(07-05-2014, 10:03 PM)admin89 Wrote: For Dolphin , it's worth every buck you pay since Haswell is 30% faster than Ivy Bridge in Dolphin Benchmark
Haswell is slightly faster than Ivy Bridge on most apps (5%~) , not really worth the upgrade . However , i7 4790k is extremely good at overclocking and 8 threads (Hyper Threading) will help you a lot in multi-threaded apps
If you do get a 4790k do your research first. How far are you going to overclock? What motherboard are going to get? My friend has a 4790k but he can only overclock a few MHz because of this poor motherboard choice. Me on the other hand can reach 6GHz (not for long though)on a 3820.
I also have a hard time believing this 30% faster claim. If we were comparing the Core 2 Quad with a first gen i7 I'd believe it. If we were comparing a gen i7 to a 6 core Haswell I'd believe it.
But Ivy to Haswell, no way.