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Karupan ◴[] No.42619320[source]
I feel this is bigger than the 5x series GPUs. Given the craze around AI/LLMs, this can also potentially eat into Apple’s slice of the enthusiast AI dev segment once the M4 Max/Ultra Mac minis are released. I sure wished I held some Nvidia stocks, they seem to be doing everything right in the last few years!
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axegon_ ◴[] No.42622259[source]
> they seem to be doing everything right in the last few years

About that... Not like there isn't a lot to be desired from the linux drivers: I'm running a K80 and M40 in a workstation at home and the thought of having to ever touch the drivers, now that the system is operational, terrifies me. It is by far the biggest "don't fix it if it ain't broke" thing in my life.

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1. mycall ◴[] No.42622414[source]
Buy a second system which you can touch?
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2. axegon_ ◴[] No.42622833[source]
That IS the second system (my AI home rig). I've given up on Nvidia for using it on my main computer because of their horrid drivers. I switched to Intel ARC about a month ago and I love it. The only downside is that I have a xeon on my main computer and Intel never really bothered to make ARC compatible with xeons so I had to hack my bios around, hoping I don't mess everything up. Luckily for me, it all went well so now I'm probably one of a dozen or so people worldwide to be running xeons + arc on linux. That said, the fact that I don't have to deal with nvidia's wretched linux drivers does bring a smile to my face.