granted came from motorsport,
active aero came from motorsport,
energy recovery systems, etc - it all
came from those that were pushing
the limits outside the scope of going
to the mall.
The same can be said for football,
rugby, basketball, and so on. It is
reserved for the few at the highest
levels, purely because of how
competition filters and funnels
participants into this small group.
Relative to the popularity of the
sport or pass time at this level,
something comes out of it which
is sometimes directly or indirectly
benefiting a much larger group.
In the PC DIY or desktop
computing space, the same
holds true. We have a plethora of
products and components from
which we can choose. Each one
offers something supposedly
different and if you’re lucky, unique.
There was a time where the CPU
meant everything in terms of
performance. That was a long time
ago and that is not necessarily
the case anymore. Sure enough
there are tasks and workloads that
are squarely reliant on the host
processor’s capabilities. Games,
however, have become GPU bound
and squarely in the domain of the
graphics processor.
It is in our nature that where
possible, competition will arise. Even
in the PC DIY, or more specifically in
the PC gaming space, competition
has arisen. E-Sports is a thing. Tens
if not hundreds of billions of dollars
change hands within the context
of this industry and it doesn’t
seem that it’ll slow down anytime
soon. PC gaming has grown at an
extraordinary rate, espe