(03-25-2012, 06:54 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: .....but that makes no sense. Die shrinks usually raise clock rates while overhauls usually lower clock rates, it's been this way for 6 years now.
And sure enough the stock clocks of ivy bridge are higher than sandy bridge while the TDP and power consumption are much lower. I don't see why it would scale so poorly with temperature though, die size certainly isn't the reason.
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