Yikes there goes some fps lol

[Jetman67 517]

Hi all

 

Not good for current performance

 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/

[n99wb 10]

Well, that is so very, very special.

AMD stock was up 6.8% today.

 

N99WB

[Jetman67 517]

I smell a class action law suit 

[DylanM 1,069]

+1

[Uteman 51]

Don't know if you guys watch any of the IT forums but the news out about a new Intel CPU bug is all bad. Apparently the fix could affect our CPU performance by up to 30%. I certainly hope the figure quoted is wrong

https://hothardware.com/news/intel-cpu-bug-kernel-memory-isolation-linux-windows-macos

[RichieFly 728]

We'll see. I'm not sure what to make of that article.

Hopefully, it is mainly a virtualization mode issue.

[markmasterson 63]

+1

[Uteman 51]

Yes nobody is sure at the moment because Intel have it under embargo.

Some more here:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/

[RichieFly 728]

Wouldn't that be ironic? Just 2 weeks ago, I spend a fortune on a new computer and as a result, see amazing performance with P3D, and now this.

[Uteman 51]

I think ironic is the polite word for it. Many of us feel the same way about our latest investment that is why I considered it worthwhile to get the message out before the Intel updates start happening and the potential/possible/alleged impact spawns a whole new series of posts about "where has my performance gone?"

I use Shutup10 and have not had any Win 10 updates in a while - I will be interested to see if this one is forced through when released.

The wait commences nervously....

[Charlatan 68]

Is this all Intel CPUs or all?

[martin-w 3,235]

I suspect it wont be as severe an issue as we might speculate. 

[vortex681 806]

Sounds like it's less likely to affect individual users - http://www.pcgamer.com/serious-intel-cpu-design-flaw-may-require-a-windows-patch-but-probably-wont-affect-gaming-performance/. This from the article:

Right now, there's no evidence that the kernel patches will impact a single-user system and it's unlikely going to pose any serious impact for gaming... it seems that the security-related hardware bug will impact large scale applications, such as cloud services. Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are already working on fixes.

Fingers crossed!

[vortex681 806]

May not be as bad as it sounds- http://www.pcgamer.com/serious-intel-cpu-design-flaw-may-require-a-windows-patch-but-probably-wont-affect-gaming-performance/.

[Uteman 51]

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

I suspect it wont be as severe an issue as we might speculate. 

I certainly want to be positive as you are though the report referenced in the Register article directly refers to tests that show Skylake versions being affected by 17 to 23% in that specific loop test. The article also references in the link a possible ability to turn off the command at boot up. It reads that they have been working on/ been aware of the issue since October

as for gaming - simming....

43 minutes ago, vortex681 said:

Fingers crossed!

 

+1 think positive....