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I know Haswell cpu's tend to run hotter for a few reasons.The vrm on the cpu, integrated graphics, and the gap/tim issue. I was really worried about the luck of the draw and overclock ability, but that really plays a very small role in gaming. Check out this video from Linus. He's overclocking a Haswell For testing purposes. Using a 4770k, a Titan, 32g of 2400 Mhz ram, and a 400 dollar Maximus VI Extreme motherboard. He Manged to get a stable 4.8g overclock. Cherry picked from Intel for this review, I would imagine.
I'm thinking gaming is going to much better on this clock vs stock speeds, but surprisingly not so much. Look at this video starting at 23:40. Testing Metro Last Light, Bioshock Infinite, and Tomb Raider, the FPS results showed hardly any difference vs running at stock speeds.I will mention, other testing showed 20-25 % gains using 7-zip and Cinebench.
I feel much better knowing that a mild overclock at 4g, a 120hz monitor, and a 770 will net about the same frame rates, as high overclocks. I guess this isn't news for Intel fans, but It makes me feel much better keeping the heat down, while still getting max game play.
I'm thinking gaming is going to much better on this clock vs stock speeds, but surprisingly not so much. Look at this video starting at 23:40. Testing Metro Last Light, Bioshock Infinite, and Tomb Raider, the FPS results showed hardly any difference vs running at stock speeds.I will mention, other testing showed 20-25 % gains using 7-zip and Cinebench.
I feel much better knowing that a mild overclock at 4g, a 120hz monitor, and a 770 will net about the same frame rates, as high overclocks. I guess this isn't news for Intel fans, but It makes me feel much better keeping the heat down, while still getting max game play.
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