Intel's Enthusiast Channel VP and GM Robert Hallock has told PC Games Hardware that we shouldn't underestimate the impact software improvements could have on gaming performance. In other words, that perhaps our focus as gamers shouldn't be so laser-focused on hardware:
"I truly believe that the general PC gaming market and especially enthusiasts... are significantly underestimating the importance of software to the PC experience, like really, really seriously."
"There is no game on earth that is as fast as it's going to be purely through hardware. That doesn't exist anymore. That used to be the case in 2010, 2015. That is not how gaming works anymore."
He doesn't deny that hardware is an important factor, but wants to remind us that it's not the only one:
"Yes, you can make the game faster with a faster piece of hardware, but there's always going to be 10, 20, 30% performance hidden behind the f...
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