A bit confused about Intels new Haswell arcitecture?

[NeilJames1978]

Hey guys, I know I've posed a few questions lately but I have had some good impartial advice from you lot. The new Haswell chips do not appear to be much of a leap forward in performance and they are only going to be avalible in 4 core, I understand software has to support your number of cores but my quad wasn't heavily supported when I first bought it. But as my system has aged more and more software seems to be using it "unlocking" more of my cpu's capability. They also have onboard gpu technology and reduced power consuption which I can't hepl but feel I will be paying for but is pretty unnecessary for a desktop gamer with a dedicated gpu card that draws 200-250w. Most articles I read about them seems to be accociating them with laptops and tablets, I just can't hepl but feel I would be better off with a 6 core i7k as when Haswell comes out there will probably be a significant price drop in the lg2011 socket range that many people like myself could take advantage of. Please feel free to tell me if I have my facts wrong.

 

[NeilJames1978]

Thanks for taking the time to reply guys, certainly some usefull information for me to consider there. I totally accept Armageus's point with it not being cost effective to maintain 2 production lines with regards to the onboard GPU feature. I will probably have to wait for the release and research some benchmarks (not that It's always a number game and can depent on what you "want" from the chip) But CPU's have pretty much hit the 3.5g "limit" and don't really seem tyo be moving on from there hence the addition of more cores and concentration on chip architecture.