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[–] banana_pie@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago (8 children) So cheap GPUs then? I could live with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (7 children) The Datacenter GPUs can’t be used for graphics, unfortunately. Now, if you want a compute firesale… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (5 children) If someone or some group could figure out a way to get them working for normal people they could make a lot of money even if it's not easy like resoldering components or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (4 children) It’s not a software limitation. Datacenter GPUs physically do not have ROPs; they cannot render games. Nvidia removed them on the H100. The A100 technically has some, but not enough to perform well. AMD removed them even earlier, on the MI100 at the very least. …But if you are interested in workstation compute stuff? Datacenter GPUs are great at that. I look forward to picking up a firesale B100 someday. Also, there is already a group hacking them on the Level 1 Tech forums. But they are trying to unlock the motherboards to use them for compute, not graphics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] plateee@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago (3 children) Workstation compute - like CAD? Video rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 day ago There isnt even enough copper for the pipeline of data centers already planned on everyone’s books. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (7 children) The Datacenter GPUs can’t be used for graphics, unfortunately. Now, if you want a compute firesale… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (5 children) If someone or some group could figure out a way to get them working for normal people they could make a lot of money even if it's not easy like resoldering components or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (4 children) It’s not a software limitation. Datacenter GPUs physically do not have ROPs; they cannot render games. Nvidia removed them on the H100. The A100 technically has some, but not enough to perform well. AMD removed them even earlier, on the MI100 at the very least. …But if you are interested in workstation compute stuff? Datacenter GPUs are great at that. I look forward to picking up a firesale B100 someday. Also, there is already a group hacking them on the Level 1 Tech forums. But they are trying to unlock the motherboards to use them for compute, not graphics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] plateee@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago (3 children) Workstation compute - like CAD? Video rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 day ago There isnt even enough copper for the pipeline of data centers already planned on everyone’s books. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (5 children) If someone or some group could figure out a way to get them working for normal people they could make a lot of money even if it's not easy like resoldering components or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (4 children) It’s not a software limitation. Datacenter GPUs physically do not have ROPs; they cannot render games. Nvidia removed them on the H100. The A100 technically has some, but not enough to perform well. AMD removed them even earlier, on the MI100 at the very least. …But if you are interested in workstation compute stuff? Datacenter GPUs are great at that. I look forward to picking up a firesale B100 someday. Also, there is already a group hacking them on the Level 1 Tech forums. But they are trying to unlock the motherboards to use them for compute, not graphics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] plateee@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago (3 children) Workstation compute - like CAD? Video rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (4 children) It’s not a software limitation. Datacenter GPUs physically do not have ROPs; they cannot render games. Nvidia removed them on the H100. The A100 technically has some, but not enough to perform well. AMD removed them even earlier, on the MI100 at the very least. …But if you are interested in workstation compute stuff? Datacenter GPUs are great at that. I look forward to picking up a firesale B100 someday. Also, there is already a group hacking them on the Level 1 Tech forums. But they are trying to unlock the motherboards to use them for compute, not graphics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] plateee@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago (3 children) Workstation compute - like CAD? Video rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] plateee@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago (3 children) Workstation compute - like CAD? Video rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Not CAD. Pretty much anything that’s “real time graphics” needs ROPs. But Blender rendering, yes. Works great on datacenter GPUs. It goes well beyond that. There’s tons of stuff GPU compute is useful for; personally, I want a B200 for video/image processing and for more “old school” machine learning experimentation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Is CAD real time? I know there's a rendered preview but I mainly think of the solver running on the GPU when I think of CAD hardware acceleration permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago That part I don’t know. TBH last time I used CAD software, they used graphics APIs these chips wouldn’t support, but honestly I don’t know about the rendering part these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 day ago There isnt even enough copper for the pipeline of data centers already planned on everyone’s books. permalink fedilink source parent