SparkStormrider t1_j63ef49 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 12:58 PM

If I am not mistaken their GPU line has still yet to produce anything for them in terms of market penetration. Still, it's hard to do anything when you release very little product and what you do release is riddled with so many bugs in the drivers upon release. I think some of the driver issues are resolved, but I'm not 100% sure.

giltirn t1_j63kmng wrote on January 27, 2023 at 1:50 PM

That said, their GPUs are the core component of the upcoming Aurora exascale supercomputer, which will be the most powerful supercomputer in the world.

allenout t1_j63zipp wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:35 PM

I think El Capitan is more powerful and may come sooner.

giltirn t1_j64e59u wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:08 PM

Looks like both are around 2 exaflops, guess we need to wait for the benchmarks to be certain. I don’t really follow news on that machine because it seems to be earmarked for nuclear weapon simulations rather than scientific computing.

mouse1093 t1_j63qy4t wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:37 PM

Well yeah, that was to be very expected. No one in their right mind thought Intel's first foray into discrete graphics was going to be a game changer nor even compete in the mid/value ranges. I'm certainly not buying any dysfunctional products for the record, but I'll definitely watch from the sidelines to see how many generations it takes to really get in there. They have at least 2 of them planned and in the works already

CCHTweaked t1_j64acqg wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:44 PM

>Intel's first foray

this isn't their first Rodeo with an attempt at discrete graphics.

i740 AGP says hello.

theoriginalceb t1_j66p7wx wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:27 AM

I had one of those in the computer I bought for post secondary school before in 1997 or 98. The card didn't even support basic display properly. Had to use my roommates comp as a guide when I had to reinstall windows 95 so I could figure out the keyboard presses to install it blind. Sad thing was it was paired with dual voodoo 2 (3dfx monster2 12MB) I got seriously ripped off - ended up getting a matrox G200 as a replacement after that.

CCHTweaked t1_j66qywk wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:41 AM

That Matrox was a good card! OG 2D windows acceralation.