My Q6700 bit me last night so it has to go, okay I just feel the pull of the green-eyed monster. Looking on ebay etc, there still seems to demand for my kit, at least enough to cover the cost of SB i5-2500K. I would be selling the following: Q6700 Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R 4GB Corsair DDR2 1066MHz My big question is, will Ivy Bridge be compatible with current P67 motherboards? I assume it may be, because both SB & IB will be LGA 1155 sockets, and most X58 boards could take a 32nm Gulftown with a BIOS flash. It is not a deal breaker, but a clear upgrade path would certainly be the icing on the cake. Cheers
If you believe wikipedia ivy bridge will be LGA1155 compatible. There will probably be a different chipset though.
LGA1155 is meant to have a 3 year lifespan, but like Dae said, if you need a new chipset is another question.
Given Bindi's previous comments on the future of "the upgrade path", I would imagine the answer is probably not. Especially not the launch stuff. But hey, maybe Intel will consider it's consumers this time
As I thought Intel will probably screw the pooch in terms of upgrading, especially as P55 owners have been left in the cold. Hope Bulldozer gives Intel something to think about
Ivy Bridge is just a die-shrink of Sandy Bridge, but with DX11 graphics (including a fix for true 23.976fps video in its video decoding pipelines). It's highly unlikely that Intel would pull a socket switcheroo in less than a year. Do bear in mind they changed the microarchitecture of SB from Nehalem, so they do have a semi-defendable excuse for the socket change.
It's not just about the socket though. It's the whole board. I doubt a 32nm i3 would fit in the launch day P55 boards....
