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Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:54PM (#18169666)
Most synthetic benchmarks have proven amd's SMT scales far better than hyperthreading. It might be the paper's domain that's more suited for HT. Moreover, they appear to be using AVX instructions, which are arguably faster, but don't provide an accurate picture on hyperthreading performance
Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:49PM (#18169608)
Gaming is the only space where intel is has an advantage over ryzen. It's better or as good in the rest of the workflows already
Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:47PM (#18169593)
TDP is quite high on ryzen chips, and they auto overclock. The 2nd gen will go as high as it can with safe voltages, provided thermals and power are in check
Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:45PM (#18169562)
I bought an intel chip a few months ago because ryzen 7nm isn't out yet and I use a high frequency display. At this point, it's blatantly obvious intel is playing catchup, with worse SMT,worse node size,and less flexible architecture
Re:I'm Just a Middle-Aged House Dad Addicted to Pot on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:34PM (#18169446)
I find video games,sugar,caffeine and sex to be a lot more addictive than pot, and I've smoked pot almost daily in 4 years of university