> But AMD and Nvidia are treating the low end GPU market as some sort of a backwater
Are they though? The GPU embedded in my ryzen 4900 seems to be just as good, if not better than this xe. The desktop version I would expect to show even better.
Are they though? The GPU embedded in my ryzen 4900 seems to be just as good, if not better than this xe. The desktop version I would expect to show even better.
The use case is for people who want HEDT CPUs but don't need high-end GPU power. Getting a modern low-power GPU allows you to still support modern codecs, modern display adapters, and high resolution displays.
As it stands, there is no GPU that:
- consumes 75W or less of power (i.e. running only on PCIe power)
- has a modern architecture (with the latest codecs, display adapters, good perf-per-watt, etc.)
- has solid support from open source drivers.
Understandably, it's a niche use case. But AMD hasn't launched a new GPU in that range for almost 4 years.
The desktop application is going to be OEM only and there's no indication at this point that it'll even be used to power external monitors vs. just a GPU offload for AI/ML workloads.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16211/intels-dg1-gpu-coming-t...
Yes, I know. This particular thread of conversation was started by my comment about my excitement for what this means when the desktop counterpart is released.
With US retailers, you're limited to zen+, 4-core chips when zen3 cpus (with no gpu) are arriving shortly. Just because I don't want a high power GPU doesn't mean I want a CPU that old and limited.
If they miss the timeline to get laptop chips out the door for back to school season, Dell, HP, Asus, etc will just go with Intel as the vat majority of laptop sales happen in one short period of the year.
TSMC 7nm production is at capacity, Apple has the bulk of the wafers and AMD has to share the remainder with other customers on that 7nm process. Nvidia literally got no wafers allocated by TSMC, hence why they have been forced to use Samsung's half baked 8nm process that performs much worse.