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I've seen the 5950X more frequently on NewEgg's shuffles...

It doesn't quite hit my sweet spot for single core peek during multicore (you know, Minecraft and other old single player games) system use. The 5900X looks like a good mix of single, multi-core, and value budget.

Which is also the same reason I want a 6800 XT GPU to go with it, 16 GB of videoram to throw at games or just way too damned many tabs being open.

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Genuinely curious, do GPUs help with multiple browser tabs? I was assuming it's the RAM's job.

Maybe if all those tabs have videos playing?

Not even then, unless you are using a browser from 2015.

Newer one are very good at puttning background tabs to sleep

That's a bit like asking if GPUs help with running multiple applications or how long a rope it, it really depends on what in those tabs. WebGL, some graphical rendering, Canvas API and more is powered by the GPU in a modern browser, but websites like HN won't have any need for the GPU.

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