Any OC i7-920 vs haswell reviews

Dash RipRock · 1 Jun 2013 at 17:06

As the title suggests any reviews of i7-9xx oc to 3.8-4.2 vs haswell?
Been getting cpu upgrade itch for a while now,cant believe ive been using the same cpu for nearly 4 years

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Looking for games results to be honest and want to see if i can get a significant improvment.Game at 1920x1080 on 120Hz with gtx 670 sli.Or any opinions would be nice also.

shaf · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:14

Same here. I think I am going to go for it this time - been on this platform too long and it's just not right

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almoststew1990 · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:16

I'm also interested in this as my 860 is doing 'OK'. The only I could find was http://www.anandtech.com/show/7003/the-haswell-review-intel-core-i74770k-i54560k-tested/7

Page 7 of the anandtech review

Skynet5 · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:23

If you can overclock to 4.1-4.2 with HT on I doubt it is worth it.

I couldn't get there without turning HT off on my old C0 stepping so I went x79.

Dash RipRock · 1 Jun 2013 at 20:07

shaf said:
Same here. I think I am going to go for it this time - been on this platform too long and it's just not right .

haha yeah i know what you mean

.After 20 years of PC gaming it feels somehow "unnatural" to have not upgraded a cpu for that length of time.

On Holiday · 1 Jun 2013 at 20:09

If you can get your 920 to 4GHz (fairly easy) then stick with it!

I went from the 920 to the 3820 and I do somewhat regret it, the money would've been better spent on graphics or w/cooling.

Dash RipRock · 1 Jun 2013 at 20:15

YarwoodUK said:
If you can get your 920 to 4GHz (fairly easy) then stick with it!

I went from the 920 to the 3820 and I do somewhat regret it, the money would've been better spent on graphics or w/cooling.

I can get to 4.2 without HT and 4.0 with ht thats a bit flakey and 3.8 all day long with HT.Though i prefer to run without it to keep the temps down especially
in what we can call laughably summer.generally hottest core comes in around 65 c so dont want to go much higher.

So youd say not much gain in games then? shame

Wucked · 1 Jun 2013 at 20:43

Depends on the game, with something like Arma 3 you'll see a good jump in fps. Most games probably not that much though, perhaps better to invest in a new graphics card.

humbug · 1 Jun 2013 at 21:58

Cinebench r10 - multithreaded

i7 920 @ 2.66Ghz = 16211

i7 3770K @ 3.5Ghz = 25703

CPU speed i7 920 vs i7 3770K = + 30%: i7 3770K.
CPU performance i7 920 vs i7 3770K = +57%: i7 3770K.

Clock for clock performance difference = 22%

So you would need to run the 920 at 4.2Ghz to match the stock 3.5Ghz 3770K

Rough estimate.

kaku · 1 Jun 2013 at 22:35

I'm in the same boat. I'm not sure if I should be happy that the 920 I got a few years back is still going to strong, or sad because no new toys =(

I had a read through this article, and it's showing very little difference in gaming at all: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/ivy-bridge-3770k-gaming-results-vs-core-i7-920-at-4-2ghz/view-all/

Might just grab a second 670 instead and grab a better cooler to go for 4.2GHz. I'm pretty disappointed with the reviews coming out on Haswell too =/

Skynet5 · 1 Jun 2013 at 22:54

Dash RipRock said:
I can get to 4.2 without HT and 4.0 with ht thats a bit flakey and 3.8 all day long with HT.Though i prefer to run without it to keep the temps down especially
in what we can call laughably summer.generally hottest core comes in around 65 c so dont want to go much higher.

So youd say not much gain in games then? shame

Sounds just like my old 920.

I've got my 3820 running at a 4.9ghz at 1.4v. It's a damn sight quicker in games....

Skynet5 · 1 Jun 2013 at 22:56

kaku said:
I'm in the same boat. I'm not sure if I should be happy that the 920 I got a few years back is still going to strong, or sad because no new toys =(

I had a read through this article, and it's showing very little difference in gaming at all: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/ivy-bridge-3770k-gaming-results-vs-core-i7-920-at-4-2ghz/view-all/

Might just grab a second 670 instead and grab a better cooler to go for 4.2GHz. I'm pretty disappointed with the reviews coming out on Haswell too =/

That would be a good move, you really will see big improvements.

I jumped to the 3820 just fixed my minimums in bf3 that annoyed me.

domyboy · 2 Jun 2013 at 10:45

I'm also in the same predicament. Had my I7 920 D0 @4ghz 24/7 in my bloodrage mobo for nearly 4 years now. had three graphics card updates in that time but the CPU ive never needed to change. i thought Haswell would be the day my trusty i7 920 could retire but its looking unlikely. :confused:

silvagti · 2 Jun 2013 at 11:02

Likewise, in the exact same predicament with an i7-920 and a GTX 470. Contemplating a new Haswell build but if I put my sensible hat on I probably only 'need' a video card upgrade to last me another year or two. I'm also in need of a larger SSD to replace my 80Gb Intel one as it's down to 5Gb free and it's annoying having to install all my games on a slow mechanical harddrive.

Having said that it's been over 3 years since I've upgraded any component in my PC setup and a 4770k would offer double the performance of my current CPU so it's far from a pointless update. Plus if I'm gonna spend £750 on a new 780 and 512 SSD maybe I should just go the whole hog and build a new PC

Hmmmm, decisions..... !

Echo · 2 Jun 2013 at 12:35

I'm in the same boat. 920 @ 3.6 that hasn't failed me in 4½ years

The reviews don't provide much in the way of required power supplies, does anyone know the minimum ATX spec required if I was to disable Haswell's low idle states in UEFI? Running with a pretty old BFG ES 800w which I think is spec 2.2. Budgets are tight, so if I could migrate the PSU and existing DDR3 (1600) across it would help a lot.

lettuce · 2 Jun 2013 at 13:16

You can expect double performance from an i7 920 to Haswell from reports......add in the advancements in the mobos (my GIGABYTE EX58-UD5 doesn't even have USB3 for Christ sake!) its a no brainer for me

androo · 2 Jun 2013 at 14:58

My 920 will not do past 3.6 with HT on so this is looking like I might see some improvement. I have a GTX670 at the moment so there's no need to change that but i'm not sure whether my PSU is going to be compatible (550W Dark Power Pro).

I also think i'll need new ram as i've only got 1333mhz rated sticks. And possibly a new cooler. Oooh and a new SSD...

Kotu · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:04

I have got a 980x running on a EX58-UD5, but I can't see myself upgrading, I don't think I would even get any use out of USB3 and my asmedia sata3 card seems to get close to full sata3 speeds. The only place my cpu gets maxed so far is rendering stuff, an overclocked haswell would probably only be about 10-20% faster with going from 6 to 4 cores.

Ill probably be waiting until my current system is really struggling with day to day tasks before I consider upgrading again. Hopefully ill get another 3-4 years out of this 1366 system

shadow_boxer · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:26

humbug said:
Cinebench r10 - multithreaded

i7 920 @ 2.66Ghz = 16211

i7 3770K @ 3.5Ghz = 25703

CPU speed i7 920 vs i7 3770K = + 30%: i7 3770K.
CPU performance i7 920 vs i7 3770K = +57%: i7 3770K.

Clock for clock performance difference = 22%

So you would need to run the 920 at 4.2Ghz to match the stock 3.5Ghz 3770K

Rough estimate.

For completeness sake I've just done a run with my i7 [email protected] (HT enabled).

CPU Score (multithreaded) = 21943

I'll probably be making the jump over to Haswell. From comparing Cinebench 11.5 scores and my own 920@4GHz it seems to be around 50% faster when comparing to an [email protected] in the single threaded Cinebench 11.5 run and just a bit more on the multithreaded run.

humbug · 2 Jun 2013 at 16:06

shadow_boxer said:
For completeness sake I've just done a run with my i7 [email protected] (HT enabled).

CPU Score (multithreaded) = 21943

I'll probably be making the jump over to Haswell. From comparing Cinebench 11.5 scores and my own 920@4GHz it seems to be around 50% faster when comparing to an [email protected] in the single threaded Cinebench 11.5 run and just a bit more on the multithreaded run.

wow, out all of that looks like I was only about 10% out, total

Put that down to clock scaling deficit... i'm pretty impressed with my bit of number crunching there...

It certainly is worth an upgrade.