When they have a new fancy feature in Intel CPU and you're an AMD fan
When they have a new fancy feature in Intel CPU and you're an AMD fan
What sort of features 🤔
26Ones that are built into the CPU's hardware but you have to pay extra to unlock like a DLC for your CPU. That's not a joke, Intel's new Xeons are like that.
41Great, now we have to pirate processor DLC.
19And that's when you remember why you have been an average AMD enjoyer.
18Yeah its crazy. And according to Wendell at Level1Techs its actually a huge benefit but yeah, especially at a datacenter scale I can't see anyone buying chips with dlc. Especially with Epyc currently spanking everyone's butt right now.
10That seems like a big security risk.
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AMX, I guess?
That said, being a "fan" of either company over the other is pretty cringe. When you're getting a new CPU, just go with whoever's got the best stuff this generation
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Same with GPUs. Man as an amd owner I also want to play with the cool AI kids without hassle
20Honestly, it's probably more worthwhile to rent a GPU on the cloud rather than buying one for this purpose. Unless you are either working with AI or doing something serious with it, it's likely the better (and more cost effective) option either way. Hardware for training is fairly cheap.
16Yeah. I’m currently using google colab but it is sometimes a bit of a hassle.
I’m currently planning to resume using it and maybe I will get a cheap second hand card by pure luck.
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I bought Nvidia for the AI packages that support their GPUs, but I'm not happy about it. I would have much preferred to go with AMD.
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Not a Fan. I'm an enjoyer
16You mean like AVX-512? Oh wait… lol
6On 1st gen ryzen cpu (until rzen3), don't have branch recording with "perf record -b" So no way to make your program +15% faster with profile data/PGO/FDO without effort. 😞
5I bought an expensive custom built PC with a threadripper CPU on it and they changed socket type for the next generation. And then they didn't release any, anymore. Just sucks to invest.
2Why are you an AMD fan? It's been years (probably decades) since they've been the struggling underdog.
Just buy what fits your budget and needs.
-10Not sure in which reality you live in but new Ryzen series is seriously better than anything Intel can throw at it. Plus no security issues and more value for your money.
14Did I write that AMD is bad? It's just stupid to be a mindless fan. You are giving very rational arguments for using AMD hardware. My desktop PC is currently running an AMD CPU and GPU. The one before that was running Intel with nVidia GPU. And the one before that was AMD with nVidia.
Just don't go "hurr, durr, only AMD!"
5@MeanEYE They have the same security issues since it's an architecture thing. Ryzen has been really good though. Also EPYC.
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Ryzen released in 2017, so definitely not decades.
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