Reply to post: Re: Yablochka redux?

Export bans prompt Russia to use Chinese x86 CPU replacement

martinusher Silver badge

Re: Yablochka redux?

The only reason why my Pi4 didn't do full screen video is that the chipset overheated. Once I fixed the cooling it just worked.

My regular PC is about as fast. Its an older all-in-one but it works fine, especially if I'm running Linux. The only reason why you need to run a bazillion cores on the desktop (or the phone) is software bloat -- multiple cores save the nuisance of having to design multi threaded software. There will be exceptions to this -- games and other simulations but you really don't need a lot horsepower for most tasks, its just nice to have.

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