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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I feel like I've been hearing about AMDs "next" CPU having dozens of cores on a bunch of chiplets for the last few generations, then the main gaming consumer parts end up with 6 or 8 or something.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The 7950 has 16 cores. I think what the article is suggesting is the very top of the line in the next gen could go potentially double, up to 32. I would imagine if that happened though that the more midline ones would still be in the 12-16 core range. I guess we'll see when they come out though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yea here's hoping. I'm skipping the 7000 series parts and sticking with my 5800x3d, I really want a higher core part that still has all the single ccd x3d advantages, since I game and do CPU heavy work on the same rig.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same here. 5800x3d is great, and I'd rather not buy a new motherboard and things just yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, no desire for all the things that will have to come with this upgrade. I want a huge boost, so sitting out this first wave.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

900 series have 16 cores going back to 1950

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Most games can’t take advantage of more than a couple cores anyway, and the high-core-count CPUS often sacrifice a little clock speed.

The optimal gaming CPU is like 4-8 cores but with a high clock speed. The 32+ core machines are for compute heavy tasks like CAD or running simulations. Sometimes compilers.