Simple enough. Is the haswell intel CPU line worth waiting for or will the Ivy Bridge chips offer better value for money?

Based on my noob observations when it comes to these things...

Nothing I've seen or heard about the Haswell line has suggested to me that it's a huge leap over current Ivy Bridge chips. If there aren't any specific features you want to wait for, then I doubt you'd lose much with current offerings.

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! 

Intel is not going to do anything interesting on the desktop side for sometime. Extra processing power isn't really needed and they aren't facing particularly strong competition. They are far more focused on energy efficiency

Personally, I am sticking with my i5-3570k and fitting a new cooler and overclocking if I have any need of more processing power in any games

But Haswell certainly won't provide any real benefits to gamers

Probably worth it 10% better IPC performance plus AVX2 should add a nice boost in the future. It is disappointing that they are sticking with quad core for mid to high end CPUs and 6 core for enthusiast now that console ports will have to be optimised for 8 core CPUs on consoles. Not that even a low end Haswell quad core won't run circles around a 8 core Jaguar chip mind you, but it would have been nice to see another push forward but that will have to wait until Broadwell and 14nm.

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...

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?