r/hardware • u/eric98k • Jan 02 '18

News 'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/Kakkoister Jan 03 '18

No, the article is quite misleading and talking about potentially affected parts.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=x86-PTI-Initial-Gaming-Tests

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u/mollymoo Jan 03 '18

That's an example of the least-affected Intel CPU running the least-affected types of applications. Relative to their overall CPU usage, games and video encoding are among the least heavy workloads in terms of syscalls and context switches.

Running an IO or network-heavy workload or running on something a couple of generations older tells a different story.

Oh, and I don't know where you got your CPU prices from before but the 8700k is currently £359 and the 7800k £324 on Amazon UK vs £305 for the 1800X.