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<blockquote data-quote="Adric" data-source="post: 1524580" data-attributes="member: 245480">CPU's have sort of hit a ceiling with regards to clock speed due to so much energy being lost to heat (physics 101 there lol) so that's why we've seen a big push from Intel and AMD lately in CPU efficiency and power usage. That and battery operated &quot;post PC&quot; devices such as tablets and phones have proliferated so much in the market, CPU manufacturers are focusing more on them.The Haswell line is incredibly efficient which is why it gets better battery life but Haswell chips also have much better integrated graphics cores on them. This is a moot point with iMacs though because iMacs already use dedicated graphics cards which run circles around even Haswell's cores. I would be more interested in the refreshed graphics card line in the new iMacs as well as an appearance of DDR4 RAM which is expected to premier late this year or early next year. DDR4 would give a substantial boost in performance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Adric, post: 1524580, member: 245480"] CPU's have sort of hit a ceiling with regards to clock speed due to so much energy being lost to heat (physics 101 there lol) so that's why we've seen a big push from Intel and AMD lately in CPU efficiency and power usage. That and battery operated "post PC" devices such as tablets and phones have proliferated so much in the market, CPU manufacturers are focusing more on them. The Haswell line is incredibly efficient which is why it gets better battery life but Haswell chips also have much better integrated graphics cores on them. This is a moot point with iMacs though because iMacs already use dedicated graphics cards which run circles around even Haswell's cores. I would be more interested in the refreshed graphics card line in the new iMacs as well as an appearance of DDR4 RAM which is expected to premier late this year or early next year. DDR4 would give a substantial boost in performance. [/QUOTE]

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