Intel i9 officially announced

[JRPGfan]

Ka-pi96 said:

Dumb question but... what do multiple cores in processors even do? Sure an 18 core processor sounds a lot, but how much does it actually increase performance?

Actually relevant to me too, unlike graphics card stuff, since the PC games I play are all processor intensive rather than graphics intensive.

Game designers are slowly going from optimising for 4 cores, to 8.

So in todays world, haveing a 8 core CPU means your future proofed for longer, and will see benefits.

18 cores? I doubt any fully take advantage of that many cores yet. Waste of money to invest in such, for gameing purposes.