1155 MoBo's

[tech savvy]

Two quick questions.

First, does all Intel's 1155 MoBo's support pci 3.0, or only when it has GEN3 stated in the name?

Second, does all Intel 1155 MoBo's come with support for IVY Bridge or a BIOS update for it?

Thank You.

Edit: If it does support IVY Bridge, than i'll get the 2500k instead of the 2600k, and upgrade to IVY Bridge CPU's.

Edit:Is there any info on IVY Bridge release date?

 

[wolfeking]

the motherboard has to have the equipment for PCI-e 3 before it will support it. I think that only a few (gen3) ones do right now. And all 1155 CPUs carry a PCI-e 2 controller, so it will only be PCI-e 3 when Ivy comes out.

 

[harry clemance]

For a desctop computer there will be a very small increas in performance from ivy bridge, if I were you I would just get the best you can now

 

[wolfeking]

to harry's statement, Bulldozer. Make no statement reguarding performance until it is released. It may suck, it may blow minds, but until release there is no way to make accurate statements on it.

 

[harry clemance]

I am just going from what Intel say themselves, there will be a good improvement in the onboard graphics capability ( as its a desktop with a discreet graphics card anyway this doesn't mean anything ) but they say that there will be a minimal performance increas in processing power, if the company making the chip says there isn't going to be a big improvement there prob won't be, if I company says there will be a big improvement I would just wate and see.

 

[Gary1]

For a desctop computer there will be a very small increas in performance from ivy bridge, if I were you I would just get the best you can now

I agree that AMD often sets the bar for making claims on upcoming products. However If what Intel says about there new construction processes is true, then your looking at up to 37% performance gain with their new 3d transistors. Not new tech but new to mainstream PC. There will be a third gate instead of 2 gates on the sandy bridge transistor. The question is will it be true or not??? I have faith the move from 32nm to 22nm will likely also speed the CPU up, but we will have to wait until the moment of truth. Honestly as I have said before I would be happy with 3 memory channels and 8 more lanes of PCI e bandwidth.

Intel claims that the 22nm tri-gate transistors switch between 18 and 37 percent faster than the 32nm planar ones (depending on the voltage level).

I personally will believe it when I see it.

 

[Spesh]

Intel say that Ivy will have a multiplier limit of x63, so that would certainly indicate that they are going to be more overclockable than SB. But then I guess we knew that would be the case anyway.

 

[LyndonLee]

hello

How black do you need to be to compete in the MOBO's?
Obviously it's okay to be half black, but what if your a quarter black? Or what if one of your grandparents were black? Would that be okay? Is there an official line that either qualifies or disqualifies you?

 

[87dtna]

to harry's statement, Bulldozer. Make no statement reguarding performance until it is released. It may suck, it may blow minds, but until release there is no way to make accurate statements on it.

Ivy is just a die shrink of sandy bridge, it will not make much performance difference. It's not new architecture or anything. Very slight difference, as he said.

 

[Spesh]

Ivy is just a die shrink of sandy bridge, it will not make much performance difference. It's not new architecture or anything. Very slight difference, as he said.

10% over SB is what one of the prototype chips achieved in the hands of an independant tester recently. That puts it ahead of SB-E in some tasks.

 

[Gary1]

Ivy is just a die shrink of sandy bridge, it will not make much performance difference. It's not new architecture or anything. Very slight difference, as he said.

Its not new, Intel did not develop it just as Intel did not develop LGA sockets. It is old technology that was never used in consumer computer products. AND its not shrunken Sandy Bridge anything. There is a difference and its not just the size. Read the link I provided before, If the Ivy bridge has Tri- Gate transistors and SB has dual gate, how could ivy bridge be a shrunken version of sandy bridge?

 

[Spesh]

Its not new, Intel did not develop it just as Intel did not develop LGA sockets. It is old technology that was never used in consumer computer products. AND its not shrunken Sandy Bridge anything. There is a difference and its not just the size. Read the link I provided before, If the Ivy bridge has Tri- Gate transistors and SB has dual gate, how could ivy bridge be a shrunken version of sandy bridge?

Yes, but Ivybridge is based on the SB architecture. It's basically just a reincarnation of SB with a few adjustments (mainly the integrated graphics). The next full blown new architecture will be Haswell 22nm.