Seems like a decent 1080p card, not a 1440p card. Same with 3060/ti and 3070. Higher res if you just play older games and esport titles.

Considering how few newer games I play that ain't indies, a 6700(XT) would suffice for me. But with the current prices...

Edit: First stresstests of Rocket lake came  out, and the result is... hot!

RL clocks in at 4.8Ghz Allcore, but at that point it pulls 250W at 98°C. The 10900K meanwhile did the same stresstest with 224W and 93°C and a same clock speed.

^And with a 360 AIO cooler.

I believe that one had 1.4 volts which unless Intel goofed Rocket Lake really hard, I wouldn't trust those numbers until the real reviews come out. Cause that's crazy voltage.

The 1.4V are a reading error according to the Chiphell post where it all comes from; HWInfo actually only showed 1.325V for instance. He didn't do anything with it, Voltage settings are all stock. Apparently the Bios are not yet final and thus the readouts buggy.

Mmm well if it's really just 1.3 volts, then that's a solid yikes from a 8 core

250W and 98 Degrees Celsius are a solid yikes from a 8 core

It may well be the best gaming CPU, but you better have a direct line to the next power plant to supply it and it's cooler with enough energy.

RL kinda reminds me of what AMD was doing with Bulldozer. Clock it up high, efficiency be damned.

Except, at least it performs well in ST.

Yeah, it reminded me of the Centurion, too. Only the Centurion actually pulled less power than Rocket Lake.

Intel managed to turn the Core architecture from being very power-efficient into real power hogs.

Is there any good monitoring software that can show me CPU utilization, temp and clocks over time? Ideally in graph form.

I'm getting slightly concerned with my CPU, specifically the temps. What concerns me is that I'm apparently sitting at 45° in idle and going up to 75° in a normal gaming load, but with fans ramping up noticeably and well above 1000RPM. I didn't check my old CPU (6850k) much for temps but I remember it was much cooler at both idle and load.