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TBH i worded it wrong I should have said CPU.
Oh, yes i see, i did have a 970.
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TBH i worded it wrong I should have said CPU.
Great minds think a likeOh, yes i see, i did have a 970.
Using chrome with a 1070 hardware acceleration enabled.
Let me see you do this and game on a 4c8t CPU.
you have a picture of a 4 core doing it right above you, 10% cpu for that being streamed in 8k.
Right so that 4 core is more powerful then?
I'm guessing he is using edge rather than chrome.
what difference does that make? I only ever use chrome tbh.
The difference being edge handles it better. The difference being I can use chrome to watch 4k/8k videos whilst gaming whilst a 4 core cannot.
so, the 4 core shown above only using 10% cpu power streaming an 8k video doesn't prove how little cpu power background tasks take.
lol...ok I'm done,- you win...off to buy an 18 core as apparently I need 8 cpu cores just to watch YouTube on a second screen LOL.....thanks for the laugh!
Not sure what they are doing to get such low utilisation on the Intel there. Mine is 60-70% at 8K with i7 4790K @ 4.36GHz
Edit: A standard HD video on YouTube utilises 10-12% utilisation.
Edge is using AVC, and Chrome is using VP9. VP9 is usually more cpu intensive on videos that can't be hardware decoded (quicksync only supports upto certain 4k profiles, off the top of my head).
@gavinh87, can you give the stat's window a screenshot after a full play through. Interested in dropped frames under AVC and VP9?
Globalfoundries readies their 7nm process - https://www.overclock3d.net/news/misc_hardware/globalfoundries_readies_their_7nm_process/1
Ah well: stepping B2 approaching for Zen. It fixes many hardware bugs.
B2-step seems to focus on Uncore/SoC erratas (PCIe controllers, etc.) . I don't see many fixed bugs within the core.
There will always be stuff on the horizon. Your best picking a date and upgrading at that point.No sooner do I consider an upgrade then more stuff appears on the horizon.....
Is B2 stepping likely to include improvements to the memory controller? I'm too scared to buy atm because I can't spend 3 weeks farting around with frequencies and latencies finding stability...
Technically speaking for best stability you should wait till is end of life. Unless your in a hurry, wait a few more months, or even zen+.Is B2 stepping likely to include improvements to the memory controller? I'm too scared to buy atm because I can't spend 3 weeks farting around with frequencies and latencies finding stability...