3770K vs 4770K test

[WaitingForNehalem]

I remember when people were saying that Nehalem was barely faster than Penryn and that it was only good for servers.

 

[Remobz]

I have an i3 2120 so I am due for an upgrade right?

Not sure if I should invest in a cheaper IVY chip and mobo or just invest in a new socket with Haswell for the future??

 

[thilanliyan]

I will most likely upgrade to Haswell, unless it is confirmed that at least some Steamroller CPUs use AM3+. In that case I will keep chugging along with this m/b and CPU until I can buy a Steamroller CPU to slot in.

 

[FalseChristian]

If a new generation of videocard came out that added just 10% more performance would you buy it? Of course not. My i5 2500K at 4.5GHz is all that you will need for years to come.

 

[Carfax83]

Sure, on legacy or un-optimized workloads, Haswell will be at best 10% faster than IVB.

But once software starts to take advantage of AVX2, then we'll see much larger increases.. Personally, I'm looking at a much larger jump since I'll be upgrading from Nehalem. Average increase for legacy and un-optimized workloads should be close to 30% for me when I jump over to Haswell..

 

[cytg111]

well, while not what I was hoping for I am in for an upgrade on this 9450 anyway(crysis3 showed me that), might as well get the new kid on the block. Might mess around with avx'es and tsx in code too (who am i kidding, never gonna get the time ...)

 

[wadec24]

once they made the announcement of the early usb bug on haswell, I jumped on ivy out of frustration. microcenter 229.99 3770k helped.... it'll be interesting to see if it comes to bite me.

 

[RampantAndroid]

once they made the announcement of the early usb bug on haswell, I jumped on ivy out of frustration. microcenter 229.99 3770k helped.... it'll be interesting to see if it comes to bite me.

Why would it? To the people saying "My 3570/3770 is going to last me a while" - so? What do you need more CPU power for these days? If you needed more CPU power, why aren't you on SB-E or IB-E already?

 

[Smartazz]

Why would it? To the people saying "My 3570/3770 is going to last me a while" - so? What do you need more CPU power for these days? If you needed more CPU power, why aren't you on SB-E or IB-E already?

Some games still get bottlenecked by even a 3770K when multiple GPUs are used.

 

[guskline]

Some games still get bottlenecked by even a 3770K when multiple GPUs are used.

Would a Haswell avoid a bottleneck in those situations?

 

[Smartazz]

Would a Haswell avoid a bottleneck in those situations?

Probably not, but if someone is spending the money for multiple top end GPUs what's spending a few hundred more to get the most out of them?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

If a new generation of videocard came out that added just 10% more performance would you buy it? Of course not. My i5 2500K at 4.5GHz is all that you will need for years to come.

if I could get a new GTX680 that was 10% faster and didn't have such restrictions on overclocking and could thus reach 10-20% higher clockrates on top of 10% clock for clock performance I would sell my 680 and upgrade in a heartbeat.

 

[HexiumVII]

I wonder how many people here will upgrade SB and IB to Haswell. I for one am planning to.

The kinda did it backwards, i went from two Nehalems to IB at work then a SB at home. Going to get Hawell and send the SB to my GF. I actually like how SB runs cooler on a cheaper heatsink than my IB.