Bofferbrauer on 14 January 2016
| Protendo said: I think a big part of the problem is that Intel is complacent. An I2600K OC is still viable for everything 4+ years later. What is the reason to upgrade? The performance increase is just not worth the extremely minor upgrade. If computers bought 2 years ago, aren't much faster than a new computer than what incentive do customers have to upgrade? |
Complacent doesn't really put it in the right light. Intel shifted it's focus back then however: Compare an iGPU from a core i7 2xxx with one of a core i7 6xxx. They are litterally worlds apart and then some. They could afford this radical shift because neither AMD or IBM (servers) did really threaten their CPUs in those years. Depending on what ZEN and/or POWER9 can bring this could potentially end up really badly for Intel (chances are slim this could happen, though)
