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>if Intel or AMD announced a new gamer CPU tomorrow that was 3x faster in most games but utterly unsafe against all Meltdown/Spectre-class vulns, how fast do you think they'd sell out?

I do realize that gamers aren't the most logical bunch, but aren't most games GPU-bound nowadays?

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Not a gamer but I would guess it depends on the graphics settings. At lower resolutions, and with less lighting features, etc. one can probably turn a GPU bound game into a CPU bound game.

I believe it does, that's why they test gaming CPUs at 1080p even when using the fastest GPU.

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