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kalpol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Draces@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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??

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  • Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • deltapi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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      • hraegsvelmir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think I added the 1060 later if that helps :D

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• polyduekes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Image i am also using ~10 year old pc but mine is kinda lower end compared to yours

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  • WordBox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • polyduekes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      unixdigest.com/…/technical-reasons-to-choose-free…

      mine is clarkdale btw just fyi

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      • polyduekes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Image besides that linux just doesn’t support my hardware, in all the distros in all the kernels heck even live arch iso there is this weird issue where the pc randomly freezes with those weird screen glitches randomlu and the only option to make it work again is force hard reboot

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• spookedintownsville@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Same here!

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• potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fine for what? Youtube? That cpu had poor performance even when it was released.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lol what? No it didn’t. It just runs really hot.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, it did. It cost more and performed worse (in some cases 30% worse) than an i5 3470.

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• spookex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My trusty backup is still an FX8320, the main is an I7-8700k with 1070ti

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  • kalpol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And it keeps you warm during cold snaps!

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