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Intel's planned followup to the wildly successful 8080 was not the 8086 or even the Z80-like 8085, but the iAPX432, an object oriented mainframe-on-a-chip (well, mainframe-on-a-board since it was a multiple chip implementation) that actually eventually worked but was so slow that nobody ever used it for anything.
It took a diametrically opposite approach to RISC: Instead of relying on clever compilers to make simple hardware work, it tried to bring the hardware up to the level of advanced programming languages like Ada.
In 1975.
It was 30 times as complicated as the 8080 but worse by almost every measure, and was completely abandoned.
That is, not necessarily the fastest gaming CPU in every single case, but mostly faster than more expensive chips that use much more power.
It's priced the same as the 7900X which is about 50% faster for many non-gaming workloads, so if you only spend part of your time gaming it might not be the best choice.
It does avoid the issue with the 7900X3D and 7950X3D which have two slightly different CPU chiplets, because it only has one CPU chiplet.
Due this month (probably) for around $600 (we think), it should use the same power as the 3060 (more or less) but deliver the performance of the 3080 (ish).
It will (likely) come with 12GB of VRAM, which is the minimum you should buy these days. The 3060 Ti, 3070, and 3070 Ti all have 8GB of RAM, and are starting to suffer on some new releases.
The Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 both have 16GB of RAM, most of which can be used for graphics, so titles designed for consoles can play poorly on even some fairly recent graphics cards.
The 3060, curiously enough, has 12GB of RAM and sometimes runs better than more expensive cards with less RAM.
That Apple Thing I Mentioned But Forgot to Post Video of the Day
Apple has made it so that a five cent part can't be replaced if it fails - and it does fail - rendering your laptop incapable of detecting when the lid is closed.
That's the least of the anti-consumer things Apple does, but it's one of the most inexcusable.