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Whats after Haswell?

jonneymendoza said:
Why not? my CPU is like 3-4 generations old now and lets assume for each generation we get a 15% increase. i should expect above 50% performance with these new chips now?
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Your CPU is the previous architecture, so architecture wise it's only a generation behind Sandy/Ivy Bridge.

And 15% seems a bit high per generation... if on the same clock, I would say it's more like ~10% with good conditions (and I mean software with very good multithreaded support). You'll probably see ~20% extra performance from your current CPU with Haswell anyway, depending on what you do on the PC.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Umm that's not correct because sandy and ivy are the last gen after my 920
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Orcvader said:
Your CPU is the previous architecture, so architecture wise it's only a generation behind Sandy/Ivy Bridge.
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On the other hand I would wait for solid Haswell reviews first to see whether it's worth updating to. As I said before, Intel is concentrating on IGP performance at the moment, so CPU performance is not the main focus for the next couple of gens.
 
WingZero30 said:
Why do I get a sense of sarcasm in these posts? ;)
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U sure?


A year ago I was aiming for a Haswell upgrade from my i5 750 3.8GHz, but may hold out for Broadwell or even Skylake...ugh...really want a 'mainstream' priced hexacore! So obviously don't need to upgrade, just got the itch...
 
jonneymendoza said:
Cant believe Haswell will only be 20% at most faster then my i7 920
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Efficiency is the name of the game now; Haswell will power ultrabooks and tablets that your i7 920 would turn into burnt-out heap of molten ****.

edit: apparently the swear filter doesn't like a word which Wikipedia describes as "a partially vitreous by-product of the process of smelting ore" but can also have a derogative meaning when used colloquially :p
 
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jonneymendoza said:
Cant believe Haswell will only be 20% at most faster then my i7 920
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I'm not quite sure where you get that idea from.

i7 920 vs i7 2600k

Even the 2600k is more than 20% ahead of the i7 920 in allot of those benchmarks

i7 920 vs i7 3770k

The 3770k just extends this lead, so the Haswell i7 will probably be knocking on to being 40/50% faster than the i7 920 at stock.

Don't forget the Sandy and Ivy i7's clock higher than the old i7 920 do as well.
 
Unless Intel do something funky with clock rates Haswell will be barely quicker than IB, the main focus was on improving the iGPU and improving efficiency.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Cant believe Haswell will only be 20% at most faster then my i7 920
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I got an i7 930 and im upgrading to haswell at the start of next university year. While clock-clock there is not much difference, its hard to go over 4Ghz with a 920 or 930 while its dead easy to go at 4.5Ghz+ on current CPUs and from what I read today Haswell makes high-end OC even more achievable with expensive motherboards due to new flexible VRM systems. That means we may reach near 5Ghz without much effort under a simple AIO wc system. Also don't forget X58 has problem with Sata-3. I see that on my SSD every day. Write speeds and random seek is not as good as with newer CPUs. The list of updates could keep going but for sure its not a dramatical upgrade like we were used to once upon a time.

I expect a highly overclocked 4770K to be more than 50% faster than a 4Ghz i7 920/930.
 
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