The more i read of this thread the more Im thinking these 3xxx chips are not actually that impressive. But its fun watching everyone acting like they will be saviour of the world
No matter what the reviews will say on Monday some (on the competitors payroll no doubt) will complain and say its not enough.
But lets look at what we have so far.
Core counts going from 6 to 16 cores on cheep (supposedly) consumer boards.
A big jump in IPC, some benches showing more than 15%
Increased clocks, the 12 core part can boost to 4.7Ghz which is quite a jump over the previous gen (stock at least)
A brand new innovative construction (chiplets)
PCIe4 and other new tech supported.
Decent power and heat and no major security problems we know about.
All this is quite a major jump over last years chips, we have not seen this kind of action for a very long time so its understandable that folk are excited.
If all you do is play games then well you aint going to care, but that doesnt mean this is a crap launch.