| Mazty said: Simple enough. Is the haswell intel CPU line worth waiting for or will the Ivy Bridge chips offer better value for money? |
Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge offered a 10% clock-for-clock increase, a straight up stock clock increase, USB 3.0, PCIe 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s, much better integrated graphics, and a ton less power use.
Ivy Bridge to Haswell will bring another 10% clock-for-clock increase, better integrated, and slightly increased power use.
Ivy Bridge is without a doubt better than Sandy, but Haswell just looks like you are using a little more power for a little more performance. I would not bother with it (Based on current Haswell bencharks and information).
NOTE: Haswell will probably be great for laptops since it will bring capable graphics to those laptops that insist on using intel in them...
