“With the re-introduction of the data bus frequency
control (Ring Bus) and BCLK gear ratios, Haswell
provides us with a couple of extra knobs to play
with compared to Ivy Bridge.”
THE HASWELL - HWBOT
CONNECTION:
EXTREME TUNING UTILITY
New with Haswell as well is full
support for the new INTEL Extreme
Tuning Utility ("XTU"), which features
smooth integration with your HWBOT
website. I (Pieter-Jan / Massman)
have been part of this project since
the absolute beginning in January
2012 and I am very happy to see it
finally come to fruition. When Haswell
launches, the new XTU software will
allow you to:
- Upload and download overclocking
settings
- export and import the overclocking
settings into your XTU
- Compare benchmark scores,
overclocks and configurations onsite
- Link and feed information to other
benchmark scores (e.g. SuperPI)
- Participate in HWBOT competitions
via XTU
- Analyse your system configuration
and get suitable OC suggestions
The INTEL XTU integration will
be available to any brand and
motherboard that has XTU support
implemented via the BIOS.
IN CLOSING
Without having seen a Haswell
system overclocked (in public), INTEL
fully disclosed how to overclock a
Haswell-based system at IDF 2013
Beijing. As usual, it's quite difficult
to predict how far the new microarchitecture can be pushed exactly
- there are some leaks on the internet
already though - but as INTEL
continues to work on the overclocking
aspect of their products, we can
rest assured that overclocking on
Haswell seems to be working just
fine. We still have to wait until June
2nd to know every detail about
Haswell in terms of performance and
clock frequency ranges, but at least
now we know the theory.
With the re-introduction of the data
bus frequency control (Ring Bus) and
BCLK gear ratios, Haswell provides
us with a couple of extra knobs to play
with compared to Ivy Bridge. As the
performance should go up by 5-7% based on performance leaks - it will
be interesting to see if Haswell can
break all the overclocking records or
not. Additionally, we are pleased by
the cooperation between INTEL and
HWBOT and hope it boosts the social
aspect of overclocking through the
sharing of overclocking profiles. In any
case, we look on to Computex 2013.
We would like to thank Pallas PR,
Mike Moen, Joachim Algstam from
INTEL and all who made our coverage
possible. Also let’s not forget to
congratulate Hicookie from Gigabyte
for showing 7GHz in a live demo.
[ Pieter-Jan Plasier | Neo Sibeko ]
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