If you ask me, newer cpus from Intel or AMD are both going to have problems selling.
No matter if you have/want Intel or AMD there are lots of people in the world that are suffering from post pandemic recession and prices inflation (food, services, cloth, healtch care, gas, etc) which has nothing to do with mining of course. In most places salaries are not going hand with hand with inflation so many (me included) are losing the battle. The war is of course a new factor that is altering the world economy and comerce, energy, food and what not.
Tied to this are PC component in many places around the globe, with higher prices, still lack of stock, and higher import tariffs.
For gamers in particular even getting a decent high refresh (120~165 Hz) monitor is difficult in some countries, where I live we are getting some stock but for 2 year old models, and not even the good ones. GPUs have come down in prices, but what is the point of a better GPU if you can not even buy a high refresh monitor to take advantage of it?
About AMD, main problem I see is the current gens Zen 3 and Alder Lake cpus, which are more than capable of runing the current and older GPU, specially if you go higher than 1080p where the GPU becomes more important. The second most important problem for general public which, include also gamers, content creators, etc., is the high platform cost of the new AM5 ecosystem. Third problem is the lack of compatibility with many older coolers, and for some of us the "wild" temp/power consumption stock cpu core curve, wich as the article explain can be alleviate somehow with the ECO modes.
The only "advantage" if you want, is that AMD said they will support AM5 up to at least 2025 (which is not the same as saying buy a 600 series chipset motherboard now and you can install the newest CPU from 2025).
As for intel, they somehow have it a little bit easier this time. Raptor Lake should be compatible with older LGA 1700 mobos, altough we still do not know if the performance will be the same as with using a newer 700 series chipset one.
Then again, unless you can take advantage of the extra power Raptor Lake brings, your current Alder Lake model is probably more than good enough for the current uses you need and more than likely fast enough to drive the current and newer GPU that will launch soon.
Benchmarks are great because they show what is the fastest component, in the fastest platform available, under the best condiction one can meet. But they don't reflect the infinity combinations posible.
The only disanvantage intel have (at least that we know so far since its still a few days for launch) is that Raptor Lake is the end of the line for this platform, and that is something that may affect a purchase decision.
Still, Im happy to be able to read and watch everything thats going later on in this small world of PC tech.
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