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I bet this topic won't be nearly as popular as nextgen GPUs as currently any i5 can run anything and provide better visuals with integrated GPU than playstatixboxes… But it's always good to know what's going on at the market.
CPUs for a long time seem to stagnate, every new one is just a bit better than previous which is okay for phones where SoCs are "who cares which one is inside gimme bigger SD card". That slow progression doesn't quite work with PC where the idea is to upgrade a part every now and then.
And who upgrades stuff the most? Who puts the maximum pressure on hardware? Gamers. Actual gamers, not candy crush saga addicted housewives.
Currently Intel provides what gamers need. Not many cores in CPUs, but each is a strong one. On the other side is AMD who tried for ages with different approach, many cores, but weak ones - sadly for them software didn't move into that direction, most of existing code is not made to take advantage of cores number but on a single core power.
Most probably everyone heard about AMD's plans on upcoming Zen CPUs. The aim was to get 40% instructions per clock increase over previous processors generation. Can they do it? We'll maybe find out initially in two weeks, AMD will livestream New Horizon event on December 13 where hopefully some CPU demanding software (read: unoptimized rubbish like AC4) will be shown as an example of no stutter (anymore).
Intel is not just sitting back and watching, they're working on Kaby Lake CPUs with first ever unlocked i3, categorized as overclockable K version.
I won't be linking, use google unless you've already seen numerous articles how i3 7350K performs just as good as current nonK (means not overclocked) i5.
If i3 is as good as i5, who wouldn't pay less then before?
There is a catch. Sure, most of software doesn't need many cores. i3 has just two cores and new i3 will have it's audience for sure. But Intel and article writers (maybe deliberately, maybe out of ignorance and maybe paid to) forget that some games refuse to work on just duocore CPUs, unless modded/hacked and even then some still won't budge. An example is Dragon Age Inquisition.
Just as with AMD's Zen CPUs, we won't see Kaby Lake CPUs before the official launch in January, so until then all we can do is read detail lacking articles and wait for some proper video that won't test performance with Solitaire but a modern videogame.
Me? I don't plan to upgrade my CPU as it currently runs anything, but if the difference is drastic, hell, why not. Maybe stuff like Batman AK that expects technology from next century won't be slow as dirt on it.
CPUs for a long time seem to stagnate, every new one is just a bit better than previous which is okay for phones where SoCs are "who cares which one is inside gimme bigger SD card". That slow progression doesn't quite work with PC where the idea is to upgrade a part every now and then.
And who upgrades stuff the most? Who puts the maximum pressure on hardware? Gamers. Actual gamers, not candy crush saga addicted housewives.
Currently Intel provides what gamers need. Not many cores in CPUs, but each is a strong one. On the other side is AMD who tried for ages with different approach, many cores, but weak ones - sadly for them software didn't move into that direction, most of existing code is not made to take advantage of cores number but on a single core power.
Most probably everyone heard about AMD's plans on upcoming Zen CPUs. The aim was to get 40% instructions per clock increase over previous processors generation. Can they do it? We'll maybe find out initially in two weeks, AMD will livestream New Horizon event on December 13 where hopefully some CPU demanding software (read: unoptimized rubbish like AC4) will be shown as an example of no stutter (anymore).
Intel is not just sitting back and watching, they're working on Kaby Lake CPUs with first ever unlocked i3, categorized as overclockable K version.
I won't be linking, use google unless you've already seen numerous articles how i3 7350K performs just as good as current nonK (means not overclocked) i5.
If i3 is as good as i5, who wouldn't pay less then before?
There is a catch. Sure, most of software doesn't need many cores. i3 has just two cores and new i3 will have it's audience for sure. But Intel and article writers (maybe deliberately, maybe out of ignorance and maybe paid to) forget that some games refuse to work on just duocore CPUs, unless modded/hacked and even then some still won't budge. An example is Dragon Age Inquisition.
Just as with AMD's Zen CPUs, we won't see Kaby Lake CPUs before the official launch in January, so until then all we can do is read detail lacking articles and wait for some proper video that won't test performance with Solitaire but a modern videogame.
Me? I don't plan to upgrade my CPU as it currently runs anything, but if the difference is drastic, hell, why not. Maybe stuff like Batman AK that expects technology from next century won't be slow as dirt on it.
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