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frebay said:So is the ivy bridge Core i7 3770K for $313 faster than sandy bridge i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6 core for $599?
I'm really confused.
nope. the 3770k is a quad core replacement for the 2600k/2700k on the socket 1155 platform.
the 3930k is lga2011.
the die shrink of 1155 sandy to ivy does not mean its better than the hex core sandy bridge-e cpu.
shibirian said:IB has build in gpu and therefore uses a lot more power as SB in Idle, that's one point to consider.
Fully suported is another argument. I like it, that the new boards for Ivy don't need certain kexts no more, but then again that's also not such a big reason.
not to nit pick, but those 2 points arent exactly right.
sb and ib both have on-die gpu, its just that the ib cpus are getting a bump in performance (some models at least) to hd4000.
i would expect ib cpus to use less power than sb.
also these new boards arent ivy boards, they are panther point boards.
there isnt any less kexts needed with them (or more). the main thing (for gigabyte) is the move from bios to uefi, which comes with the benefit of not needing a dsdt for certain things (as is the case with many non-gigabyte uefi cougar point boards).