The question is where would an overclocked Ivy-E hexcore place in that chart. Form the looks of it, on top, maybe.
looks like I'm keeping my 2600k for a bit longer
That's probably quite true, but I still don't think I could ever bring myself to have the GPU at 8x.
You can scale all you want. The IPC just isn't there.
The only way AMD CPUs do better is if AMD makes a NEW CPU design that is good. The older stuff won't just magically do well when games start using more cores.
I wish I would of bought one at launch that thing held its value for sure. Its been what 3 years now almost 4?
FX 9370 @ ~5.3GHz. The CPU uses 380 watts at load/QUOTE]
That's awesome, my whole rig only manage to pull 450W and that is from the outlet including over-sized 1.2kW PSU loses. I wish I had a kill-a-watt device when I had 4-way CF, It would have cracked 1kW for sure.
consoles don't have to deal with DX11 and windows drivers, the CPU load/performance is different,
and the consoles use Jaguar cores,
but I believe it's going to have a positive impact for the AMD CPUs with 6 cores or more, the trouble is, it's probably not enough to make them really look good when you consider things like power usage
WatchDogs is supposedly next gen and scales well with 6-8 cores
but it's not enough to clearly beat the higher IPC cores, even with no HT the 4c/4t i5s have no problem competing, with a much lower clock
8350 only as fast a 3.3GHz i5 sandy bridge, with 8 cores, 4GHz and a game scaling well with more than 4t.
now go back to 2-4t games and...
I am just starting to buy parts for a new rig. I'm waiting to see what happens with haswell e pricing before I get a CPU unless MC runs a $199 i7 with $40-$50 off a compatible board. Patiently waiting to see reviews of what this DC i7 can do on air
Beware. They might send cherry chips to reviewers just like they did with the original Haswell-K.
Remember the reviewers saying you could do 5ghz on their cherry chips?
That sure ended well.
FX 9370 @ ~5.3GHz. The CPU uses 380 watts at load/QUOTE]
That's awesome, my whole rig only manage to pull 450W and that is from the outlet including over-sized 1.2kW PSU loses. I wish I had a kill-a-watt device when I had 4-way CF, It would have cracked 1kW for sure.
Heh, thanks. 218 x 24.5 @ 1.575v, Rosewill Lightning 1300w power supply. Not quite 4-way CF power use, but it is a gas guzzler for sure. :awe: