• @snaggen
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    477 months ago

    I’m free to choose any laptop I want for work. This means, that for me, the GPU and other processors are free. It turns out that I still avoid Nvidia like the plague. I don’t care if it is free, if the drivers are horrible.

      • @snaggen
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        397 months ago

        For Linux it is a huge difference. AMD and Intel have great open source drivers, while Nvidia have binary drivers with a lot of issues.

        • @[email protected]
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          47 months ago

          I find this strange, because I had nothing but trouble getting my R9 390 working with any Linux distro, but my RTX 3060 hasn’t given me a single issue on like 6 different distros.

          • @GarlicToast
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            27 months ago

            Are you talking about a laptop or a desktop? If desktop, using offload or something like that?

            • @[email protected]
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              07 months ago

              Desktop, both Intel and AMD builds. And no, I just had multiple SSDs that I played with distros on.

              • @GarlicToast
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                37 months ago

                Nvidia works flawlessly most of the time on desktops. The suckyness of their drivers shows its ugly head mostly on laptops.

                And it’s bad, crash your computer bad some times.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 months ago

          And for AI at home? Since this is a story about AI DataCenters

          I want to get an AMD but the integration of Nvidia GPUs for processing ML/AI stuff is much higher. So if I want to mess with running AI at home I only have 1 choice.

          I hope AMD release something that competes on that front, and can still play games on the weekend, but currently, he is right there is no competition

    • @[email protected]
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      -57 months ago

      I still won’t consider an AMD GPU because all 3 I’ve had throughout my life have had horrible driver experiences. Even the FirePro I had at work at one point required a special driver build that AMD eventually gave me to work even half decent. Never had any major issues with NVidia drivers.

    • @[email protected]
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      7 months ago

      Right over here…just wait on that couch there, Mr. Jensen will be here shortly with your free GPU.

    • Nomecks
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      07 months ago

      Free*

      *With purchase of 3 year suport license

  • @[email protected]OP
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    57 months ago

    Intel and AMD chasing Nvidia AI GPUs.

    Jensen Huang begins his response by unpacking his tiny violin. “We have more competition than anyone on the planet,” claimed the CEO. He told Shoven that even Nvidia’s customers are its competitors, in some cases. Also, Huang pointed out that Nvidia actively helps customers who are designing alternative AI processors and goes as far as revealing to them what upcoming Nvidia chips are on the roadmap.