CPU/Mobo Does Lucid Virtu worth the extra money over p67?

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I am looking for an upgrade for my i5 2500k.The z68 seems nice specially with gpu switching technology Lucid Virtu.I have read somewhere that when not in use ,the discrete gpu goes idle and thus consumes lesser power.Is it so?

I am considering this as a great favor for buying z68 as when I use my rig for downloading,office work,net surfing etc,the gpu will go idle instead of running all the time.
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Lucid is a flawed adaptation of a good theoretical concept aka bulldozer.. even though it offers switching it tends to decrease fps when playing intensive games, causes lag and tends to cause errors in certain applications.. also the power saving you are talking about is inbuilt in all gpu's, so lucid as such is not offering any added advantages..

the only advantage lucid offers is that it allows users to use the intel quicksync for conversion.. but even quicksync feature is pretty useless as of now as QS is supported by very few applications..

So in entirety even though lucid looks good it is a useless entity for gamers and anyone else who does not use QS..
 
Well, rather than blow the money on Z68/Z77, get a 7 series card. Unless you want to use QS, that is. In which case, get a Z77/Z68 depending on cost.
 
A Z77 equivalent will be like 1-2k more expensive at most compared to the same Z68. So I see no reason why not to buy it
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Besides, chances are it would OC better as well
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Thanks for the link. The review is phenomenal in my experience, but your analysis is what is lacking.

1. You can't expect a slightly better mobo to improve real world gaming performance in terms of FPS. What you can expect is synthetic tests where the Z77 is >5-15% faster and 5%+ faster is supposed to be ground breaking in MOBO terms. The read , write speeds etc are HUGELY BETTER.

2. This is a mid range, not even mid end board. And what it does is far beyond what a Z68 GD65 or perhaps even GD80 would do, it certainly competes with a Z68 GD80 as far as OC is concerned while delivering more power even at stock, and besides being a tonne cheaper.

3. 5.1 GHz for a 2700k so easily, on air cooling for a MSI board is one of the best till date. Usually they top out at 4.8-4.9 GHz even with high end MSI boards. If the GD55 goes this high, the GD65 or GD80 will be too good to be true types.

4. Besides, the limit was that of the CPU, SB can't go much beyond 5GHz. But Ivy will easily go beyond 5.5, so if you maintain a Z68 mobo, you will probably be limited to 4.5-5 GHz approx with Ivy, but with a Ivy CPU and Z77 mobo you will easily cross 5-5.5 GHz without much effort.

I rest my case. Before the link I thought it might be more of a passion symbol, but the link proves that the Z77 + Ivy combo will give at least 10-15%+ IPC gains with another 10-20% OC ability and that would mean 20-30%+ overall end gains for the end user. Besides being a lot better overall experience which IPC or FPS can't capture in totality.

I rest my case
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Thanks for the link. The review is phenomenal in my experience, but your analysis is what is lacking.

1. You can't expect a slightly better mobo to improve real world gaming performance in terms of FPS. What you can expect is synthetic tests where the Z77 is >5-15% faster and 5%+ faster is supposed to be ground breaking in MOBO terms. The read , write speeds etc are HUGELY BETTER.

2. This is a mid range, not even mid end board. And what it does is far beyond what a Z68 GD65 or perhaps even GD80 would do, it certainly competes with a Z68 GD80 as far as OC is concerned while delivering more power even at stock, and besides being a tonne cheaper.

3. 5.1 GHz for a 2700k so easily, on air cooling for a MSI board is one of the best till date. Usually they top out at 4.8-4.9 GHz even with high end MSI boards. If the GD55 goes this high, the GD65 or GD80 will be too good to be true types.

4. Besides, the limit was that of the CPU, SB can't go much beyond 5GHz. But Ivy will easily go beyond 5.5, so if you maintain a Z68 mobo, you will probably be limited to 4.5-5 GHz approx with Ivy, but with a Ivy CPU and Z77 mobo you will easily cross 5-5.5 GHz without much effort.

I rest my case. Before the link I thought it might be more of a passion symbol, but the link proves that the Z77 + Ivy combo will give at least 10-15%+ IPC gains with another 10-20% OC ability and that would mean 20-30%+ overall end gains for the end user. Besides being a lot better overall experience which IPC or FPS can't capture in totality.

I rest my case
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Yes, with an IB expect the performance gains, not with SNB i5 2500k.
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#rite Compared to you I am a noob in OC

But considering the fact that OP is upgrading his board only, for now he will not get a much of CPU OC abilities than z68.

As rightly pointed out by you the board by far outshines z68 in other depts like memory speeds, PCIe 3.0, etc.

If OP goes along this upgrade path he will have a lot to gain especially in the above two mentioned aspects thus his purchase will be future proof.

Thanks for your analysis of the review.
 
Hmmm...Since I am not 5ghz overclocker,I will stick with my p67 as of now considering that Lucid Virtu is meaningless thing and will upgrade to z77 when ivy bridge comes.Thanks all..
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The point is that overclocking Ivy + Z77 to about 5GHz will be as easy as overclocking SB + P67 to 4 GHz. So even a 4 GHz overclocker will easily get 5 GHz, so it is well worth waiting for.
 
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