• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

***Official Intel Haswell Thread***

Wucked said:
Yep and agreed. Conflicting stories make me unsure about Haswell right now. If temps are an issue at release I might go 3960X as well. There are just to many unknown's to make a good decision atm.
Click to expand...

Yeah, because the 3960x and any mainstream Haswell chip are going to be in the same league....
 
So if you are running Sandybridge or Ivybridge there isn't really much point in 'upgrading' other than to have something new.

I am running an i5 760 on Socket 1156 and even with that I am thinking do I really need to upgrade.

3 years though with the same setup so bit bored now, time for Haswell.
 
upgrade if you want,you don't need a huge 6core either,a quad is plenty power

you just have to wait and see till some real world tests arrive,so far all this speculation proves nothing
 
I have a question about the mobos the 4770k will go in if anyone knows.

How many PCIE lanes will they have and will there be any with enough slots to support 4 way sli/xfire.

Thanks
 
A decent X79 mobo and the upcoming 4820K (Unlocked) would be a nice upgrade for anyone on older tech. Cost similar price to a Haswell setup, but you gain quad channel memory, full PCI-E bandwidth, the extra cache on the 4820K may prove useful in benchmarks.

Might be worth waiting for as an alternative to upgrading to Haswell.
 
Boomstick777 said:
A decent X79 mobo and the upcoming 4820K (Unlocked) would be a nice upgrade for anyone on older tech. Cost similar price to a Haswell setup, but you gain quad channel memory, full PCI-E bandwidth, the extra cache on the 4820K may prove useful in benchmarks.

Might be worth waiting for as an alternative to upgrading to Haswell.
Click to expand...

I have an X79 setup already, what I was looking at was getting a 4770k plus mobo purely for benching. To do that I really need a mobo with 40 pcie lanes and can take up to 4 graphics cards. If there are going to be any Haswell setups that fit the bill I would be interested.
 
gigabyte up7 (haswell equivalent) might support 4 way sli/xfire

id be surprised if z87 didn't improve pcie bandwidth/quantity
 
Last edited:
Kaapstad said:
I have an X79 setup already, what I was looking at was getting a 4770k plus mobo purely for benching. To do that I really need a mobo with 40 pcie lanes and can take up to 4 graphics cards. If there are going to be any Haswell setups that fit the bill I would be interested.
Click to expand...

Yeah I was just putting that out there, that X79 + 4820K might be a better option than a Z78 + 4770K for those still on i7 920's or Sandybridge..

4770K benching would be fun if the clocking is decent but so far it's not looking good?

If the overclocking / temps really are poor on Haswell, this could be AMD's chance to recoup some ground, hopefully for AMD Steamroller is decent.. It's their best chance of catching up.. Almost as if Intel has gifted them the opportunity..
 
Well if the rumours are true, it should match IB, so just a tad slower than Haswell. How does Iris stand up to the new APU from AMD?
I think Haswell is glued on again too. Should get about 25c drop from delidding.
 
It's not official of course but I'm sure I saw leaked slides of a 30% increase in IPC. That would bring it quite a bit closer to Intel.
 
illuz said:
It's not official of course but I'm sure I saw leaked slides of a 30% increase in IPC. That would bring it quite a bit closer to Intel.
Click to expand...

AMD's slides have them pegged at yearly 10% gains.
SR's not out this year, and Ivy will be replaced.

Although maybe SR will for whatever reason be out of this world, 30% IPC gain over Piledriver would certainly be very enticing.
 
Sorry if this has already come up but I'm after a 3570K with a Sabertooth Z77 motherboard. Should I wait for Haswell, I'm not too keen on the Mobos that have been coming out for them so far, seem a bit basic compared to what I was looking at with Z77 ones.
 
Martini1991 said:
Yeah, because the 3960x and any mainstream Haswell chip are going to be in the same league....
Click to expand...

Obviously not. But I'm in the market for an upgrade to a gaming system and they're both viable options for that purpose. I'm hesitant on 3960X because Ivy-E isn't far, but there's the whole solder issue that we're waiting to see about on X79 versions. And it seems atm to be a potentially similar story with Haswell. There are rumours that its a really good overclocker, but others that it has similar heat issues to Ivy. So be as sarcastic as you like, but I'm not going to jump in one boat or the other until I have a better idea of what's happening.
 
Wucked said:
Obviously not. But I'm in the market for an upgrade to a gaming system and they're both viable options for that purpose. I'm hesitant on 3960X because Ivy-E isn't far, but there's the whole solder issue that we're waiting to see about on X79 versions. And it seems atm to be a potentially similar story with Haswell. There are rumours that its a really good overclocker, but others that it has similar heat issues to Ivy. So be as sarcastic as you like, but I'm not going to jump in one boat or the other until I have a better idea of what's happening.
Click to expand...

If you're gonna go X79 the 3930K is perfect balance of price VS performance. I only got the 3960X as it kinds worked out as a free upgrade :o. Not know anyone try X79 and regret it, it is awesome lol.

Grab the 3930K and a decent X79 mobo, than you got options with Ivybridge -E at the end of the year :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom