[conspire] new computer?

[Ivan Sergio Borgonovo]

On 11/20/18 8:11 PM, paulz at ieee.org wrote:
> This links have details on AMD graphics.   Generally an AMD processor 
> implies AMD graphics, so I don't have to look further to see that it is 
> not the nBrand graphics.

It depends if you're choosing a CPU with an integrated GPU or not.

AMD integrated GPU tend to outperform Intel integrated GPU... infact AMD 
is selling its technology to help Intel integrate better GPU in their 
CPU (yep).

There are only discrete nvidia GPU... in notebook you may have an intel 
integrated GPU + a nvidia GPU for power management reasons... that has 
been painful for Linux users.

If you're into "things that use GPUs" to do stuff... well... I bet you 
know better than me. If you aren't, you shouldn't care.

If you're interested in high resolutions x many monitors you'd better go 
for a discrete video board (not for performance reasons rather for 
places where to put cables and memory).

Nvidia video boards can work with AMD CPU.

I used to chose nvidia for most of my workstations because they had the 
best driver installer at that time and somehow they offered the best 
bang for the buck.
Then AMD started to ship equally good, probably better installer and I 
could find cheaper cards so I switched.

The fact AMD was more open source friendly helped develop open drivers 
that extended the lifespan of my PCs when proprietary support was dropped.

I don't need fast video cards. I know nvidia has been for a long time 
the best performer and now it seems AMD has returned to be competitive.

Now considering my needs for a workstation I'd chose AMD for both CPU 
and GPU... (cheaper, more cores, Spectre impact).

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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