That's good news so we gonna have some awesome price cuts later this year 😛c1:

And hopefuly this means end of 4-core CPU's.

And hopefuly this means end of 4-core CPU's.

Not 4C but probably 2C CPUs are close to end.

Not 4C but probably 2C CPUs are close to end.

4C should also be man. If AMD came a bit earlier with a similar CPU like Ryzen, 4C would have been gone by now. Intel kept the industry on a hold with it's 4c/8t CPU's.

Great, wait for end of this year, early next year. Ideally by that time Intel will come up with their "response" (IF they will) otherwise AMD will be on the rise (it already is). I won't jump for an upgrade yet, but it seems that finally there will be something worth it on a horizon.

4C should also be man. If AMD came a bit earlier with a similar CPU like Ryzen, 4C would have been gone by now. Intel kept the industry on a hold with it's 4c/8t CPU's.

There's no reason to drop 4C CPUs entirely. I've been preaching against Intel's adamant 4C stance in every thread, but that's just for the mainstream in general. For people who don't game in a serious fashion or do video encoding or other compute heavy stuff more than occasionally, 4C will be enough for a long time. 2C is indeed what needs to be gone for good already in mainstream, preferably in entry-level as well. But 4C is perfect for people surfing the web, watching videos, reading emails, using Office applications, light image/sound editing, and such.

And hopefuly this means end of 4-core CPU's.

I´m sorry but this is so absurd!!! For normal users that don´t game or use their systems for professional use, 4 cores is more than enough! Even a good dual core is! And normal users are more than 80% of the market. It´s fine that you want/need more than 4 cores but to think everyone else also needs is ridiculous... I think some members have to realise there´s a big difference between enthusiasts and average users that just want/need a computer to surf the web and some light tasks. And even for those tasks, lots of people are using tablets or smartphones that are much weaker than PCs...

There's no reason to drop 4C CPUs entirely. I've been preaching against Intel's adamant 4C stance in every thread, but that's just for the mainstream in general. For people who don't game in a serious fashion or do video encoding or other compute heavy stuff more than occasionally, 4C will be enough for a long time. 2C is indeed what needs to be gone for good already in mainstream, preferably in entry-level as well. But 4C is perfect for people surfing the web, watching videos, reading emails, using Office applications, light image/sound editing, and such.

I completely agree with this post, though, I'd specify 4 threads rather than 4 cores. Dual cores with HT/SMT or 4c/4t CPUs are perfectly capable for the vast majority of people, and any more is overkill. Even that overclockable Kaby Lake i3 makes for a modest gaming CPU. I also agree that Intel should've tried pressuring developers of more intensive software to utilize more cores/threads, but, I can see why they wouldn't. For example, since Intel doesn't make gaming GPUs, their CPUs generally tend to keep up with most games and therefore they're not really responsible to push the envelope. Doing so would alienate a large chunk of their consumer base. It's much easier for Intel to keep releasing quad cores that aren't bottlenecked, where if the game doesn't run fast enough they just have to say "not my problem". Also since AMD has struggled with single-threaded performance for so long, Intel was better off just sticking with their current route; enticing devs to use more cores would only help AMD's image. Anyway, even dual-threaded CPUs still have practical purposes (outside of the obvious stuff like industrial or embedded devices). They're perfectly fine for grandma who just wants to check email, read the news, and maybe write some letters. They're also good for office PCs where you don't want the employees procrastinating.

a very cheap 2 core for video player pc/office pc is still moooore than enough so 2 core systems have their place just not in gaming or ...video editing anymore although if your job is video editing i can not even imagine still using a dual core today

4c is still needed, the problem is the price, it's still expensive after all this years.