Hey guys
I have recently been told that there is a new CPU series coming out during the middle of 2011 or the first half of 2012, no really I only got told about an hour ago.
Since I, and probably many other people, am looking to buy a new gaming PC and I have plenty of time to save up.
I was wandering if you think I should wait for the Ivy Bridge since I'll have to wait anyway.
Heres the/my situation
The ivy bridge is supposed to be about 20-30% faster than the sandy bridge and will replace it when it is produced. Now I have a rig set out to buy at the end of the year, from PCS, and its a i7-2600 which costs £1700.
Now I saw a picture/table that explains this but I'll have to look for it.
I was going to get the Sandy Bridge Extreme CPU's but I dont think I'll need that becuase:
1) Its probably going to be a 6-8 core and the games I want to play, shogun 2 etc, some FPS nothing like COD, wont use all the cores well enough.
2) Its going to really pricy since they will be replacing the i7 990x
Now Im going to prosume that the Ivy Bridge will have the same system as sandy bridge i.e i5 2500, i7 2600, something around that.
Im going to also prosume they will also be around the same price of the sandy bridge, becuase they both fit into the same range, premium graphics,which should make them both around the same price, I think?
Now the only things I'll have to worrie about in matter of price is the cost of the CPU and the motherboard becuase the ivy bridge is supposed to be smaller than the sandy.
The IB is supposed to have DX11 built in support. But I'll be getting the 580 but DX11 built isnt bad.
Now if I get the IB in 2012, wont DX12 be coming out anyway? And then games will switch to DX12, then that will bring in DX12 GPU's and that leaves me to purchase the whole plot all over again!!
Now im a bit into the whole total war series. And some FPS, crysis 1 and 2.
My question is what do you think ?
I know its miles away but when your thinking about money daily, i.e me. You never know how fast time passes by.
If anyone has any info please reply for me and others
I have recently been told that there is a new CPU series coming out during the middle of 2011 or the first half of 2012, no really I only got told about an hour ago.
Since I, and probably many other people, am looking to buy a new gaming PC and I have plenty of time to save up.
I was wandering if you think I should wait for the Ivy Bridge since I'll have to wait anyway.
Heres the/my situation
The ivy bridge is supposed to be about 20-30% faster than the sandy bridge and will replace it when it is produced. Now I have a rig set out to buy at the end of the year, from PCS, and its a i7-2600 which costs £1700.
Now I saw a picture/table that explains this but I'll have to look for it.
I was going to get the Sandy Bridge Extreme CPU's but I dont think I'll need that becuase:
1) Its probably going to be a 6-8 core and the games I want to play, shogun 2 etc, some FPS nothing like COD, wont use all the cores well enough.
2) Its going to really pricy since they will be replacing the i7 990x
Now Im going to prosume that the Ivy Bridge will have the same system as sandy bridge i.e i5 2500, i7 2600, something around that.
Im going to also prosume they will also be around the same price of the sandy bridge, becuase they both fit into the same range, premium graphics,which should make them both around the same price, I think?
Now the only things I'll have to worrie about in matter of price is the cost of the CPU and the motherboard becuase the ivy bridge is supposed to be smaller than the sandy.
The IB is supposed to have DX11 built in support. But I'll be getting the 580 but DX11 built isnt bad.
Now if I get the IB in 2012, wont DX12 be coming out anyway? And then games will switch to DX12, then that will bring in DX12 GPU's and that leaves me to purchase the whole plot all over again!!
Now im a bit into the whole total war series. And some FPS, crysis 1 and 2.
My question is what do you think ?
I know its miles away but when your thinking about money daily, i.e me. You never know how fast time passes by.
If anyone has any info please reply for me and others
