Dave2150;30499734 said:
We're each entitled to our own opinion. There are no rules saying one opinion is banned and cannot be expressed, so best to refrain from demanding I stop posting my opinion in whichever thread I want to.
I didn't demand you stop posting, please re-read my post if you think that. I completely agree you are entitled to your own opinion, my point is that it's rather tiresome when you pop into these threads often to post pretty much the same thing every time; we already know your opinion. Note that I'm just talking about the quick "this hardware is crap, move on already" type posts, I am all for actual discussion.
Dave2150;30499734 said:
It's perfectly fine that some like to use old CPU's, such as X58 or Sandybridge CPU's. Many people like to use black and white TV's, listen to FM radio, use incandescent lightbulbs, walk everywhere. This is their own choice and there's nothing wrong with it.
Black and white TVs seems like an appropriate (if hugely exaggerated) analogy. Using an HDTV rather than a UHDTV is more apt, I think. Incandescent bulbs is funny because older systems certainly are more power-hungry than their newer brethren.
The other examples aren't really appropriate since they still retain some kind of advantages over their alternatives.
Dave2150;30499734 said:
It's also obvious that X58 and Sandy Bridge CPU's can still play every game out there, so can Pentium 4's, Core 2 Duo's etc. What must be realised is that they cannot provide anywhere close to the experience that a Kabylake @ 5.0Ghz+ can, and it's silly to claim otherwise.
I don't think it's silly to claim otherwise at all, it completely depends on your requirements and circumstances. I don't play any games that remotely stress my CPU but I'm sure there are some games that would cause it to struggle. I certainly wouldn't say the experience would be
very different if I had a newer generation CPU; my GPU is far more of a bottleneck right now. As I said before, not everyone is overly concerned with getting 100% perfect frame times or going from 70 to 80 FPS in a particular game, especially in return for spending £600.
Personally I'm saving up for Vega and when it arrives I'll see how it performs. If it turns out it's being noticeably bottlenecked by my system then I'll think about upgrading (most likely to Ryzen).