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Thanks!

Interesting! Got any links that explain how to set it up?

I just got a laptop with an RX 6700M 10GB ans am eager to try it :)

There have been some efforts to run pytorch and StableDiffusion on ROCm. Not sure if that could be combined with this.

Sounds similar to my most recent Nvidia experience.

Not an option, there's no room in our living room to put a desktop and monitor permanently.

I have had so many issues with Nvidia drivers, especially on laptops with Optimus. Black screens after booting, random breakage when updating, having to fuck around with OpenGL libraries all the time when you have integrated Intel graphics and Nvidia graphics on the same system. It's just a pain for me on laptops.

Wouldn't be such a big issue on a desktop, but I've had a work-provided workstation with an Nvidia and 99% of the time if something broke on that machine, it was because Nvidia wasn't compatible with some updated kernel or libraries.

Intel and AMD have both provided us with a painless driver experience that just works out of the box all the time and is integrated in all the open source things (mainly the Linux kernel and the Mesa libraries for OpenGL & Vulkan). With Nvidia, you need to throw all that out and use their proprietary blobs for OpenGL and Vulkan.

Also, I just think Nvidia is a scumbag company, trying to force single-vendor proprietary solutions on the market by abusing their dominant position (pushing CUDA while refusing to implement any new OpenCL version for over a decade, so software vendors couldn't just pick a competitive open alternative is one example, the original G-Sync is another). I prefer not to give them any money if I can help it.

That's what I got from my past experiences as well, but I haven't owned anything Nvidia since the Pascal (GTX 10x0) era so I wanted to check if anything got better with their open source efforts.

I mean that's fine if that's your opinion. But while they may be a mistake for you, I've found them to be a great compromise and enjoyed several of them for the past 10 years.

I have a normal laptop, a ThinkPad X1 Nano, which I love. I also have a desktop with an RX 6800, but I can only use that in my office, a cramped space which has poor Internet and is in an inconvenient spot in our house.

I'm looking for something that I can keep in the living room, and set up on our living room table to play some games with friends. I've had that desktop for almost 3 years and yet I've done most of my gaming since I had it on a 2013 Alienware laptop with an upgraded MXM graphics card.

Different solutions for different people.

Thanks, that's what I was thinking as well.

I didn't miss AMD. The dedicated GPUs just aren't available new in my wide area, unless they're put into mediocre plastic shells of a budget laptop, and the integrated GPUs don't work for my use case.

I just sold an AMD laptop (with RX 6800s) because I wanted a bigger screen. I don't need top-tier performance, most of the games I play are fine on mainstream gaming hardware. The software experience was perfect but I didn't use the laptop very often because it was 14" and uncomfortable to use in the couch because of the screen hinge design.

I already have a perfectly fine 2021ThinkPad X1 Nano that does everything I want from a portable computer and I noticed I just never had a reason to use the gaming laptop unless I was gaming. I just want something with a bigger screen and better GPU that will only be moved on our living room table and the storage rack, and the occasional car trip. If the 18" Alienware with RX 7900M was for sale here (for a reasonable price) I would buy that, but that is not going to happen.

What makes you say Intel sucks? The A730M should be somewhere between an RTX 3060 and 3070 but with 12GB of VRAM. From my experience with Intel iGPUs, the software experience is very nice, so I just expect the same thing but with faster performance.

I've tried an A730M laptop last year when they were new, and the drivers worked fine, everything was working out of the box. The only issue was that performance was not stable and power usage was high, but I'm assuming performance will only have improved with 12 months of driver engineering from Intel.

I can only recommend it.

I went to Spa this year with a few friends, with a standing only ticket. We had to walk over an hour to get to the spot we wanted to go. We then had to shovel the folding chairs we carried into the rocky hillside, and sit in the rain every day. We had to wake up at 6 every day to have a decent spot.

But I'd be lying if it wasn't the best weekend of my year so far.

Because everyone is there, loving the same thing you do, sitting through the same rain.

When the cars went behind the trees and out of our view, we could see them go round the track because the rain splashed into the air over three times higher than the trees.

We had a big screen to follow the TV broadcast across the track from us, and local commentators describing the race in 4 languages on the tracks dedicated FM radio station.

We watched all the events - F1, F2, F3, Porsche cup, historical demos. We learned to identify the different F1 cars by sound. It was almost a magical experience for me.

I want to do a Monza road trip one of the next years.

I don't know if shorter games should command a lower price. It depends on the value you get out of it.

Odd to see the gap between C and Pascal this big. Is this a matter of lacking optimization effort for less popular languages?

Isn't that what FedNow is?

They've been talking about removing the GIL since I was in primary school. My children are in primary school now. I'll believe it when I see it.

Just a nitpick: it's not always 19 more laps. It's the fewest amount of laps that puts the sprint race over 100km (about 62 miles). At COTA, that's 19 laps. Next time at Interlagos, it's 24.

Watching the race, Alonso and Stroll were pretty close. Not sure if Stroll found a reason to drive, or if it was the floor. But before Alonso retired, they had been 2-4s apart for a while, and even a pitstop before they were pretty neck and neck.

This is Indian English, same as "I have a doubt". It's not something you commonly hear outside India.

KDE wouldn't be slow on the kind of hardware he's using. I've used it on far lower end hardware with no noticeable slowdowns.

Yes, KDE requires hardware accelerated graphics and more memory to run smoothly, but anything built in the last 10y should have no issues meeting those requirements.

Just give him a big raise & furlough him for 50% of the time, with the tacit understanding that he will hire some freelance help and work on a new regs car on his own dime and time.