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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by Someone1234 on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:53AM (#10159612)
Are many people often CPU capped anyway? How would you detect a performance increase unless you're over-utilising the machine.

For example, my work machine has an i7, 8GB of RAM, and an SSD. I can cap IO and RAM, but I am yet to see the i7 max out, heck even over half the cores. I guess what I am saying is: Is CPU really a bottleneck most people encounter day to day anymore?

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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:01AM (#10159664)
Confused. Faster CPU means lower latency for all operations. Doesn't have to be maxed-out.
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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by Someone1234 on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:26AM (#10159853)
> Faster CPU means lower latency for all operations.

Not really. Per core CPUs have become slower and slower. It become about throughput and not raw per op speed a long time ago. Using that measure you'll want to install a Core Duo in your machine.

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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:30AM (#10159891)
Depends entirely what 'it' is. Rendering in parallel - sure. But still most apps are single-threaded.
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