Image i am also using ~10 year old pc but mine is kinda lower end compared to yours
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kalpol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m still pushing a ten year old PC with an FX-8350 and a 1060. Works fine.
polyduekes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
WordBox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Genuine curiosity… Why BSD?
Also… There were significant improvements with intel Sandy bridge (2xxx series) and parent is using an equivalent to that. Sandy+ (op seems to be haswell or ivy bridge) is truly the mark of -does everything-… I’ve only bothered to upgrade because of CPU hungry sim games that eat cores.
polyduekes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
unixdigest.com/…/technical-reasons-to-choose-free…
mine is clarkdale btw just fyi
polyduekes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same here!
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Fine for what? Youtube? That cpu had poor performance even when it was released.
kalpol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Lol what? No it didn’t. It just runs really hot.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Yes, it did. It cost more and performed worse (in some cases 30% worse) than an i5 3470.
spookex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My trusty backup is still an FX8320, the main is an I7-8700k with 1070ti
kalpol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And it keeps you warm during cold snaps!
Draces@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I didn’t think of my computer as old until I saw your comment with ten years and it’s gpu in the same sentence. When did that happen??
Liz@midwest.social 2 months ago
We reached the physical limits of silicon transistors. Speed is determined by transistor size (to a first approximation) and we just can’t make them any smaller without running into problems we’re essentially unable to solve thanks to physics. The next time computers get faster will involve some sort of fundamental material or architecture change. We’ve actually made fundamental changes to chip design a couple of times already, but they were “hidden” by the smooth improvement in speed/power/efficiency that they slotted into at the time.
deltapi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My 4 year old work laptop had a quad core CPU. The replacement laptop issued to me this year has a 20-core cpu. The architecture change has already happened.
hraegsvelmir@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m not sure that’s really the sort of architectural change that was intended. It’s not fundamentally altering the chips in a way that makes them more powerful, just packing more in the system to raise its overall capabilities. It’s like claiming you had found a new way to make a bulletproof vest twice as effective, by doubling the thickness of the material, when I think the original comment is talking about something more akin to something like finding a new base material or altering the weave/physical construction to make it weigh less, while providing the same stopping power, which is quite a different challenge.
kalpol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think I added the 1060 later if that helps :D