Meltdown and Spectre

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Has anyone seen this news article on the BBC? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42561169 It appears that it has been discovered than both Intel and AMD chips can be exploited. This doesn't bode well. The part I have a little concern about is it stating that the fix could slow a CPU down by up to 30% :( I love how it states that for the average user they will not notice this. To me that's not the point you've paid x amount for the performance and now the consumer will lose that performance and not due to anything they have done.

I wonder if gaming comes under the average user bracket? My poor old i7 920 struggles with FSX as it is :(

Fixes should be being released over the next few days.
 
Dammit and I thought I looked well as well. Might as well close my thread down.

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