Sandy Bridge ---> Haswell worth it?

[blackangst1]

So I bought JRiver and absolutely love it. Ive currently got it set up for Red October standard (so its using DirectShow filters) but would love to use the HQ option. Ive tested it, and it does alright, but occasionally gets stuttering etc using madvr. I *do* immediately see a picture quality improvement though. As much as Ive read about it, its CPU intensive, and although there is no definitive answer, an i5 seems to be the sweet spot for HQ mode. Im using on board graphics and wish to continue doing so.

That said, Ive got 2 options. find a socket 1155 Ivy bridge i5 and throw it in, or get a new mobo and get a Haswell socket 1150. Ive read Intel has fixed the 23.97 bug with Haswell, and that seems like a worthwhile upgrade just for that reason. But other than that, worthwhile upgrade?

Currently running Sandy bridge i3, Win7 32 bit, and as mentioned using JRiver to manage audio/video.

Thanks for all the replies

 

[Charlie98]

I had that very same question... I wound up just upgrading the Sandy Pentium to a Sandy i3 (bought used) and keeping my $20 HD6450. Even with the lowly Pentium it was such a rock solid machine I didn't really want to fool with it, but thought the i3 would be a nice upgrade. I would probably try a discrete GPU like a HD5450 or 6450 before I would dump the money into an i5/mobo combo, even though you don't want a separate GPU; granted, the Haswell will have marginally better iGPU anyway.

 

[fuzzymath10]

Can't see it being a big deal to upgrade. I am fortunate to have an i5 in my system but it is rarely fully taxed on the CPU side.

On the gpu side the hd 2000 can run certain madvr options at 24fps for me. The new version helped immensely to get render times per frame below 40ms. I use reclock to help with the 23p issue with frame rates by speeding up the audio to 24p. This requires PCM audio but that shouldn't be an issue unless you are a bitstreaming purist.

The hd 4000 on my i7 machine can handle fancier madvr settings with the antiringing filter on. In both cases overclocking the igp helps a bit.