News - Intel's Haswell line-up leaked? Aiming for release in Q2 2013

[heXuser]

not bothered for the igp, if CPU isn't so good, intel wont get its mits on my money

[jamesv1000]

Not everyone is a gamer.

If youre not a gamer, and dont use your pc for video editing then its unlikely you will be buying the topend Ivybridge processor. Whats the point? Also an Nvidia Geforce 560ti can be had for a reasonable price and has a video benchmark of 3492. The Intel Hd4000 doesnt come close with a benchmark of 493, in the same ballpark as a GeForce 9600 which can be had for £60. I cant see moving to an IGP on a topend CPU being a viable option really.

[Willzzz]

It's unlikely that a gamer would get a top end processor either, there's simply no need.
Even on a brand new game that does take advantage of multiple cores you might as well stick with an i3:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/far-cr...w-32584-7.html

There are a lot of power users out there who do need a 3770 or similar and appreciate not having to buy a discrete card.

As others have said it is there, because it's easier to keep it than to remove it. Why remove it if it doesn't gain you anything?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

That CPU scaling article is a tad weird. Other reviews are indicating differently:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages...nchmark,7.html

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Far-Cr...marks-1036726/

http://translate.googleusercontent.c...xsD_GoIO9PwcVQ

If anything,it appears that FC3 can only effectively use upto 4 threads.

[jamesv1000]

I hear what youre saying Will, but if its easier to keep it than remove it, why do Intel release the Extreme models which ship without IGP. If these shipped at the same time as the standard models it would be problem solved. Unfortunately they usually make an appearance just before Intels new tick or tock release, and Id rather wait a month or two and get the new architecture, which means IGP.

[watercooled]

Because the 'extreme' 2011 models are just Xeons with a couple of cores and some cache fused off.