Intel and AMD pipeline ?

[wildman]

I have been trying to look at what is in the pipe for both these companies with regards to CPU development and I haven't really been able to find anything really concrete.

I am currently running a 2500K which thus far has been able to handle everything I throw at it games wise. BF3 is likely the only issue where I am likely getting some mild bottlenecking of the 7950 crossfire when running everything at ultra.

The main issue I see is that I could shell out now and move to haswell (4770K would be cpu of choice) but I am not sure if it is really worth it at this point in time.

Is there a a confirmed road map for the next series of CPU offerings that will eb coming out with projected timelines for release so I can at least start to plan what I might end up moving too.

If I am being really honest I was 1 click away today from pulling the trigger on a move to X79 but I am worried that it might be redundant in the very near future ?The only real reason i could give myself for going X79 was the fact that I want to rebuild my rig........... again..... lol.

I must be every hardware shops dream customer

 

[wildman]

Nothing really worth upgrading to until Haswell-E hits late next year, just overclock your 2500k further.

its already sitting at 4.8

I'll hang tight till Haswell-E then go for a full platform upgrade next year. What sort of time are Intel looking at for releasing haswell-E late 2014 or would it be before the summer ?