Intel Haswell Core i7 and Core i5 specs leak onto the web

GhostXL

2012-12-11 20:27

So basically we´re looking at a minor refresh because even the clock speeds are equal to the actual CPUs... The only noteworthy feature seems to be the lower TDPs. Well , i guess this is what happens when there´s little to no competition.

Well that, and there really is nothing to match the power of what we have right now. Software is so behind the times when it comes to coding and optimization. I'd personally rather see software to actually take advantage of what we have now, and let they refresh a few series. Let the software catch up, or we will throw money away at upgrading for nothing.

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SLI-756

2012-12-11 20:28

folks, look to the z77 the gigabyte sniper 3 the asus rog and throw in an ivy, do it now, Crysis3 will be here soon.

#4477071

GhostXL

2012-12-11 20:29

folks, look to the z77 the gigabyte sniper 3 the asus rog and throw in an ivy, do it now, Crysis3 will be here soon.

Z68 can still do the job, it does with my i7 3770K just fine. Very little difference between a Z68 Gen3 and Z77. But to those that don't have Z68...I agree.

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tsunami231

2012-12-11 20:41

Z68 can still do the job, it does with my i7 3770K just fine. Very little difference between a Z68 Gen3 and Z77. But to those that don't have Z68...I agree.

I still have first gen i7, So I would agree there, 2008 is roughly when I bought this i7 and 5 years will be 2013 so i be do for my normal upgrade by then. hopefull haswell i5-i7 does wonder for swtor and it terrible performance. That And I can actual change my ram for once, seeing I been threw 5 sets of ram and only one set actual pick up all 3 sticks.

#4477085

Veteran

2012-12-11 20:52

Looking forward to upgrade from the 1st i7 to the 4th i7 🙂 My current 950 still shows it's power, but it's surely aging. I got it since December 2009. It's time for it to retire ^^

I dunno mine can still manage any game at 4.4 ht on, I may just wait for Skylake Architecture. Theres many people using SB and IB and have the chips clocked at 4.4 and some obviously have higher. No need really for me to upgrade tbh.

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warlord

2012-12-11 22:07

I dunno mine can still manage any game at 4.4 ht on, I may just wait for Skylake Architecture. Theres many people using SB and IB and have the chips clocked at 4.4 and some obviously have higher. No need really for me to upgrade tbh.

current top end mgpu easily are bottlenecked by 1st generation i7 even at 4.4 clock per clock haswell will at ease be 37% faster and with higher oc at 5 ghz will be 50% faster than what you have right now.......................

#4477140

Veteran

2012-12-11 22:14

current top end mgpu easily are bottlenecked by 1st generation i7 even at 4.4 clock per clock haswell will at ease be 37% faster and with higher oc at 5 ghz will be 50% faster than what you have right now.......................

Do you have a source on that? I really would like to see it by a credible source as i disagree and even PCI-3 is hardly anything to shout about according to tests done By Hilbert.

#4477141

---TK---

2012-12-11 22:16

source? and I cant wait for haswell and relegate this rig to back up status

#4477152

TheDeeGee

2012-12-11 22:30

I dunno mine can still manage any game at 4.4 ht on, I may just wait for Skylake Architecture. Theres many people using SB and IB and have the chips clocked at 4.4 and some obviously have higher. No need really for me to upgrade tbh.

Ye, mine isn't clocking that high very well. If i go 4 GHz it increases temps by 10C. Seeing i want a silent PC i cannot ramp fans up to 1200 RMP. I'm ready for a change really. Can wait and wait and wait, but that means you never gonna upgrade.

#4477155

Brasky

2012-12-11 22:39

Seriously, stop with the socket madness :/

I concur!

#4477156

cowie

2012-12-11 22:40

We need this

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lucidus

2012-12-11 22:47

I dunno mine can still manage any game at 4.4 ht on, I may just wait for Skylake Architecture. Theres many people using SB and IB and have the chips clocked at 4.4 and some obviously have higher. No need really for me to upgrade tbh.

Yeah, same here. Performance is fine for me for what I play. If anything the only upgrades for me are a SSD and GPUs with more than 1GB VRAM. Annoys me that Intel has this virtualization thing enabled on non-K CPUs but not on the K versions :-/

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Veteran

2012-12-11 22:49

Ye, mine isn't clocking that high very well. If i go 4 GHz it increases temps by 10C. Seeing i want a silent PC i cannot ramp fans up to 1200 RMP. I'm ready for a change really. Can wait and wait and wait, but that means you never gonna upgrade.

I just cant be arsed to upgrade for a few hundred mhz more than what i already have.

#4477173

SLI-756

2012-12-11 22:51

Stock clocks basically same as Sandy Bridge, are we moving forwards at all here, intel?

#4477193

scoter man1

2012-12-11 23:15

Chance out of 10 that this will have the same heat spreader issue as Ivy bridge? Even if it does I might still be upgrading =\

#4477194

Elder III

2012-12-11 23:16

I was hoping for higher clock speeds, but until we have confirmed results and testing there's no point in getting too excited just yet....

#4477212

GhostXL

2012-12-11 23:39

I just cant be arsed to upgrade for a few hundred mhz more than what i already have.

I know what you mean here. Unless you play CPU intensive games there really is no point. But you having a 690, would actually be surprised by the results. If you were on a single HD 7970 or a GTX 680 etc, I'd agree with you. But in this case when you compare a 1st gen to a 2nd or 3rd, you are looking at more than just Ghz increase. There are improvements made elsewhere too increase performance due to the design of the chip. There is a huge benefit for you to upgrade unlike us on 2nd and 3rd gen.

#4477220

Ven0m

2012-12-11 23:42

Again no VT-d on K models - aaaaa, raaaageee. With VT-d you can have multiple systems running at once on a single gaming PC, with virtually no slowdowns when gaming.

#4477333

Spets

2012-12-12 01:31

Stock clocks basically same as Sandy Bridge, are we moving forwards at all here, intel?

Architecture's more important than speed.

#4477376

Denial

2012-12-12 03:22

Stock clocks basically same as Sandy Bridge, are we moving forwards at all here, intel?

Probably going to hit 2x the graphics performance of the HD4000 with less power. Seems like it's going forward to me.