Haswell - worth the wait?

[Captain_Tom]

disolitude said:

Mazty said:

disolitude said:

Mazty said:

disolitude said:

Mazty said:

disolitude said:
Id say yes its worth it, but only because when it comes out Z77 boards and 1155 CPUs will be cheaper.

As a gamer looking for gaming performance you are ways off from having issues playing any game with a 3570k and getting less than 60 fps with appropriate GPU hardware.

If you are a quantum physicist however, extra performance may be worth it...

Haha just looking to get the most from Planetside 2. Thanks for the advice! 

Well...for Planteside 2 you could get the AMD A10-5800k APU and a 6670 in crossfire for 200 bucks and max it out.

Thanks but I'm guessing you haven't played it? The bitch is incredibly spec heavy thanks to ongoing optimisation. 

You're right, I havent'... :) I Is it CPU or GPU heavy?

If you've a PC that can play it I highly recommend giving it a spin - makes all other shooters look laughably easy.

It takes a good GPU (660 and above) to max out the graphics but at the moment the CPU is massively bottle-necking the whole game. When you have fights with easily 300 guys shooting each other it kind of makes sense but generally the unofficial recommended CPU is the 3570k. 

Thanks for recommendation, I'll check it out. I have a 3570k rig with GTX 670s in SLI sitting collecting dust. This should give me a reason to boot it up. 

Lately I've been gaming on my media PC with a 7750 and an Athlon X4 since games like DmC and Binary Domain don't need any more horsepower. Must be getting old cause couch + Xbox controller wins over desk + mouse/keyboard

Or you can just make an HTPC PC with a 7970 OC in it ;)