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Upgrading system... Should I?

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vuzedome:
Oh goodness, somebody slap me.
Well at least when nvidia release those new drivers with the adaptive v-sync, 30-40 FPS won't look like a slideshow to you anymore.

costi:

--- Quote from: HSSDamian on April 14, 2012, 01:49:22 AM ---I'll still be upgrading to an Ivy Bridge processor and a GTX680. I'll upgrade again once the following generation hardware is released, esp. the apparent haswell processor line (.. if I do manage to make time for some serious video editing). I'm really not impressed with my current GTX570, I'm not too happy with the i5 2500k either. Must upgrade ASAP, waiting is unacceptable!

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More Ivy Bridge benchmarks - Sandybridge comparison. [Updated]

Summarize - Improvements from Sandy bridge to Ivy Bridge
3DMark 11.
3.4Ghz - 0.75% Improvement

3DMark Vantage
3.4Ghz - 3.47% Improvement

CineBench
3.4Ghz - 4.41% Improvement

SuperPi 32M
3.4Ghz - 3.37% Improvement

Wprime 1.55
3.4Ghz - 5.14% Improvement

Wprime 2.09
3.4Ghz - 4.71% Improvement

Handbrake
3.4Ghz - 7.39% Improvement

And they don't even overclock too well...

kitamesume:
costi, wait, the guy is a render maniac, so a 4core vs 4core is invalid, try giving him a 6core vs 4core benches, preferably IVB too.

NaRu:

--- Quote from: kitamesume on April 14, 2012, 09:59:44 AM ---costi, wait, the guy is a render maniac, so a 4core vs 4core is invalid, try giving him a 6core vs 4core benches, preferably IVB too.

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You can't right now because intel is releasing Ivy Bridge mainstream first and next year might come out with Ivy Bridge E series which will have 6+ cores. Only thing you can compare with 6 cores is Sandy Bridge E which won't be a huge increase in performance.

Ivy Bridge mainstream CPUs will be more used in laptops instead of desktop. I would only upgrade to Ivy bridge for GPU performance if you don't want to have a dedicated GPU card. That's the main reason why I feel laptops will be what people will buy instead of changing their desktops.

There is a sample Intel Ivy Bridge 10 core chip being tested. The Ivy Bridge-EP/EX chip will be using the 2011 socket as well.

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