They write
“Of course, AMD is trying to get into the the AI training and inferencing game itself with the Instinct MI300 chip. And that, perhaps, is the main if modest cause for hope. If AMD can gain some traction in that huge market, it will not only be making lots of money, it will be in a position to do a similar thing to Nvidia and push some of that technology across into its gaming GPUs.”
which strikes me as incorrect. AMD MI is pretty widespread in HPC. With margins lower in the consumer market it makes sense to focus on HPC.
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I don’t know how far down the line that upgrade might be, but I’ve recently used both a 1080 and
the latest-gen(see reply below) an AMD igpu (7600x) and I gotta say the 1080 is still significantly more powerful. Maybe if the upgrade is soon hold off on selling the 1080 until you see if you’re satisfied with the igpu performance?deleted by creator
Alright, I’m gonna be that guy:
You said “discreet GPU”, that would mean something like a GPU that is careful, guarded, and keeps your secrets.
I think you meant a “discrete GPU”, which would mean a GPU that is distinct and separate from the rest of the system, so not built into the same silicon as the CPU or motherboard.
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Aren’t 8600g and 8700g the latest iGPU offerings from AMD, with significant increases over 7000 line iGPUs? The 5000G series had better iGPUs than the 7000 series.
Wow apparently I missed that whole launch, thank you for the correction
They launched earlier this year, but being AM5 it usually is still cheaper to grab a 5000 series processor and discrete GPU, but definitely nice for a SFF build.
The igpu in the 7600x is not meant for gaming. It can’t even run 1080p RuneScape 3 on normal settings without lag. Only runs fine with minimum settings. Even a GTX 770 is much more powerful.
Maybe if they weren’t playing stupid games with the open source Linux graphics driver it would help. I know I won’t be upgrading to a newer AMD card until that mess is properly sorted.
I thought the driver was in a decent place, is that not true? Where is the best place to read about the situation.
Me, too.
Same, and I thought that on the other hand Nvidia drivers were a mess
You are correct.
7000 series is a shitshow. Check out Mesa git.
Instead of telling people to check out a huge and highly complex codebase, why don’t you just link to specific issues?
I have a 7900XTX and have been playing exclusively on Linux for 8 months without any major issues and with excellent performance. I can even play CP2077 with ray tracing if I reduce the resolution one notch. Granted, RT is still pretty choppy and stuttery but that’s never been a high selling point for AMD.
Yeah, my 7800XT works just fine, albeit with a newer kernel than the one that Mint would run otherwise.
Ah of course. I have the latest kernel and latest Mesa. But that’s to be expected, since these are new-ish products!
Latest? Who’s got time for all that nonsense? I just grabbed 6.6.6 (the first game I played with it was Doom Eternal, naturally) and I’m gonna call it good until there’s a compelling reason to update.
Lol yeah that’s fair. If it works, it works!
I kept up-to-date as I was waiting for a driver fix to the OC and fan curve interfaces so I decided to track the Liquorix variant.
Here’s a link to my setup in case you’re curious! :)
What is the mess you are talking about?
I switched from nvidia when the 6000 series of AMD GPU came out, and it made all my graphics issues go away, no joke. Nvidia’s drivers are in a much worse spot these days.
