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4960X gets tested

I was hoping for a bigger increase :(

I dont really need 6 core yet but will soon. Fingers crossed this release drops the 39xx series price.
 
Really looking forward to the full 4820k test, october is gonna be a good month either way,this ipad is doing my nut in!!!

@kaap, read your thread on oc3d.net, oh my god what ***** hats off to you for keeping cool, TTL has gone way down in my estimations.
 
Gutted by these results tbh, I genuinely expected more given its a die shrink and still 130w, 115x Ivy had the excuse of being dropped down to 77w...

8-10% better at best, a figure that could be lost over SB-E if you hit a real poor clocker.

Naked haswell is now looking like my only real option.
 
6 Core 12 thread 6.5+ghz DDR3000 no cold bug goodness. Bring it to me!!!!! Of course its an upgrade!!! 6% no way 5.7 compared to 6.5+. Vantage CPU test, 11 Physics, Firestrike Physics!!!! Wham bam thank you Intel!!! lol

Clock for clock who care!!! Clock it further then!!!
 
pgi947 said:
Gutted by these results tbh, I genuinely expected more given its a die shrink and still 130w, 115x Ivy had the excuse of being dropped down to 77w...

8-10% better at best, a figure that could be lost over SB-E if you hit a real poor clocker.

Naked haswell is now looking like my only real option.
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Gutted, yes.... But i'm not gonna pass judgement till the full results are in, the possibility of good clocks and a strong imc, ummmmm, count me in.
 
I think 8 Packs twisted my arm to wait it out and see :o

Christ, I've changed my mind about 5 times this week :(
 
No igpu either unlike on ivy,and yeah they are soldered heatsinks,they would certainly fry with paste and 6 cores
 
pgi947 said:
I think 8 Packs twisted my arm to wait it out and see :o

Christ, I've changed my mind about 5 times this week :(
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I think IB-E is the way forward, some of the things that come with it are well worth having like the improved IMC and hopefully better overclocking than SB-E

I will be getting at least one IB-E hexcore and possibly two to replace the CPUs in my rigs.
 
Yep, the more I dig the more cons I'm finding about haswell, some chips requiring over 1.3v to get 4.3ghz is massively off putting. I know it's a lottery but that's just dire. At least I could be safe in the knowledge ivy e will tolerate brute force for benching.
 
pgi947 said:
Yep, the more I dig the more cons I'm finding about haswell, some chips requiring over 1.3v to get 4.3ghz is massively off putting. I know it's a lottery but that's just dire. At least I could be safe in the knowledge ivy e will tolerate brute force for benching.
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6 cores are a lot more fun than 4 on Haswell, and for multi GPU setups it is a non contest with IB-E winning hands down. 4.3 or 4.4 on Haswell is not going to drive multi GPUs very well.
 
Kaapstad said:
6 cores are a lot more fun than 4 on Haswell, and for multi GPU setups it is a non contest with IB-E winning hands down. 4.3 or 4.4 on Haswell is not going to drive multi GPUs very well.
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True, don't want haswell holding up a pair of 780 lightnings now do we :D
 
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