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***Official Intel Haswell Thread***

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Depends what you want to do with the computer, i7 won't show any improvement in many tasks and its a waste for a gaming rig.
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It's what I'm thinking. I do some video encoding sometimes. Only for putting films into iTunes. But it's not something I do all the time.

I think I'll get an i5, then maybe get a Broadwell i7.
 
The product description always makes me laugh :D:p

Intel's 4th gen processor codename: Haswell offers superior performance over the previous generation Ivybridge by up to 10% clock for clock. This astounding performance boost results in performance improvements in multi-tasking, encoding, gaming and multithreaded applications.
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In that case you should seriously consider preparing yourself to be astounded. After all, you wouldn't want to be caught unawares and not be.
 
Kaktus69 said:
Wise words, I can cope with being astonished but being astounded is a different kettle of fish altogether :p
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Would being astonished by the lack of astoundment be more manageable? That way the second lot of fish can be left free and unharmed.
 
Hexus summed it up quite nicely "As it stands, there aren't a great number of reasons for desktop users with Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge platforms to rush out and upgrade - indeed, if you're a gamer with a discrete card, you're unlikely to see a major framerate differential between any of the three generations, and you may find less overclocking headroom."

They struggled to get their 4770K above 4.4GHz ffs!
 
Even in the rare circumstances where you are severely cpu bottle-necked in games, any cpu overclock will only give half the gain in fps. So, a 10% faster cpu would usually give no more than 5% extra fps.

We can assume that the average haswell will do 4.5ghz or thereabouts (maybe less), which is no better than the average ivybridge.

Haswell 4.5ghz = 105fps
Ivybridge 4.5ghz = 100fps

Colour me not impressed.
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Ta....

Now looking for bargain ivys or Xeons :D
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Non-K looks to be worse on Haswell actually

http://ht4u.net/reviews/2013/intel_core_i7_4770_4670_haswell_cpus_test/index18.php

Also, Non-K are strap locked:

So, while you only have a few MHz in each direction to change the BCLK, the additional straps--which will be available on K-SKUs only--give users the ability to set the BCLK to 100MHz, 125MHz, 167MHz, or 250MHz.
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http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core-i74770K-Review-Haswell-Has-Landed/?page=10
 
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