The Ivy Bridge Preview: Core i7 3770K Tested
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 6, 2012 8:16 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Core i7
- Ivy Bridge
Metro 2033
The heaviest test we'll show in this suite, Metro 2033 still requires a discrete GPU for reasonable performance. That being said, it's still an interesting measure of how much more GPU horsepower exists in Ivy Bridge:
Here the Llano gap shrinks to about 13 - 25% depending on the resolution/quality settings. AMD still has the clear advantage in GPU performance, but Intel does step closer. The performance advantage over Sandy Bridge ranges from 20 - 40%. With these sorts of numbers it's clear why Intel views Ivy Bridge as being a tick+. Generational performance improvements on the CPU side generally fall in the 20 - 40% range. As you've just seen, Ivy Bridge offers a 7 - 15% increase in CPU performance over Sandy Bridge - making it a bonafide tick from a CPU perspective. The 20 - 40% increase on the graphics side is what blurs the line between a conventional tick and what we have with Ivy Bridge.
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Articuno - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Except the quality is the same as competing AMD products if not worse because of driver issues, but you lose 20-30% performance in every scenario versus the last gen Llano APU. The facts are in this very review.Articuno - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Sure sounds like Bulldozer at this point, doesn't it?""It's just a driver issue, AMD/Intel will fix it!"
"It's just the review units sent out, AMD/Intel will have a BIOS update at the official release that improves performance!"
"If you overclock it to hell and back, it can almost sort of maybe compete with Intel/AMD!"
"Oh look, there's a new update out that improves performance! Sure it's only 1% performance, applicable in only certain scenarios, but it's better than nothing!"
Articuno - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Aside from that NOT being what I said at all... you do realize you justified the reasoning in your post, right? They're bribing Intel. That doesn't mean they did nothing wrong, it's a BRIBE. Besides, Intel is just as guilty as Microsoft of OEM threatening and hand-holding in the 90s.Makaveli - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Who the hell is this Sans2212 troll.Dude please do all of us a favour on this site and STFU.
90% of the people reading this site know more than you.
Take your bad english GTFO.
+1 for ban!
Articuno - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
If you Google his handle you'll find out he's been doing this for a while now (and that he's probably Japanese, which would explain the poor English).+2 for ban.
m.amitava - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
I don't think he's serious....reading come of his comments...nobody with a human brain can reason like that...If he IS serious, opens up the possbility of creating an online zoo exhibit out of him...prod him with an AMD logo and he'll roar, shout, roll and snap :)
tipoo - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - link
Poes law in full swing. The morons are indistinguishable from the people trying to look like them.silverblue - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - link
Awww I missed it... I usually like reading his rants, especially his obsession with "amd craps". He filled the void SiliconDoc vacated.Jamahl - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Wake me up when intel does something interesting again.MJG79 - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
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2011 - $54B (1st $50B year)
$20B revenue growth in 2 years
You wake me up when there is competition again.