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Computerbase concluded that the R7 1700 and the R5 1600(X) beat (respectively) the 8700K and 8600K in price/performance for non-gaming uses.

Pretty graphs: https://pics.computerbase.de/8/0/0/8/6/diagramme/70-630.1507...

Somewhat surprising to see AMD in this situation given the console design wins and those being 8 core systems, but for now gaming remains Intel's forte, though.

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That's because DirectX 11 and older have a single thread draw submission queue which is being a bottleneck.

DX11 still dominates - right now there are five (5) DX12-only games and only a handful announced, because it's so completely different you have to re-engineer significant part of game engine to get the benefits.

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