What does Intel sacrifice.....to get 65w?

tritous · 30 Apr 2012

ah yes, the old "I don't plan to keep more than 5-6 years" argument. There's no real counter to that, in fact by that measure i'm daft for not clocking my pc up a notch or two. It does seem to be headed now to the point where they are supporting overclocking so much that we are almost obliged to do it. Maybe that is the true future of desktop cpus: they are getting faster and faster as the cooling improves and the OC facilities improve, it's just that we don't get any warranty with that.

ignatzatsonic · 30 Apr 2012

tritous said:

There may be such a thing as "good enough", but until we are at the point where things are instantly perfect we should always keep aiming for better than now. Once we are satisfied all progress stops.

As a highly abstract ideal, I might agree. But capitalism (AMD, Intel, whoever) doesn't use that yardstick or share that opinion. The things have to be sold----at some price/volume that keeps the business going.

If you can convince/deceive buyers through marketing, so be it. That seems to work well for certain tech companies I won't name.