I find AMD both impressive and a bit frustrating at times.
I find AMD both impressive and a bit frustrating at times.
I fully grasp the idea behind it. My phone has powerful and smaller cores. I actually appreciate that. But for gaming setups, I prefer monster or moar cores. In a machine built for both gaming and rendering, I need tons of monster/moar cores. If I’m serious about having a rig that handles games and complex visuals, I want a massive number of monster cores. Personally, I was really critical of Intel’s announcement—especially if it came with Rocket Lake. It doesn’t matter if AMD is improving or using 3nm; I still don’t like it. I’ll feel like I’m buying a CPU that’s only useful half the time, especially when exporting videos. Don’t misunderstand, if I were considering a laptop for everyday use (like Netflix and gaming at home), I’d be excited about this (as long as it isn’t Intel’s next generation chips). But honestly, I’m unsure if I’d enjoy it on a non-mobile device. Power consumption isn’t my main worry—my old Xeon still runs mining when it’s warm enough for heating. Maybe it would work if someone just expanded an existing setup... I could imagine using a 32-core configuration, but... Ugh. I just don’t see myself wanting this in the long run. Efficiency is good, but if it slows down my rendering time on a high-end CPU, it’s not worth it.