Recently I considered but decided against upgrading my core i7 920 system to Haswell. The performance increase is not justified IMO.
One of the biggest advantages I read about was how UEFI was replacing the 25 year old BIOS. This was supposedly going to streamline the boot process, thereby massively reducing the time to boot the system.
Anyway, the stuff I read about fast boots was all over the place. Some folks said the boot time was only slightly faster vs old BIOS. Others said boot times were super fast.
So, what is the true story? Does UEFI really improve boot times in a massive way? Or are there other significant benefits to UEFI over BIOS?
One of the biggest advantages I read about was how UEFI was replacing the 25 year old BIOS. This was supposedly going to streamline the boot process, thereby massively reducing the time to boot the system.
Anyway, the stuff I read about fast boots was all over the place. Some folks said the boot time was only slightly faster vs old BIOS. Others said boot times were super fast.
So, what is the true story? Does UEFI really improve boot times in a massive way? Or are there other significant benefits to UEFI over BIOS?