Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by outworlder on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:04PM
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Don't disregard the amount of computation Minecraft does. It is not in the same league as the other games you mention. Even more so if you place blocks that require frequent updates (such as redstone logic).
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Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by bobajeff on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:27PM
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I'm sure Minecraft does a lot of impressive things on a technical level.
However, I remember running it just fine on an old XP machine with a 32bit, single-core pentium III and 2GB of RAM. In addition, this game has been available on smartphones quite some (phone model) generations ago.
Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by technomancy on Thursday August 11, 2016 @12:36AM
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> I'm sure Minecraft does a lot of impressive things on a technical level.
Actually, Minecraft is widely derided as being extremely wasteful with resources. And yet yeah, it still runs on my kids' 9-year-old laptop.
Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by Qwertious on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:59AM
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The smartphone version isn't the same as the desktop version - it was literally rewritten from scratch, and as such is much more performant, although it lost support for mods of the original version as a result.