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#5136474 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:12 PM
so basically, if you sync your 4790k cores to all boost 4.4ghz, you probably won't even see a 5% improvement from Skylake? Seriously it's Haswell/Ivy Bridge/Broadwell all over again. Seems Sandy Bridge was the final proper upgrade for years to come
so basically, if you sync your 4790k cores to all boost 4.4ghz, you probably won't even see a 5% improvement from Skylake? Seriously it's Haswell/Ivy Bridge/Broadwell all over again. Seems Sandy Bridge was the final proper upgrade for years to come
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#5136475 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:12 PM
Look like.. I should keep my Non-K I5-3470? No upgrade this year?
Look like.. I should keep my Non-K I5-3470? No upgrade this year?
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#5136479 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:15 PM
Good and in depth review as always. Nothing new under the sky here from Intel in terms of processor performance.
I guess this is the effect of amd not having anything competitive on the high end section. I will see what intel brings out next or if Zen delivers at least something.
Good and in depth review as always. Nothing new under the sky here from Intel in terms of processor performance.
I guess this is the effect of amd not having anything competitive on the high end section. I will see what intel brings out next or if Zen delivers at least something.
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#5136480 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:16 PM
Think it's safe to say you could probably keep it for the next 5 years, lol.
It's sad how they get roughly the same performance out of it, and it even uses a little more power, ahaha.
Look like.. I should keep my Non-K I5-3470? No upgrade this year?
Think it's safe to say you could probably keep it for the next 5 years, lol.
It's sad how they get roughly the same performance out of it, and it even uses a little more power, ahaha.
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#5136487 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:24 PM
I don't know what to think, and I say that not as some skeptical complainer for the sake of it but from someone considering a whole pc overhaul.
I want to upgrade to Win 10 but don't want to do it on my existing motherboard because as far as I can tell there is no such thing as a 'retail' key for windows anymore, all versions I can find to buy are not oem per se but still function the same.
So I have to ponder whether a whole platform upgrade is worth it for this incremental increase yet again. If this chipset had PCI 4.0 it would be a lot more futureproof. I also doubt that Kabylake will be 4.0 though and that there will be 4ghz 6 core cpus that aren't overpriced extreme chipsets for at least 3 more years
I don't know what to think, and I say that not as some skeptical complainer for the sake of it but from someone considering a whole pc overhaul.
I want to upgrade to Win 10 but don't want to do it on my existing motherboard because as far as I can tell there is no such thing as a 'retail' key for windows anymore, all versions I can find to buy are not oem per se but still function the same.
So I have to ponder whether a whole platform upgrade is worth it for this incremental increase yet again. If this chipset had PCI 4.0 it would be a lot more futureproof. I also doubt that Kabylake will be 4.0 though and that there will be 4ghz 6 core cpus that aren't overpriced extreme chipsets for at least 3 more years
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#5136493 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:28 PM
Were you even cpu bottlenecked in Tomb Raider and Infinite Hill?
Were you even cpu bottlenecked in Tomb Raider and Infinite Hill?
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#5136494 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:32 PM
Fantastic review as always HH.
Is there any chance you could add some emulation benchmarks in, in the near future or going forward. You'd be the first PC review site to do so, i think.
Say, Dolphin and PCSX2.
Fantastic review as always HH.
Is there any chance you could add some emulation benchmarks in, in the near future or going forward. You'd be the first PC review site to do so, i think.
Say, Dolphin and PCSX2.
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#5136500 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:37 PM
It's the same in every review it is not faster exactly then similarly clocked 3770k, 4790k or 4770k or even 2600k in games...
Were you even cpu bottlenecked in Tomb Raider and Infinite Hill?
It's the same in every review it is not faster exactly then similarly clocked 3770k, 4790k or 4770k or even 2600k in games...
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#5136502 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:38 PM
notthatbad.jpg
I mean the past 3 generations combined have brought us maybe 20-30% extra performance, while skylake alone seems to bring an extra 20% to the table. I believe an upgrade is starting to sound reasonable for Nehalem and Sandy users (myself included). We'd see around 50% extra performance in multithreaded tasks.
But I'll wait. Kabbylake next year. There is no chance I'm going to upgrade before AMD shows us Zen.
notthatbad.jpg
I mean the past 3 generations combined have brought us maybe 20-30% extra performance, while skylake alone seems to bring an extra 20% to the table. I believe an upgrade is starting to sound reasonable for Nehalem and Sandy users (myself included). We'd see around 50% extra performance in multithreaded tasks.
But I'll wait. Kabbylake next year. There is no chance I'm going to upgrade before AMD shows us Zen.
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#5136503 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:39 PM
not too bad either... it's an intel.
Not too shabby.
not too bad either... it's an intel.
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#5136504 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:40 PM
Isn't 'not to shabby' == 'not too bad'?
not too bad either... it's an intel.
Isn't 'not to shabby' == 'not too bad'?
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#5136506 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:41 PM
i guess not it's an AMD... lol
if Zen delivers at least something.
i guess not it's an AMD... lol
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#5136508 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:43 PM
Great review, as always HH
I don't know what to think, and I say that not as some skeptical complainer for the sake of it but from someone considering a whole pc overhaul.
I want to upgrade to Win 10 but don't want to do it on my existing motherboard because as far as I can tell there is no such thing as a 'retail' key for windows anymore, all versions I can find to buy are not oem per se but still function the same.
So I have to ponder whether a whole platform upgrade is worth it for this incremental increase yet again. If this chipset had PCI 4.0 it would be a lot more futureproof. I also doubt that Kabylake will be 4.0 though and that there will be 4ghz 6 core cpus that aren't overpriced extreme chipsets for at least 3 more years
Sure there are retail keys for win10... either you upgrade from your current retail key win7 or 8 or 8.1, or you simply buy one from m$ site with additional price tag.
It's the same in every review it is not faster exactly then similarly clocked 3770k, 4790k or 4770k or even 2600k in games...
dx11, for sure. Can't wait to see how this will change once dx12 is around and the faster cores work together, possibly not bringing 5% performance boost, but 5 or more % per core...
Great review, as always HH
I don't know what to think, and I say that not as some skeptical complainer for the sake of it but from someone considering a whole pc overhaul.
I want to upgrade to Win 10 but don't want to do it on my existing motherboard because as far as I can tell there is no such thing as a 'retail' key for windows anymore, all versions I can find to buy are not oem per se but still function the same.
So I have to ponder whether a whole platform upgrade is worth it for this incremental increase yet again. If this chipset had PCI 4.0 it would be a lot more futureproof. I also doubt that Kabylake will be 4.0 though and that there will be 4ghz 6 core cpus that aren't overpriced extreme chipsets for at least 3 more years
Sure there are retail keys for win10... either you upgrade from your current retail key win7 or 8 or 8.1, or you simply buy one from m$ site with additional price tag.
It's the same in every review it is not faster exactly then similarly clocked 3770k, 4790k or 4770k or even 2600k in games...
dx11, for sure. Can't wait to see how this will change once dx12 is around and the faster cores work together, possibly not bringing 5% performance boost, but 5 or more % per core...
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#5136509 Posted on: 08/05/2015 02:44 PM
About 13+ % low res gaming performance compared to i7 4790k and with 200MHz lower boost clock. Not total fail. Not at all. But im more interested in moar cores. So I will try to hold out for when the higher-end platform will be updated.
About 13+ % low res gaming performance compared to i7 4790k and with 200MHz lower boost clock. Not total fail. Not at all. But im more interested in moar cores. So I will try to hold out for when the higher-end platform will be updated.
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Not too shabby.