Intel Ivy Bridge-E

[Ankur]

Here is some news about Ivy Bridge-E
http://wccftech.com/intel-roadmap-confirms-ivy-bridge-e-launch-q3-2013-faster-sandy-bridgee-cpus-q2/

The road map reveals that they will be release Q2 2013

We are looking at faster variants of the Core i7-3930K, Core i7-3820 and a new Extreme Edition processor built to replace the Core i7-3970X. However this time, Intel plans to change the game with the launch of its first 8 Core consumer CPU – Core i7-3980X.

I mean if they release the CPUs with real 8 cores it is certainly the game changer, It will be heavily priced though probably 1.2k. That is too costly, but for an enthusiast it is celebration time.

I hope to see some improvements in the 6 core pricing.

 

[jonnyp11]

Here is some news about Ivy Bridge-E
http://wccftech.com/intel-roadmap-confirms-ivy-bridge-e-launch-q3-2013-faster-sandy-bridgee-cpus-q2/

The road map reveals that they will be release Q2 2013

I mean if they release the CPUs with real 8 cores it is certainly the game changer, It will be heavily priced though probably 1.2k. That is too costly, but for an enthusiast it is celebration time.

I hope to see some improvements in the 6 core pricing.

That's hilarious man, from 4 to 6 cores it goes from 300 to 600, then for a little more speed it goes to 1000, an 8 core will probably be closer to 1500 to 2000, although not sure how they can call that consumer grade, made for consumers but not priced for it.

 

[Ankur]

That's hilarious man, from 4 to 6 cores it goes from 300 to 600, then for a little more speed it goes to 1000, an 8 core will probably be closer to 1500 to 2000, although not sure how they can call that consumer grade, made for consumers but not priced for it.

I probably think Intel realized that the price difference between 6 core 500$ and the 1000 ones aren't going to attract users, so I think they decided to go for 8 cores.
But they do get users who spend 1000 for a CPU.

 

[Aastii]

That's hilarious man, from 4 to 6 cores it goes from 300 to 600, then for a little more speed it goes to 1000, an 8 core will probably be closer to 1500 to 2000, although not sure how they can call that consumer grade, made for consumers but not priced for it.

This I doubt greatly.

Pricing will be similar to when SB and then IB came out.

You have to remember that the Pentium and i3 are your consumer grade stuff, anything above is no longer mainstream. It is a tiny fraction of people that have dedicated graphics cards, overclock and need more than 2 cores, and as such the "specialist" chips will be priced accordingly.

That and there is 0 competition so far as raw performance goes, so why price them around the same as the old chips or even around the AMD prices, when even the last gen IB and SB chips outperform the nearest competitor?

 

[jonnyp11]

The only way AMD competes is if there's something with unlimited threads, then they have a 4 socket board and the 16 core processors, that would be awesome.

 

[FuryRosewood]

This I doubt greatly.

Pricing will be similar to when SB and then IB came out.

You have to remember that the Pentium and i3 are your consumer grade stuff, anything above is no longer mainstream. It is a tiny fraction of people that have dedicated graphics cards, overclock and need more than 2 cores, and as such the "specialist" chips will be priced accordingly.

That and there is 0 competition so far as raw performance goes, so why price them around the same as the old chips or even around the AMD prices, when even the last gen IB and SB chips outperform the nearest competitor?

I agree...2011 is an enthusiast platform, and likely wont be any more expensive than the previous models.