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0 pointsSomeone123410y ago0 comments

Are many people often CPU capped anyway? How would you detect a performance increase unless you're over-utilising the machine.

For example, my work machine has an i7, 8GB of RAM, and an SSD. I can cap IO and RAM, but I am yet to see the i7 max out, heck even over half the cores. I guess what I am saying is: Is CPU really a bottleneck most people encounter day to day anymore?

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JoeAltmaier10y ago· 2 in thread

Confused. Faster CPU means lower latency for all operations. Doesn't have to be maxed-out.

Someone1234OP10y ago

> Faster CPU means lower latency for all operations.

Not really. Per core CPUs have become slower and slower. It become about throughput and not raw per op speed a long time ago. Using that measure you'll want to install a Core Duo in your machine.

JoeAltmaier10y ago

Depends entirely what 'it' is. Rendering in parallel - sure. But still most apps are single-threaded.

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