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Intel bug incoming? Meltdown and Spectre exploits

alphaomega16 said:
Well I hope Intel are going to start cutting the price of their processors if we are not going to get advertised performance.
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Like's been stated it's not really desktop perf that will be the problem, It's the server space where they will be hit, it's also where the main ££££ is made too
 
beany_bot said:
To play devils advocate here. Whats the worst that could happen?
I've had money stolen from my accounts before. 1 call to the bank and 48 hours later the money is returned to me. It's not the end of the world.
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Not everyone is that lucky tbh. Also depends on amount too.
 
Diddums said:
Is this something I needto worry about or is it another heartbleed (ie. everyone panics, front page news, affects maybe 1% of the population)?
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Hate to say it but it probably effects 90% of the pop. If you have received and applied the various updates from Microsoft(if applicable) + bios update(if applicable) you should be fine.

This is based on you having a Intell CPU that is.
 
humbug said:
Get a room :p
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Jealous ! :p

Rroff said:
I can't see it - the only way its going to hit Intel as hard as they are making out is if someone actually successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to do a massive attack of some kind which would result in a lot of blowback for Intel - otherwise they'll just take a bit of a hit and be back to business as usual in a few months.
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Not really, if you think about it. Say you run a large data centre/ Cloud whatever. Said update impacts parts of the services you provide. Said service takes a 20% perf hit. Find youi need to add X amount more to cover!

1. Would you be happy, then go and but x amount more intel based to cover
2. Ignore update, later on, be in a week or several years risk a exploit that compromises one of your customers. Could be insainley costly/possible jail due to known flaw.
3. Go AMD. Know the flaw does not effect AMD.Know customers are safe.Know you will not be responsible if another bug/flaw comes to light.
 
Is it an issue in a game pulling 120+ fps anyway bar your twitch shooters?
I admit its a drop though. Not watched vid, is the higher end I7's hit the same ?
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I play PS2 too,but it does seem to run a bit better more recently than many years ago. Apparently they did make the PS4 version more multi-threaded so not sure if that has meant some improvements have been patched in more recently.
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Good to know. I may just give PS2 another bash If I can be arsed to boot win, Hate to think the hours I might have in it. I jumped on that on release which seems like an age ago now!
 
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