I have a 11600K that pulls next to a 3070Ti. I can put a 11900K but the 3070Ti doesn't turn into a 3090Ti. Not?
That's what you understood? Really? Or are you intentionally giving a irrelevant explanation to build an easy argument? Try to be less melodramatic when it does NOT suits you. You where so melodramatic all this time about Alder Lake's superiority and now you downplay the significance of a faster CPU in YOUR case?
And I didn't say "insert an 11900K in the Z490". I said "insert an Alder lake". Can you?
Now I'm testing a 12600 also with igp. Processor and motherboard = 320 euros. As gaming is excluded on this system, the cheapest video card that can offer what UHD 770 offers is RTX 3050 (6500XT does not decode AV1 and does not include encoder).
You are testing in on Z490 I assume.
Are you in the video making industry or are you trying to find excuses where AV1 decoding and probably encoding is what maters most in this world?
The offer from AMD in that price range is 5600G, much lower in performance, better in gaming but very weak in decoding (Vega, deh, not RDNA2). If you run youtube or netflix with it, an intel consumes 40W, the whole system, and AMD consumes at least 40W only the processor.
So 20-30W in video playback plays a huge role, but 100W difference in multicore does not? Nice.
Still trying to find specific cases and then come to general conclusions I see. Of course we mention but at the same time exclude/downplay cases where the competition is having the advantage.
There are cases and cases, and for 12900K or 5950X we have a lot of tests to compare them.
And we are back to 12900K vs a 2 years old CPU. We have a lot of tests to do you say, still a few lines above AV1 decoding and encoding is what people are doing 24/7 I guess. The alpha and the omega in today's usage. Right....
PS. If the motherboard supports 3 or more series of processors, I would only use it if I make the leap to the next, not more. I only change a motherboard, not the car.
As you say, YOU. NOT everyone else.
I didn't got the car example, but no reason to explain yourself here. I am pretty sure you will grab one line of my post (you have plenty to choose), distort it and build a new argument about why Alder Lake is the best option.