In one hand I want the Nvidia quasi monopoly to end. On the other hand it might bankrupt AMD on its way.
Be hard to bankrupt AMD when their CPUs make them tons of money.
Be hard to bankrupt AMD when their CPUs make them tons of money.
And for the time being, AMD offers the best CPU-iGPU combination. Intel is still lagging behind on GPU tech and NVidia has no x86 CPU – even though the most important patents expire in two years, I don’t think NVidia will make an x86 CPU without the more modern extensions that are still patented.
Best cpu+igpu yes, but not only that. In the server realm they’re doing incredibly well. EPYC remains unmatched by anything Intel has.
ARM has a future in servers too, but for a lot of companies it isn’t there yet (personally, I hope it never is and they go to RISC-V instead but yeah).
We need more competition in the mid to low market, under $150 and your only option is the 1030 that’s worse than a 6 yo mid range card like the rx570.
Honestly, at the price point you’re better off 2nd hand
Intel GPU press releases are historically horse shit. No matter what the claim, they always underdeliver.
For me and my workflow they deliver better drivers on Linux than nvidia and that’s all I care about. If they can be less expensive than an AMD gpu as well then I’ll probably get one
Their Linux drivers are pretty good.
“Affordable” ROFL sure thing pal
I think competition is healthy, so I’m all for it. I hope that Intel throws their hat into the affordable local AI ring.
I ll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert…
How good do Intel GPUs work with (Arch) Linux?
Pretty well I reckon. Intel is very proactive in upstreaming their graphics drivers. Just make sure you’re on a recent kernel with up to date Mesa libraries. Their OpenGL drivers aren’t very fast for gaming, but Zink on Vulkan apparently runs well according to Phoronix
I welcome more competition in the GPU space. Intel is also doing a good job contributing to Mesa.
