> Welp...Looks like Haswell came out the door swinging at first but its star has now > faded and fizzed away. Overclocking seems to be severely limited and temps tends to > get very hot. :\
Yes and no - it's still a good CPU for a large majority of users, including MAME users. It just didn't turn out to OC as well as was hoped.
> How do you guys anticipate Ivy-E will fair against it when it comes out next month?
I haven't seen or heard anything, which is a bit unusual for a major new Intel part. We'll find out when it ships I guess.
> Do you expect it to deliver significant speed gains in MAME? Hikaru/Chihiro/Model 3 > all @ 60fps?