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To be fair, the move started a while back (arguably in 2017 with the introduction of the Ryzen CPUs). For instance, Steam's hardware report indicates that 1/3
by kilburn 6y ago
To be fair, the move started a while back (arguably in 2017 with the introduction of the Ryzen CPUs).
For instance, Steam's hardware report indicates that 1/3 of their install base already has 6 cores or more [1].
[1] https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/cpus/ https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/cpus/
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