[STEAM] Intel Core and AMD Ryzen gaming CPUs could be about to get loads more cores

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Just as we thought the number of cores in your average gaming CPU had hit a plateau, it looks as though next-generation Intel Core and AMD Ryzen desktop CPUs could feature many more cores than the CPUs of today. In fact, we could even be looking at 48-core Intel chips and 24-core AMD Ryzen chips, showing a big jump over the 24-core and 16-core threshold today.

That's unlikely to make a big difference if you only use your PC for gaming, especially seeing as the

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you can buy right now only has eight cores. However, for desktop users wanting a CPU that can do everything, from gaming to rendering, a new 24-core

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chip, perhaps called the Ryzen 9 10950X, or a 48-core

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chip, maybe called the Core Ultra 9 385K, could make a massive difference.

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