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- Oct 14, 2007
Sorry all, I was out of town and tried to keep up, but it seems I missed some.
That's how. I agree IVB wasn't worth upgrading from SNB, likewise I agree Haswell isn't worth upgrading from IVB. Combine the two incremental increases and, if you use your CPU for things like rendering and video conversion (not so much compression, at least with 7zip), it adds up to a decent upgrade. If you're not looking to upgrade, don't; that's fine too. If you are considering an upgrade, I think Haswell is at least worth considering if a person is coming from SNB.
Sorry to say I don't know. I heard rumors of a fall chipset stepping change, but don't have a clue where or whether it was accurate. TBH, focusing on performance, I completely forgot about this issue and didn't even mention it in the review.I have been busy gaming...anyone know when USB sleep bug is going to be fixed on mobos and how to tell?
How do you recommend upgrading from Sandybridge? I can see upgrading from the original corei5/i7 but still cant justify an upgrade path from SB, especially when you dont recommend an upgrade from IB (IB wasnt much over SB).
I too am a bit disappointed.
That's how. I agree IVB wasn't worth upgrading from SNB, likewise I agree Haswell isn't worth upgrading from IVB. Combine the two incremental increases and, if you use your CPU for things like rendering and video conversion (not so much compression, at least with 7zip), it adds up to a decent upgrade. If you're not looking to upgrade, don't; that's fine too. If you are considering an upgrade, I think Haswell is at least worth considering if a person is coming from SNB.
4.4-4.5 GHz can be expected per ASUS. Higher than that is luck of the draw. SNB was really the last chip we had relative consistence below 5 GHz. IVB was a crapshoot too and led to many benchers spending a boatload of money and time to bin the things. Overclocking has always been luck of the draw, we were just spoiled with SNB.+2 After reading allot of reviews I find the gaming increase from SB to Haswell to be insignificant. The thing I find most troubling is the overclocking to be vary much the luck of the draw and most sites are only talking 4.3GHz to 4.6GHz if your lucky,do to the integrated VRM.