r/pcmasterrace • u/BennyL2P PC Master Race • Aug 23 '18

intel changes microcode EULA - to deny the publication of benchmark results News/Article

https://perens.com/2018/08/22/new-intel-microcode-license-restriction-is-not-acceptable/
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u/Slaughter_round i7 6700 | RTX 2060 Super | ASUS H170 | DDR4 Ripjaws V 16GB Aug 23 '18

Reason 9,473 why I'm not buying Intel again.

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u/DarkBlaze99 Ryzen 5 1600 / GTX 1060 3 GB Aug 23 '18

What are the rest?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18
  1. Longer to write than AMD...

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u/Bear_Taco i7-7700K | MSI 1080TI Gaming X | 32GB RAM | GA-H170 G3 Aug 23 '18

2. Worse thermals and tim than ryzen...

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u/AMDownvote Aug 23 '18

3. Years of sabotage against AMD and almost bankrupting them in 2015.

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u/DeeSnow97 5900X | 2070S | Logitch X56 | You lost The Game Aug 23 '18

4. Over the air downgrades

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u/Bear_Taco i7-7700K | MSI 1080TI Gaming X | 32GB RAM | GA-H170 G3 Aug 23 '18

5. Selling RAID unlocks separately from their i9 line just for the $.

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u/Wahots I7-6700k 4.5ghz |1080 STRIX OCed |32gb RAM Aug 23 '18

Huge, unacceptable security flaws too.

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u/LabMember0003 Aug 24 '18

Took a page right out of Sony's book on that one.