Haswell - what do we know?

[opethdisciple]

I'v been waiting to upgrade my Qx9650 to something better for a while now.

I thought I would hold out for Ivy Bridge which is what im currently doing.

However I am dissapointed that the cpu is still only 4 cores (the 3750k which is what I'd get)

Such a shame that BD performs poorly or I would have jumped all over that simply becuase it has 8 cores.

So then we get to Haswell.

I noticed here it mentions that Haswell will scale up to 8 cores, but will this be for consumer products, and at affordable price points ie around the £200 price point.? (Doubt it)

Is it worth waiting for? Is it due in 2013?

I guess as this computer is mainly aimed at games the most important thing is the gpu.

 

[nuttyprot]

I'v been waiting to upgrade my Qx9650 to something better for a while now.

I thought I would hold out for Ivy Bridge which is what im currently doing.

However I am dissapointed that the cpu is still only 4 cores (the 3750k which is what I'd get)

Such a shame that BD performs poorly or I would have jumped all over that simply becuase it has 8 cores.

So then we get to Haswell.

I noticed here it mentions that Haswell will scale up to 8 cores, but will this be for consumer products, and at affordable price points ie around the £200 price point.? (Doubt it)

Is it worth waiting for? Is it due in 2013?

I guess as this computer is mainly aimed at games the most important thing is the gpu.

I would say don't wait. Fair enough waiting for something that is due within the next month e.g IB. But if you wait a year something else will be on the horizon.

 

[buzzlightweight]

what nutty said, speculation leads you no where

 

[WingZero30]

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/2...e-ddr4-memory-with-haswell-ex-server-platform

Sources close to the folks at VR-Zone are reporting that Intel is scheduled to publicly introduce Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4) DRAM memory with the launch of its 22nm Haswell-EX enterprise platform in 2014.

According to the details, the company's 22nm Haswell-EX chips will have a minimum of 16 cores, scaling all the way up to as many as 60 cores on each four-socket motherboard. As such, the platform will require extensive improvements in ultra high-bandwidth, low-power memory architecture, and this is where DDR4 comes into play.

On the consumer desktop side of the market, Intel's 22nm Haswell and 14nm Broadwell chips will both support the new Socket LGA 1150 (see: 5 to 6 less pins than Socket LGA 1155 / 1156), but these 2013 / 2014 desktop platforms are only expected to support DDR3 modules. Not until 2015 should we see Intel's 14nm Broadwell successor platform, which will officially bring support for ultra low-voltage, fourth-generation DDR4 modules to desktop users.

 

[Yaayuh!]

"Only 4 cores". Seriously? You for gaming you need no more. Even then, you have HT to help you out. IvyBridge is no slouch, just jump on it ASAP otherwise you'll forever be waiting for the next best.

 

[paradigm]

If you are shunned by "only" 4 cores, go SB-E (or IB-E when it appears).

 

[gronf]

...That it'll most likely be my next upgrade from this i5 750.

I'll be fine with four cores again, care more about their speed/efficiency. Altho if an affordable six-core does pop up, I'll consider it.