Does Patching Meltdown/Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities Slow Down Your PC?

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Two massive security issues are plaguing PCs - codenamed Meltdown and Spectre. Fixed are now starting to roll out in the form of Windows updates and BIOS microcode updates... but do they slow down your PC gaming performance? Rich runs some benchmarks...

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