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Re:AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Ga... by blibble on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:12PM (#38958296)
it's average frame rate too

99%ile (or even minimum) would be far more interesting

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Re:AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Ga... by NavinF on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:26PM (#38958496)
I'm pretty sure this product line targets people who can't afford a new GPU and aren't aware of the used hardware market. 60fps average and arbitrarily low 1%-low fps is totally acceptable for this segment.

Recall that a lot of games ran at 30fps in the PS3 era. Back then people would unironically say "the human eye can't see 60fps". Even today a lotta gamers have never experienced low latency

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Re:AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Ga... by blibble on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:53PM (#38958890)
I'd agree if AMD's title didn't explicitly say "Extreme PC Gaming"

Extreme PC Gaming in 2024 is not 60fps at 1080p, it wasn't even in 2018

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Re:AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Ga... by brucethemoose2 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:32PM (#38958565)
Precisely. This is for when used hardware is not an option.
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