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Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games” by hinkley on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:05PM (#12265544)
It was a really big deal for a long time that a better 2d graphics card meant your spreadsheet software ran faster.

People would justify getting a better machine for playing games by saying that it would make their work more productive too.

In more recent times, look at all of the video games that made sure they could run well enough for casual players on a reasonably recent vintage laptop. I know I bought a new laptop at least once specifically so that a video game would be playable. My code compiled a lot faster on it (SSD) but I accept that I really bought it for playing games.

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Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games” by flashman on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @08:27PM (#12265606)
A long, long time ago, I read a blog post in which a developer chided people for making expensive-to-develop games that could only run on 5% of PCs, then complaining about low sales. His point was, "Why would you drive up your development costs just to drive down your potential sales?"

edit: found it http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/303512/Piracy_PC_Gaming

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