AMD starts rolling out patches for Arcturus in for the AMDGPU Linux graphics driver.
AMD Arcturus Is Probably a Vega-Based Professional GPU : Read more
AMD Arcturus Is Probably a Vega-Based Professional GPU : Read more
Had to LOL at that phrase - "a benevolent amount of HBM2"!We can expect the graphics card's feature set to include a benevolent amount of HBM2 memory
Presumably, most of the additional transistor budget went towards improving gaming efficiency. However, I've not actually seen any GPU compute benchmarks for Navi - have you?RDNA is definitely more optimized for gaming workloads.
If a single word choice is the biggest complaint I have about your articles, consider it a compliment!Had to LOL at that phrase - "a benevolent amount of HBM2"!
Regarding what they can accomplish, they have to make the most of their smaller R&D budget.Presumably, most of the additional transistor budget went towards improving gaming efficiency. However, I've not actually seen any GPU compute benchmarks for Navi - have you?
I think the compute driver stack is still catching up. Navi isn't yet supported on the latest Linux release.
Not that I disagree about GFX908 being Vega-based nor about RDNA possibly even representing the bifurcation of their consumer & professional lines, as Lisa Su recently alluded. I just don't want to prejudge Navi's compute capabilities before we have some good data on it. I'm also not sure we won't eventually see RDNA in server products.
Consider that Nvidia's Volta core is faster at both gaming and compute workloads. AMD certainly could've achieved a similar accomplishment.