Quoting: Valck

Quoting: EikeI cannot think of a case where I replaced a processor, but not mainboard, RAM, ...

Twice in recent memory, with current AM4... 1800/3700/5800.
Multiple times more in ancient history, which many of you may not remember, or weren't even born.

Got my first computer in 1984, so... :)

Quoting: ValckI remember several generations of 3- and 486es, and a couple of Athlons, all running fine in the same main boards as their predecessors, and often more than one upgrade. I have always been assembling my machines myself, and I have always hated when I had to upgrade the main boards... and still do.

I keep and kept my CPU longer and often only exchanged the GPU. My last three CPUs were Q6600 (IIRC), i5-3570K and Ryzen 7 3700X. (Always wanted to write that stuff down so I don't forget my personal computer history.)

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Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleSo, any of you security experts actually try the app? 🤣🤣🤣

Well, I tried it after your comment and now I will take a look how to get rid of it again.

It's got severe longer loading times than the old one on my mobile. It shows me lots of crap I don't care for, and what I actually care for, new discussion posts, is a) well hidden, b) hardly set apart from old discussions and c), when I choose a thread with new posts, it loads quite some seconds just to not bring me to the first new item. I'd rather use the web site on my mobile browser than this.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Eike"Full Steam" [External Link] at 7% playable or better, my library at 52%.

I don't know how they're doing it... ;)
...but somehow, they know what people are actually playing and thus should be checked first.

Sales statistics?

You did see the ;), highlighted with ellipses, didn't you? :P

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Quoting: denyasisI think it's cool, but support until 2025... That seems a little short. Is it?

I mean most won't get these until 2023, and maybe I'm weird, but I don't buy hardware with the intent to replace it in just a few years.

It should mean that they will bring new processors for the platform in 2025 - not that you cannot use your old processor anymore after 2025. I cannot think of a case where I replaced a processor, but not mainboard, RAM, ...

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"Full Steam" [External Link] at 7% playable or better, my library at 52%.

I don't know how they're doing it... ;)
...but somehow, they know what people are actually playing and thus should be checked first.

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Quoting: illwieckz

Quoting: mr-victoryMin 6 cores? Isn't there an entry model or something?:huh:

6 cores is entry model… They do 6 cores [External Link] and 8 cores [External Link] since more than a decade (here, the linked models are from 2011).

What is more problematic is that a 6 core CPU from AMD like the FX-6100 was costing $165 at introduction with 95W TDP while now the Ryzen 5 7600X is $299 with 105W. They can definitely produce some more-entry-level CPUs (probably released later?), they just have no reason to make them having less than 6 cores.

If I'm right even the 6 core FX-6100 from 2011 was in fact produced with 8 cores with 2 being disabled… Producing a CPU with less than 6 cores in 2022 is probably requiring a specific production process that would skyrocket their price for no benefit… the less costly solution to produce CPUs with less than 6 cores in 2022 is probably to produce the cores and to disable them. Better keep them enabled if they work.

I can get a CPU good enough for many things for 50 Euros from Intel, 2 cores, released in 2022 ("G6900T").
I'd buy such a thing e.g. for my HTPC if the last one gives up.
Dunno why AMD shouldn't be able to make something similar.

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Quoting: tfk

Quoting: EikeYou need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).

Huh? If you get the email, you can purchase right? If you translated from a Nordic language I can try to translate.

You can send them the money immediately, yes, but shipping (the start of the shipping) takes some more days. I just wanted to look up the English and German text, but found it changed to "Shipped on 30 Aug, 2022 - Tracking". :) So, it was five days for me before the parcel went on its way. (I remember similar with the Steam Controller back then.)

*edit* Ah, so "shipping" would have been more clear, not "mailing", I guess.

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So AMD is not doing big and little cores, like Intel does?

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Quoting: tfk

Quoting: Pendragon*finally* got my email to purchase!! :woot:

Congratulations!

You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: F.UltraIf they don't provide a service, why do you think that dev houses uses them for publishing of their games?

Why do people all around the world choose to get exploited every day working under unfair conditions? Because they can't really choose! Your childlike vision of the gaming industry, and to an extent of the whole society we live in, is so sad...

I agree with the first two phrases but dislike the last one.
(To what I can remember, it's especially incorrect for F.Ultra, BTW.)

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