I always find some things that doesn't work with my PC on windows 11. Sometimes things as simple as moving files in explorer makes it hangs where I had to restart explorer.exe. This is embarrassing really that windows can't get this right. There are so many times where I was frustrated and wished that I can just use my macbook pro as my only workstation. I just wish that steam on linux has full support for most games that are it supports in windows then i'll make the switch my pc is not even that old, its ryzen 9 5900x with rtx 3080 and 32gb ram. however it is sluggish compared to my m1 pro macbook pro
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I had a Ryzen 3900x on a gigabyte motherboard and the fTPM was just totally unreliable for a pretty mainstream combination. Not fully sure which was to blame there. At least it was fixed in the 5900x (and _different_ gigabyte motherboard, but from the same lineup) that replaced it.
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Considering I found the win10 start menu too slow, the w11 one does not stand a chance. But I'm hopeful from your comment, it shows that w11 is not the complete shitshow people make it to be, though the few times I used it on relatives computers I found it not responsive enough. I'm testing daily-drive on my main rig (high-end from a few years ago, 5900x + 3090), and honestly I'm rediscovering my computer. A combination of less fluff, less animations, better fs performance (NTFS on NVMe is suboptimal), etc. I was getting fed up by a few windows quirks: weird updates breaking stuff, weird audio issues (e.g. the audio subsystem getting ~10s latency for any interaction like playing a new media file or opening the output switcher), weird display issues (computer locking up when powering on/off my 4k tv), and whatnot. I'm still keeping the w10 install around, as having an unsupported OS is less of a problem for the occasional game, especially since I mostly play offline games. As for the dev env, you're not limited to bazzite, I run Arch. Well, I've been running it for two weeks on the rig. But you really get the best devex with linux.
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At least with desktop you sometimes get a CPU upgrade path. For example, with Socket 939, I started with an Athlon 64 3000+, and upgraded later to an X2 4200+. With Socket AM4, I skipped the first generation, got a Ryzen 2700X, then skipped the next generation, and then got a Ryzen 5900X! (But a solid 4 generations on the same socket!)
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I agree that Intel is bad at the moment (especially with the 13th and 14th gen self-destruct issues). But unfortunately I also know plenty of people with issues with AMD systems. And it's no bad power quality on mains as someone suggested (it's excellent here) or 'in the air' (whatever that means) if it happens very quickly after buying. I would guess that a lot of it comes from bad firmware/mainboards, etc. like the recent issue with ASRock mainboards destroying Ryzen 9000-series GPUs: https://www.techspot.com/news/108120-asrock-confirms-ryzen-9... Anyone who uses Linux and has dealt with bad ACPI bugs, etc. knows that a lot of these mainboards probably have crap firmware. I should also say that I had a Ryzen 3700X and 5900X many years back and two laptops with a Ryzen CPU and they have been awesome.
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I do have repeated, annoying instability with my Ryzen 5900X desktop. I find AMD to have a much narrower setup window in terms of memory speed, timing, etc. and that is before any kind of overclocking. And the motherboard / bios firmware situation always seems a bit more sketchy for AMD. Maybe it is just bad luck on my end, but I have not had those issues with Intel in the past or currently.
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I'm having a different experience. Aquarium: 60fps until 20k fish, where I hit 50fps. 30k at 34fps Blobs: maxed out resolution and number of blobs, still 60fps Field: 60fps at "lots" Fishtank: 60fps with 1k fish and sharks Spacerocks: 60fps on lots Sprites: 60fps on 10k System: - FF 140.0.4 - Kernel: 6.12.37 - CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - NVIDIA 4080S (575.64) - 186 tabs open (mostly YouTube. >20 active) I get a bit worse on my M2 Macbook Air (128 tabs), but pretty close results. Maybe you need to open more tabs?
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No, the bench results for Apple laptops are accurate (since there is close to no variance in hw config). It is the x64 processors that appear worse than they actually perform. Might be an issue with the test methodology for x64 processors, eg. cooling and RAM speeds, SSD speeds etc. You should run geekbench on your own machine. C++ and C project compilation benchmarks I ran more or less match what I saw with Geekbench (in terms of %diff). Basically, what I got is as follows (fully spec'd M4 MBA vs Ryzen 5900X, WSL2): * for multi-core, my M4 Air is only 25% slower than my Ryzen 5900x desktop * for single-core, my M4 Air is 0-20% faster than my 5900x Compared to the M1 Air, it is almost exactly 2x as fast (Apple's claims are true in this regard), has slightly brighter display, and much better speakers. The "2x as fast" is sometimes actually "4x+ as fast" (for some workloads) because you have to take thermal throttling into account.
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The same goes for most recent/powerful mini pc options. Been using an R9-5900X based one for a few years now, runs great as a home server.
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I'll add that this will likely only make a significant difference if your GPU is relatively powerful. If you're still rocking an RX 480 or similar, the GPU is going to be your bottleneck in most games and upgrading the CPU won't make as big a difference. I went from a 1700X to a 5900X with an RX 580, and I only noticed a difference in one game until I upgraded the GPU.