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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

This looks insanely good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How these go Linux? Vroom or doom?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I believe vroom, intel usually has good Linux support even having their own optimized distribution

Edit: it may have trouble with older titles

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I love playing older titles...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I just bought an a750 honestly I'm loving it. So far I've only had issues in Skyrim with the shadows, and vermintide 2.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Sick. I got an a770le when they launched. Buggy AF, but not bad performance when it decided to work. It currently lives as a dedicated av1 encoder in a Plex server

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If this turns out to be a solid performer, the price could make it the best midrange value since AMD's Polaris (RX 480). Let's hope Intel's build quality has improved since the A770.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N371iMe_nfA

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't wait for these to be EOLed due to the exec shakeup.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't this the same architecture that is also in their iGPUs? That should help keep them motivated to improve drivers even if they lose interest in dGPUs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Do these cards have good open-source Linux drivers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Been a while but I played around with the a770 in Arch for a few months. It didn't play nice with proton and even native games were hit and miss. Better support from Intel than nvidia gives, but it's a new platform and Linux development was definitely taking a back seat to the windows drivers which were also a buggy mess.

And basically nobody had the cards so if something didn't work your options were to give up or become a computer graphics programming wizard and fix it all yourself from scratch.

To answer the question: not really, no. The drivers themselves may have been fine, but who knows how any given software will handle a brand new GPU architecture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

As an aside knowing most companies working in embedded technologies usually work in, or have strong aspects in Linux. Why then are Linux drivers so difficult to come by? Lack of customers seems unlikely since they mostly have everything ready, right? Or is it cost cutting to avoid lengthy QA on another platform? That would be easy to sidestep by giving a no-warranty driver version?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Most of the demand is for Windows. So if your choice is to spend resources (money) where demand is, or hope that you can possibly create demand where there isn't any currently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

They keep getting removed from the kernel.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

The comments I've read from current-generation Arc owners have given the impression that their Linux drivers are catching up to AMD. Here's the latest info:

https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago

It's official, the Intel Arc B580 GPU is launching on December 12, 2044

So excited. Can't wait.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I game at 1440p on a 1080ti. So what this tells me is that I don't need to upgrade. Cool.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you play and on what settings? I know the 1080ti was a beast but it must surely be showing its age.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I mostly play BG3 now but I was hard into Destiny 2. As long as I capped my FPS to match my monitor (so 120), I could crank it up to pretty much max. BG3 and Last Epoch I max out (still fps capped). Cyberpunk 2077 I didn't bother with and play it on GeForce Now. Most other games I play are AA or indie and the 1080ti at 1440p handles them easily.

Space Marine II is another that's going on GeForce Now just because I want it on Ultra everything. So literally 95%+ of my library runs maxed at 1440p/120 on a 1080ti.

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