Since then, despite the perseverance of (or soon to be mildly delayed) Moore's Law, performance is measured differently. Efficiency, core count, integrated SIMD graphics, heterogeneous system architecture and specific instruction sets are now used due to...

As far as Z87 platform is concerned, Intel managed to catch up with AMD in terms of providing 6x native SATA 6Gbps ports and also provides USB 3.0 natively via 6. Those with 3670K and 3770K wouldn't consider making a jump, and a lot of mainstream users wo...

So the question you have to ask yourself, “Was the upgrade worth it?” Well, from my personal standpoint, ABSOLUTELY! I use my computer for video encoding, photo editing, and gaming, and I was getting quite frustrated with my old system. The video card cou...

Recently we've tested Intel's first processor based on Haswell architecture and we've come to a conclusion that it didn't bring anything new. A total of 10% increase in performances compared to its predecessor in processor tests, while the only big improv...

At this article's outset, we established all of what makes Intel's Haswell architecture so noteworthy. We always expect performance to be improved from one architecture to the next, and of course, we expect the same for power-efficiency. Here, though, I...

Overall, the new processor provides some decent performance increases in just about every department but Haswell is hot! In fact, it’s making Ivy Bridge look cool, both literally and in many other regards, like making it OK to stay with it for now. Gra...

As many in the home theater PC (HTPC) community are aware, madVR produces an unparallelled level of flexibly and performance. Producing results that rival some of the best dedicated video processors available in the market. It was not that long ago that u...

For the Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation test in SciMark2, the performance is noticeably superior on LLVM/Clang. For the Himeno scientific workload, LLVM/Clang is slower than GCC and unfortunately with the new LLVM/Clang 3.3 the performance had regr...

When a new processor from Intel comes out many people are expecting a huge improvement over the previous generation, but we lately we really have not seen that. If you look at the update cycle of 1 year that cannot be expected. Ivy Bridge only offering...

Intel's new Haswell based Core i7 4770k is a solid CPU, but as we can see from some of the tests not every piece of software will be able to take advantage of what it has to offer. There is also the possibility that motherboard makers will need to tweak t...

With the high-end CPU race firmly in their pocket, Intel didn't need to light the world aflame with a significantly faster processor. Breathing room is a luxury few technology companies can claim and its given Intel time to improve their products with...

Final Thoughts ]In terms of performance the upgrade to Haswell is very reminiscent of that from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge, in the sense that for the most part we only saw a very minor improvement in performance. Where Haswell looked most impressive ...

Crysis 2 with XFX HD 7850 Black Edition API: DirectX 11 ( DirectX 11 Upgrade Patch) Hi-res Texture: On Quality: High Resolution: 1920x1080 Anti-Aliasing: 4X Map: Central Park Runs: 3 Comparison: Average FPS The Crysis score were made with XFX HD 78...

TweetThe wait is over and the 4th generation Intel Core processors family, codename Haswell, is out in the wild, along with the new 8-series chipsets and socket LGA1150. They've lost 5 pins, but let's see the benefits.We had the chance to review the i7-47...

As always, the rafts of data on the preceding pages can be boiled down to one simple price-performance plot, for those folks considering a purchase. Here's how the Core i7-4770K stacks up against the two prior generations of Intel processors—and the clos...

The Z87 chipset is a very capable contender as a mainstream replacement for the Z77 models. Overall there are so many things that have changed, it's very hard to mention it all. One major improvement is the full six port SATA 6Gbps capability directly fr...

Let me just say it. Core i7 4770K is the fastest quad-core processor on the globe, however it is going to disappoint the real enthusiast PC afficionados that where looking for actual RAW processor performance increasements, they have no reason to upgrade...

If you were thinking that Haswell would be “the one you’ve all been waiting for” you are probably going to be somewhat disappointed. As mentioned on the first page, Haswell was all about mobile and all-in-one platforms. It’s not that Intel is neglecting...

My expectations were quite high; I guess I fell into the hype when I heard about this processor. Did they fall short? Somewhat, since I had really expected a bone crushing increase in performance from the 4th Generation Core i7 4770K over its predecesso...

The Core i7-4770K's integrated Intel HD 4600 series graphics engine is clearly superior to the HD 4000 graphics in the 3770K, however. In every instance, the HD 4600 series GPU outran the HD 4000, sometimes by a large margin. Quick Sync video encoding was...

Intel's latest Haswell has finally landed. The rate at which Intel pumps out new CPUs never stops to amaze your humble reviewer. We are accustomed to this behaviour with the ever lasting performance battle between Nvidia and AMD/ATI. Yet Intel, perfor...

We know you're all gagging to know how well the Core i7-4770K overclocks, so we'll be brief with our initial thoughts about the processor itself.Our benchmark results can be split into two distinct parts.On the one hand we have strictly computational, clo...

Haswell is a solid step forward for Intel's microarchitecture design. Its improvement over the Sandy-to-Ivy Bridge processor shrink is palpable and impressive. It overclocks well on ambient cooling – especially our sample – but that overclocking level ...

The Intel Core i7-4770K, based on Intel's Haswell microarchitecture, is a great chip if you need an upgrade, but performance gains are modest....

From a desktop component perspective, Haswell has impressed me with the Core i7-4770K.  I honestly wasn't expecting as much CPU performance increase with this release but seeing our benchmarks scale from 5-15% (sometimes higher) from the 3770K to the 4770...

The Intel Core i7-4770K retails for $342. High performance Includes Hyper-Threading technology Better temperatures than Ivy Bridge series Good price based on performance Very low power consumption under both idle and load More memory overclocking options...

In terms of performance the upgrade to Haswell is very reminiscent of what we observed when going from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge: for the most part we saw very minor performance increases. Haswell looked most impressive in our encoding benchmarks where i...

AMD introduced us to its Kabini and Temash SoCs one week ago. Naturally, we were excited to learn more about the Jaguar architecture, to see GCN rolled into a truly low-power configuration, and most of all, to get our hands on the devices AMD was promisin...

Finally, we come to the conclusion for Intel's 4th generation Haswell architecture. The first thing to note ios that the PC landscape is definitely shifting with consumers focusing towards low power, efficient and portable products. Haswell is built keepi...

Intel obviously refocused all their efforts on resolving the “ARM problem”. The microprocessor giant obviously doesn’t want to hand over the compact mobile devices market to the competition, therefore all their engineering forced have been directed to...

Let's show the basic specs of all Core i7 processors released to date in a series of quick-reference tables. The Core i7 was the first Intel processor to bring an integrated memory controller, feature available on AMD processors since the Athlon 64. In...