63x multiplier. If you are looking to upgrade from sandy to ivy then cancel the plan, as there aren't much drastic changes, but Ivy bridge has the edge. But if you are buying new then get Ivy. Last edited by Ankur; 04-24-2012 at 04:22 PM.

04-24-2012, 04:30 PM	#3
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04-24-2012, 04:49 PM	#6
Machin3 Gigabyte Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 21 Posts: 1,963	That's true but you could buy an Ivy bridge and not have to buy another cpu for a while. Heck, you would probably be fine with a Sandy Bridge cause those things are like indestructible and you might as well upgrade to have the current chip and stay with it for a couple of years. __________________ EVGA P67 FTW \| Intel i5 2550k \| Corsair Vengeance 16GB \| EVGA GTX 570HD \| Corsair HX1000 \| Custom Water Cooling \| Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium \| Corsair 800D \| Western Digital Velociraptor & 2TB Black \| SS-B1000 Speakers w/ Dayton DTA-100a Amp \| Logitech G105 + G500 \|

04-24-2012, 06:26 PM	#8
jonnyp11 Exabyte Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Georgia Age: 16 Posts: 9,028	Ivy is actually cheaper than sandy according to anandtech, they are faster, and they do use less power and have a more powerful igpu, but, the first batches of ivy, or at least the one they recieved for testing, was slightly worse at overclocking but was strong at undervolting, but they said all processors get better after time once the 22nm technology is refined and improved. __________________ Steam: jonnyp11 Xbox: iGOD x KINGz Current Rig (until it's sold) CPU=Phenom X4 960t--GPU=GTX470--RAM=8GB KINGSTON 1333MHz--MOBO=GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P--HDD=Vertex3 60GB SSD + Samsung F3 1TB--PSU=Corsair TX750-- OS=Win8 (Build 8250)-*-CASE=APEX Vortex 3620

04-25-2012, 06:57 AM	#9
FuryRosewood Terabyte Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Age: 27 Posts: 2,509	http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...770k,3181.html Lookin like if you were expecting super performance vs sandybridge, better wait till next time only real benefit to people using discrete graphics is PCI-e 3.0, and thats questionable if thats necessary at the given time, id say no myself, id just get sandy bridge till prices of ivy fall further, but thats my 0.02 __________________ CPU: Core i7 3820 @ 4.3ghz\|Memory: 4Gb x8 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR3 1600mhz\|Mainboard: Asus P9X79 Deluxe\|GPU: ASUS GTX680 TOP DCII 2GB\|Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD\|HDD: OCZ Agility III 120Gig & Hitachi Deskstar 2TB\|DVD: Sony/NEC Optiarc w/Lightscribe SATA\|CPU Cooler: Corsair H100\|PSU: Antec CP1000\|Case: Antec 1200 w/ 4 x SP120 Corsair Fans\|Perphrials: Logitech G15 Rev 2, Logitech G9X, Logitech z323, Dell 2405, eMachines E19T6W Last edited by FuryRosewood; 04-25-2012 at 07:01 AM.

04-25-2012, 08:36 PM	#10
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