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There is no such thing as future proof, it's simply not possible with as fast as new technologies are arriving.
It's certainly more of a thing today than it was 10-15 years ago. Tech comes out fast but it's not as fast as it used to be. A CPU from 2008 is still viable for gaming (i7 920). A GPU from late 2010 is still viable for gaming (GTX580). That's pretty good at 6 and 4 years respectively.
Oh, yes. One can easily game on a CPU and GPU from that era.
I've played Titanfall with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2007) and an Nvidia GTX 570 (2010) and noticed no problems with performance. I had all settings maxed out and was still getting a minimum of 40FPS at 1080p. The only problem I did notice was that the GTX 570 has a tendency to run quite hot when running at maximum settings in high-action scenes, and does exceed 80°C on occasion (with the default fan profile).
I'd say it's not really a question of future-proofing a system. It's more a question of how long one can go without having to replace that system and build a new PC (be it due to being too slow to cope with newer software, or just plain not having appropriate instruction sets to run new software). Or to put it another way, how much performance one can put into a PC so that they can put off having to upgrade for a longer period of time.
No PC is fully future-proof. All of them will have to be replaced a some point. Eventually circuitry breaks down and ceases to function anymore (though that's 20+ years as far as I know). Components will tend to go bad, eventually.
Yeah but it wont be good if i cant buy a new one !
You're talking about a 4 core Q6600. I'm talking about a 1 core Pentium 4, horrible Architecture and all. Titanfall would roll over and die on a P4 system. Also I don't feel Titanfall is the best example as it uses the source engine which isn't very demanding on the CPU.
ARM has a long way to go to catch up to top end X86. I think "Wintel" has at least 10-15 years left in it personally.
Is socket 1155 obsolete?
Yes, but it still performs very well.
TL;DR
me personally, socket 1155 will become obsolete when newegg stops selling them. ivy bridge was the tick and haswell was the tock.
To clarify Ivy was the tick of Sandy and Haswell is the tock of broadwell.
Edit: Tock, new arch. Tick die shrink.
^Nope, lol!
DC is only a marketing thing!
Wintel will be around for much longer than that but the tipping point of being viewed as a legacy product might be sooner.
Arm designed chips currently sell 25x more than intel, which purely in economies of scale is huge.
There is a powerVR graphics chip that is supposed to be console style quality to be released next year and Arm is just about to release its new 64bit range.
There is no comparison as Arm is just a chip designer and Intel still make 53x revenue.
That might go against Intel though as the Arm network of licencing to firms who licence fabrication is proving to be far more diverse and rapid.
1 in 3 kids in the Uk have a tablet and 2 in 3 use a tablet @ home and currently usage is tripling each year.
Arm might not replace the wintel desktop, but what we use might not be a desktop.
Have a look at this and realize you can still make the same money on products that cost 25x cheaper when you sell 25x more.
http://www.androidauthority.com/tegra-k1-in-depth-look-331548/
Arm is the firm that designs the chips, yes. the Arch they are using is from the 80's possibly older, im not that old to really know much about it. Risc is what Arm is using for the arch, problem back in the day was getting clock speeds up with the arch. I am not sure why this was the case vs intel's X86 arch.
To clarify Ivy was the tick of Sandy and Haswell is the tock of broadwell.
Edit: Tock, new arch. Tick die shrink.
Let's be clear - the Haswell refresh isn't a die-shrink of the existing 22nm Haswell microarchitecture. That will have to wait for Broadwell. So in Intel's tick-tock processor cadence the new releases have gone from Sandy Bridge (tock), Ivy Bridge (tick), Haswell (tock) and Broadwell (tick).
I just happened to be reading this earlier today, LOL. I have not budged off my Ivy setup due to this ASrock Z77OC formula being the most awesome board I think I have had. I just love it. I will go forward with upgrade of board, chip and memory when Broadwell comes out in sometime 2015. So that makes me a "Tick" guy
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/co...know-about-the-latest-core-processors-1251904