ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April!

Our source has confirmed that Intel will be announcing their Ivy Bridge desktop and mobile processors this Friday, March 23, 2012! The actual release date of these processors will be April 29, 2012. Take a look at what's coming up!

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Link : ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April!

 

ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 2.0

Our source has confirmed that Intel will be announcing their Ivy Bridge desktop and mobile processors this Friday, March 23, 2012! The actual release date of these processors will be April 29, 2012. Take a look at what's coming up!

In this update, we corrected the announcement date, and added a clarification on the announcement and release dates, and what they really mean.

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Link : ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 2.0

 

ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 2.1

Our source has confirmed that Intel will be announcing their Ivy Bridge desktop and mobile processors this Friday, March 23, 2012! The actual release date of these processors will be April 29, 2012. Take a look at what's coming up!

What a facepalm moment! We mixed up the embargo date of the Intel Ivy Bridge processors with the launch date of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680! Our apologies. The original date is correct.

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Link : ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 2.1

 

Just in time Looking for a computer upgrade around April or may.

Targeting the 3570K.

Will there be new chipset to accompany this CPU?

 

Yup. Looks like there will be new chipsets too although IVB is also backward compatible with SDB's chipsets. Anandtech has the full details here: AnandTech - Intel's Ivy Bridge Architecture Exposed

Not that IVB has USB 3.0 native support, I hope the new MacBook pros would also start using the USB 3.0 ports too moving forward.

 

I wonder when IVB motherboards will be available, and is it worth waiting for them.

 

The new chipsets have native USB 3.0 support what. That said, most current motherboards already ship USB 3.0 ports so it's not that big of a difference. It's not a bad idea to pair the Ivy Bridge with a Sandy Bridge board if you already have one.

If you already have a Sandy Bridge desktop system though, I don't think it's worth upgrading. The Sandy Bridge is already fast enough for most applications and games. I would prefer to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge notebook - the improved efficiency could boost battery life, and the improved graphics performance will allow casual gamers to just stick to the integrated graphics and save money and power.

 

My desktop is a Core 2 Duo And I'm planning to build a new pc by mid-May .

 

I've given up on desktops.... LOL! But Adrian is spot on with the efficiency of the IVB for notebooks. VERY enticing...

 

I think it's worth upgrading from an Intel Core 2 Duo system to an Ivy Bridge system. Not only for the better performance but also the native USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps support.

I'm still on the old Core i7 (Bloomfield) and I don't really see a need to upgrade.

 

Hey, don't give up on desktops! As much as I prefer working on notebooks, desktops are still necessary for gaming.

I tried playing Civilization 5 on my notebook and it got so hot I quickly switched back to the desktop!

 

I've actually given up using a laptop, until today, I have not owned one...

Yeah, nothing beats the input/output on a desktop for pure productivity (work and pleasure) and performance. And of course, desktop is far superior in terms of raw performance too. It is too inadequate for many task like photo editing, gaming, and things like encoding which I don't do very often though. I still feel that photo editing is still too slow at times.

Actually the older i7 is not bad, just that they are very inefficient, gets really hot.

 

LOL! Damn you, poisoner!

Seriously though... until I get to move to a proper office, I don't have enough table space for more than 1 monitor..

 

I'm actually a desktop guy at heart. Hehe.. My laptop is more like a portable desktop. When it's at home/office, it's hooked up to a 23" monitor and full-sized keyboard + mouse!

I tried using a notebook exclusively but eventually stopped because it was giving me "finger burns" from the heat. I might try again if I ever get an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook with an SSD.

Photo editing is okay because it doesn't require much graphics processing power. My laptop has both the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and the AMD Radeon HD 6630M and there's no perceptible difference in performance while editing graphics. What made the most difference was RAM -> big difference upgrading from 4 GB to 8 GB!

 

ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 3.0

Our source has confirmed that Intel will be announcing their Ivy Bridge desktop and mobile processors this April 29, 2012. Take a look at what's coming up!

We posted another update on the April 2012 launch, and shifted 8 desktop processors to the June 2012 launch.

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Link : ED#134 : Intel To Launch Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors In April! Rev. 3.0

 

RAM and processor makes a lot of difference. I doubt it is practical to have i7 870 on a laptop.

 

I only have a Core i5-2450M processor but it still runs hot. That's why I would be quite interested to see how Ivy Bridge performs. Definitely RAM makes a HUGE difference, especially if you open many applications at once, or you do photo editing on Photoshop.

 

There are dual-cores i7 for laptop And there is very little performance gain. Most of it are the extra enterprise features included.

The main performance gain could be obtained by upgrading the RAM and SSD for now.

 

Yeah, but they have more L2 cache. But I don't think they are worth it.

Sigh.. My laptop just shut off again. Probably a thermal shutdown. It's so HOT at the touchpad area where the HDD is located.