[FFmpeg-devel] Hardware purchase request

[Soft Works]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> Lynne
> Sent: Samstag, 26. Juni 2021 01:29
> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> devel at ffmpeg.org>
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Hardware purchase request
> 
> Jun 25, 2021, 13:25 by timo at rothenpieler.org:
> 
> > On 25.06.2021 10:14, Lynne wrote:
> >
> >> The prices have dropped a little, but the biggest difference is that
> >> stuff is *actually* available now.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, now is not a good time to build an entire system.
> >> Socket AM4's finished, so if I build an AMD system, it'll be obsolete
> >> within a year or so, and it'll be non-upgradable.
> >> Intel's Rocket Lake was such a giant slow flop, and its socket is
> >> also getting obsoleted by Intel once Alder Lake gets released later
> >> this year, and it doesn't support DDR5 anyway. And again, Rocket Lake
> >> was such a giant mess.
> >>
> >
> > I don't think waiting for AM5 and DDR5 is worth it at the moment.
> > You'll be early-adopting a platform, which is always a bit iffy.
> >
> 
> I don't mind being an early adopter, and I think I'll be getting that hardware
> on my own.
> 
> 
> > Do you really need a 6900XT? Every review I saw of those commented on
> their horrible price/performance ratio. Similarly overpriced as the RTX3090.
> >
> > Would a 6800XT not work fine as well?
> >
> 
> I also want to work on neural networks, since it seems to be the direction
> into which codecs and filters are going, and for that, I'll need lots of RAM and
> power.
> And I'd rather not have to update anytime soon.
> Here, a 6800XT is less than 200 Euros cheaper than a 6900XT, which for a 1600
> Euro GPU isn't all that much.
> 
> 
> > Or maybe a combination of two smaller cards, like one RTX3070 and one
> 6700XT, so you can test against both targets? Which would combined still be
> cheaper than a single 6900XT.
> >
> 
> Not buying Nvidia unless its free, and happily sits gathering dust 99% of the
> time in a different system in another room that serves no other purpose to
> me but to test Nvidia cards.

Wouldn't those 1% be a high value for the project?
(probably a cheap low-end boards would suffice for that as a 2nd gpu)

> happy sitting gathering dust because you constantly have to update drivers,

You can, but you don't have to. Many updates are primarily game optimizations.

> I'm running out of power outlets, 

At the Fractal Design Ion+ 860W?

> and I'm not very sure it'll even run fine without a monitor

It will (like all Nvidia boards)

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