@dotstdy I've been thinking of buying an all-AMD desktop machine this year for Linux. Zen 4 + 7800 XT is a really good deal now, but admittedly I really don't "need" a new machine and hence I'm still waiting to see what new gen stuff launches this year from AMD.
@dotstdy Looking at the Zen 4 product line, though, it's a bit weird how some of the pricing sweet spots are occupied by their 2x6 core processors where 2 cores per chiplet are disabled. I really don't want fewer cores per chiplet! Either 1x8 or 2x8 seems preferable but I'd feel weird buying a 1x8 Zen 4 when I already have the highest end 1x8 Zen 3 that's available in laptops and the 2x8 seems relatively overpriced.
@pervognsen@dotstdy Why weird? You can have two broken cores in a chiplet due to random silicon defects and still be able to sell it if you only enable 6 cores. Getting a fully functional chiplet is presumably rare, so the price is higher.
@wolfpld@dotstdy Oh, I understand the yield economics involved. I'm just annoyed at the tempting price point for a product I'd rather not buy. I really should have said "annoying" instead of "weird". :)
@pervognsen Yeah 2*6 is quite weird, I have that in my work PC (threadripper) and it's a bit like??? come on. I can understand not going 12x8 but at least give me as many cores as a 5950x! :') The main thing I wanted out of this one was a more powerful igpu though, and I didn't want to deal with Arc sadness GPU drivers. My current laptop has a whiskey lake CPU which isn't really old, but not exactly new either. Also the OLED hidpi screen.
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