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| The Intel Ivy Bridge review |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-04-23 20:26:47 |
| AnandTech puts Intel's new Ivy Bridge through its paces. "While it's not enough to tempt existing Sandy Bridge owners, if you missed the upgrade last year then Ivy Bridge is solid ground to walk on. It's still the best performing client x86 architecture on the planet and a little to a lot better than its predecessor depending on how much you use the on-die GPU." |
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| Not worth it for me |
| By Luke McCarthy on 2012-04-23 21:31:01 |
| Still comfortable with Core 2 Quad Q9550. Not worth spending just to get maybe 30% better performance. I'll wait and see if Haswell is any good, and hopefully they'll release some 8-cores. |
 - Score: 1 |
| Comment by Radio |
| By Radio on 2012-04-23 21:48:14 |
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I bought one of the last core 2 duo laptops, a Sony TT11M/N (with the ULV version of the core 2 duo). The performance/autonomy ratio of that perfect little machine is a testament to how Intel has been screwing us those last 4 years by kneecaping its own products. (If you don't believe me: this chip is (almost) the one that Apple choose for their first version of the Macbook Air - to the surprise of many pundits, I clearly remember, who wondered why didn't Apple choose a more recent chipset.) Since then - and a certain anti-trust lawsuit -, I am willing to sacrifice a little bit of convenience by buying AMD-only hardware when it comes to x86. I think it is worth it, long-term. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Comment by Radio |
| By ssokolow on 2012-04-23 22:14:48 |
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Same. I only buy AMD for my CPUs because I don't like what Intel did to them in the 386/486 years and I also disapprove of Intel's Microsoft-style "a SKU for every feature combination and woe be it if you don't anticipate every needed feature" approach to pricing. (In case you weren't aware, Intel underestimated demand for 386 chips and had to cut a deal with AMD to use their fabs in exchange for sharing the 486 market. When the time came, they said "We've changed our mind... oh, and if you sue us for breach of contract, our lawyers are better and we'll just bleed you dry in court.) |
| - Score: 8 |
| Comment by Milo_Hoffman |
| By Milo_Hoffman on 2012-04-24 00:31:08 |
| Intel is producing some amazing tech with the 35W models. Ivy Bridge procs were excellent performers in 35W, Sandy are even more bang-per-watt. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Comment by Radio |
| By Delgarde on 2012-04-24 01:55:28 |
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> Same. I only buy AMD for my CPUs because I don't like what Intel did to them in the 386/486 years You're holding a grudge for something a company did more than twenty years ago? Some of their current employees probably weren't even born then... |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[3]: Comment by Radio |
| By johann1s on 2012-04-24 02:27:26 |
| Intel's business practices have been suspect for the last two decades, what makes you think they've changed? |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[4]: Comment by Radio |
| By Delgarde on 2012-04-24 02:38:12 |
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> Intel's business practices have been suspect for the last two decades, what makes you think they've changed? Oh, sure - blame them for what they're doing *now*, under their current management team. But boycotting a company for something it did decades ago just doesn't make sense - the people responsible for their current behaviour aren't responsible for that. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Not worth it for me |
| By JuEeHa on 2012-04-24 05:55:57 |
| And really not worth for me. I am still comfortable with Pentium III and I really don't understand why some people need two (or three or four) core processors even if they don't play games, edit movies or do 3d rendering. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[3]: Comment by Radio |
| By Radio on 2012-04-24 07:01:40 |
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The Intel antitrust case is seven years old. I don't remember it led to a shuffle in the executive ranks. Their strategy of kneecaping their products and planned obsolescence and "trusted computing" (system-wide DRM) and UEFI lockdown and "unlockable (*for a fee*) cores" is right now. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Not worth it for me |
| By HangLoose on 2012-04-24 09:35:45 |
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I have same processor as you and I was wondering if there is somewhere that you could point me to benchmarks between Ivy and ours. thanks dude... |
| - Score: 1 |
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