Wednesday, April 27th 2011
Ivy Bridge CPUs Feature PCI-Express 3.0
Slides detailing Intel's upcoming "Panther Point" chipset reveal that the next generation of LGA1155 processors will feature PCI-Express 3.0 bus to connect with graphics cards. PCI-Express 3.0 doubles bandwidth over PCI-Express 2.0, and comes with a number of new features and electrical specifications. With Panther Point, Intel put an end to chipsets meant for discrete graphics (such as P67). Here on, all LGA1155 chipsets will support Intel Flexible Display Interface (FDI), although only the Z-series will support overclocking. Among the Z-series, Z77 is the top part supporting a wider range of PCI-Express configurations, Z75 supports discrete graphics with up to 2 graphics cards, while H77 only supports one graphics card, and lacks overclocking features.
Unlike the X79 LGA2011 chipset, Panther Point chipsets don't feature massive 10-port SATA 6 Gb/s storage controllers. Like Cougar Point, it features two SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and four SATA 3 Gb/s. The chipset embeds a USB 3.0 controller, but only 4 out of 14 USB ports are USB 3.0, rest are USB 2.0. Intel's Ivy Bridge will make for the company's 2012 Core Family portfolio, supplying entry-thru-performance segments with processor, while enthusiast segment is care of a different platform.
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Unlike the X79 LGA2011 chipset, Panther Point chipsets don't feature massive 10-port SATA 6 Gb/s storage controllers. Like Cougar Point, it features two SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and four SATA 3 Gb/s. The chipset embeds a USB 3.0 controller, but only 4 out of 14 USB ports are USB 3.0, rest are USB 2.0. Intel's Ivy Bridge will make for the company's 2012 Core Family portfolio, supplying entry-thru-performance segments with processor, while enthusiast segment is care of a different platform.
29 Comments on Ivy Bridge CPUs Feature PCI-Express 3.0
If they keep this up I can see people moving to AMD so they can have parts that aren't purposely gimped.
Also makes me laugh how they still can't offer native x16 on atleast 2 lanes.
And Intel offers at least dual PCIe 2.0 x16 slots on their x58 chipsets (I bet on their x79 chipsets too). Also, if these p77 chipsets really have PCIe3.0 slots, and PCIe3.0 doubles bandwidth, then two PCI3.0 8x slots should be similar to two PCIe2.0 x16 slots.
I just don't know about this renaming scheme with the letter Z.
It seems so ominous to me. It doesn't seem like a letter that should be followed up with a number.. it feels like just a letter, an end.
It makes me like the product less.
Also, what does it mean? P-Performance. X-Extreme. Z? Might as well go with Y, as in, Why use Z?
when these new chipsets come out will be a great time to by sandy/ivy bridge IMO. I think it will be a new build for me late this year/early next year with sandy bridge. hopefully mini itx.
Graphics push massive amounts of data. A few hundred megs isn't much.
I guess the unaffordable internally raided SSD's can push 1GB/sec + but even that's not enough to max anything pci-e.
The thrill, of making a 249$ quad perform as good as the 999$ (remember Core 2 Quad era) quad has all gone. Now you just buy ready-made OC chips for 299$ and get high because you upped the Multiplier and "overclocked"(a joke) it.
your argument is utterly crazy, what, you dont like it now that OCing is easier again?
I'm sad because of what I told you, read it again will you
I can read what you're writing many times, but you're still contradicting yourself. all i can come up with is that you've maintaned an illusion about OCing and how much skill it requires (near zero, its just trial and error), and you feel like your hard earned skill is going to waste. Hence 'all the fun is gone'. Try playing some games with your hardware instead of OCing that last Mhz.
as for buying cheap CPU's and OCing them... did you forget about AMD? duals that turn into quads, and then OC ridiculous amounts?
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