All the "(p)reviews" touting poor overclocking capabilities on Ivy Bridge coupled with increased temperatures were done on ES chips that will certainly not be evident on Oem chips when the final revisions are enacted and the 22nm processes is perfected. Its best to wait for proper reviews in a month when the benchmarks, merits, and possibly failures of Ivy Bridge will be made evident. It seems quite unlikely that SB will best it in any important category, and it becoming the new Faildozer is quite improbable unless it somehow ends up being inferior to SB regarding OCability and Temps.
At the moment I'm looking forward to IB as it will finally narrow the gap between desktop and laptop cpu performance to an indistinguishable level, as it should be. Prominent member TheBluePill of NBR explained Ivy Bridge perfectly here http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/646005-upcoming-gpu-info-thread-6xxm-7xxxm-discussions-34.html
At the moment I'm looking forward to IB as it will finally narrow the gap between desktop and laptop cpu performance to an indistinguishable level, as it should be. Prominent member TheBluePill of NBR explained Ivy Bridge perfectly here http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/646005-upcoming-gpu-info-thread-6xxm-7xxxm-discussions-34.html
Quote:How many average Joes do you know that go out and buy a desktop any more? Most people are grabbing a laptop, or tablet. Even people looking for the "Family PC' are buying laptops now too. Don't get me wrong, there is still a market for a desktop, but its slowing.
All of the players know it. Thats why Intel has shifted to Laptop Processors that keep up with their desktop counterparts. Development has slowed greatly in Desktop Speed and power so the mobile parts can catch up. Thats what Ivy Bridge was all about.