X79 vs Z77: Which Offers Better Performance?

[Kutt]

Which is a better and higher performance chipset?

Z77 (Ivy Bridge) or X79 (Sandy Bridge)

From the looks of it, the X79 appears to be better but cannot use the Ivy Bridge.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Ivy is current generation and uses a bit less power. Not much difference really.

 

[Kutt]

Ivy is current generation and uses a bit less power. Not much difference really.

Yeah, but trying to run the fastest and latest graphics cards on a Nehalem/X58 platform will cause HUGE bottlenecks resulting in a significant loss in performance.

The newest processors and chipsets have things like PCIe 3.0 x16 and greater memory bandwidth to run the new cards to their full capacity.