haswell and gtx 7xxm (mobile)

tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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I would guess that the new nvidia and ati/amd cards will both be out later this year. But when, is anybody's guess.
 
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Kevinf63

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I think Nvidia released the low-power mobile GTX 7** series cards to manufacture, although I could be wrong, but I saw (if I remember correctly) the GT 710M and 730M on the driver list. I think the Maxwell GPUs where rumoured to be pushed back to 2014 (i.e. probably the high-end flagship model GTX 780 and other mid to high end cards), so it might be a while till we start seeing high end mobile Maxwell GPUs like a GTX 780M.

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Source:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-700-Maxwell,21918.html
 
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antbec

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Haswell is due for release on the 2nd June. GTX 7 mobile series is supposedly going to be available as an OEM at roughly the same time no?!
 
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dogbot

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I don't have a crystal ball but I would expect early adopters to have to pay a price premium for new hardware. The position could arise where, on a cost basis, you would be better off with a more powerful current processor rather than a less powerful Haswell for the same money. However, prices should normalise by about Christmas.

So what benefits will Haswell have? No one really knows yet. A small increase in power may not materially affect gaming while the quoted 'up to 2x improvement in graphics' won't do anything for anyone using a dedicated graphics card. It may do though for video editing.

Some will always buy the newest gismo's, maybe you are one of them. Me, I shall sit back and wait. Oh all right, I didn't wait. I went ahead and bought a laptop now but it will do what I want despite Haswell. Would be nice though if I could upgrade the motherboard and processor later if circumstances demanded it.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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I dont think there is much difference in each generation really.

I'm still on sandy and its more than good enough. I dont even think i will opt for haswell, but may wait and till whatevers next.
 
wolfmenseyes

wolfmenseyes

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Cant wait to see how they are but im waiting another 2 years for anything good. the gtx 780m and haswell chips are all copy and paste not much improvement apart from power use.

Estimate ?, probably early june to late august however i would seriously not pay a premium for the new chips they are somewhat pointless if you dont care about power usage saving an extra 10p a year etc.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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javthrower said:
do you guys think the ivy bridge models will see a drop in price when haswell is released?
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If I recall from sandy to ivy. The sandy prices didn't really drop at all. the Sandy chips, 2500k, 2600k and 2700k were all very good chips that overclocked higher than Ivy. I think sandy pricing stayed pretty much the same after ivy was released. I'm sure Ivy was priced similarly to sandy chips though.
 
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D1craig

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dont these new cpus need new motherboards? im sure i read there are not any mobos out there that support them yet.
 
wolfmenseyes

wolfmenseyes

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D1craig said:
dont these new cpus need new motherboards? im sure i read there are not any mobos out there that support them yet.
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Probably yes but hopefully the graphics cards will be able to fit into the clevo chassy as im hoping the gtx 780m draws less power than the 680m.
 
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D1craig

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i think the power saving will be negligible, cost mroe to upgrade than you would save in power over 5+ years.
 
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