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This seems like a shameless money grab. Even the historical "enterprise" GPUs were never this expensive. Nvidia seems like they are just taking their new GPU de

This seems like a shameless money grab. Even the historical "enterprise" GPUs were never this expensive. Nvidia seems like they are just taking their new GPU design which is legitimate (Volta) and trying to cash in on the ML mania. GPUS should be general purpose and with Nvidia throwing all their eggs in the ML basket and charging a fortune it might risk alienating their core users (gamers).

was_boring 9y ago
I don't know much about the market for this type of GPU, but the article does note that the Tesla model (priced at about 10,000) is selling out as soon as they make them. It seems like the demand is there but the supply isn't. It is true that Nvidia could be artificially reducing supply.
potatolicious 9y ago
The Titan cards were not intended for the gaming market, though some gamers who wanted every last ounce of (severely diminished return) performance certainly tried nonetheless. I really don't see the issue. Sometime early next year Nvidia will announce the Volta enthusiast cards (GTX 1170, 1180?), priced in line with the current-gen enthusiast cards (GTX 1070, 1080). If you want the new shiny right now, you can, but as always you can get 85% of the same gaming performance for 25% of the price by waiting a few months.
sp332 9y ago
This has 13 teraflops of single-precision performance, which is a small bump over the 12 of Titan Xp. But it also adds 110 teraflops of matrix-multiplication power with the dedicated tensor hardware. That means it can outperform 8 Titan Xp cards for certain increasingly-popular workloads, and still fit in the same physical and power budget as one. That's why they can charge $3k.
mathgeek 9y ago
> GPUS should be general purpose Not all GPU's need to be good at all things. There are plenty of general-purpose chipsets out there for those that want one, and I'd say there's room in the market for highly specialized GPU's and if those are priced incorrectly, the market will correct it. The irony in your statement is that this is designed to be a cheaper version of a very popular card.
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EpicEng 9y ago
>GPUS should be general purpose Why is that exactly? This looks to be a great deal given its specs in comparison to the rest of the market, and us ML folks like our application specific GPUs because a specific card will always outperform a generic card and you're not paying for things you don't need. I can't even imagine what a generalist card which works for ML would look like. Do you actually work in this space?

was_boring 9y ago

I don't know much about the market for this type of GPU, but the article does note that the Tesla model (priced at about 10,000) is selling out as soon as they make them. It seems like the demand is there but the supply isn't. It is true that Nvidia could be artificially reducing supply.

potatolicious 9y ago

The Titan cards were not intended for the gaming market, though some gamers who wanted every last ounce of (severely diminished return) performance certainly tried nonetheless. I really don't see the issue. Sometime early next year Nvidia will announce the Volta enthusiast cards (GTX 1170, 1180?), priced in line with the current-gen enthusiast cards (GTX 1070, 1080). If you want the new shiny right now, you can, but as always you can get 85% of the same gaming performance for 25% of the price by waiting a few months.

sp332 9y ago

This has 13 teraflops of single-precision performance, which is a small bump over the 12 of Titan Xp. But it also adds 110 teraflops of matrix-multiplication power with the dedicated tensor hardware. That means it can outperform 8 Titan Xp cards for certain increasingly-popular workloads, and still fit in the same physical and power budget as one. That's why they can charge $3k.

mathgeek 9y ago

> GPUS should be general purpose Not all GPU's need to be good at all things. There are plenty of general-purpose chipsets out there for those that want one, and I'd say there's room in the market for highly specialized GPU's and if those are priced incorrectly, the market will correct it. The irony in your statement is that this is designed to be a cheaper version of a very popular card.

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EpicEng 9y ago

>GPUS should be general purpose Why is that exactly? This looks to be a great deal given its specs in comparison to the rest of the market, and us ML folks like our application specific GPUs because a specific card will always outperform a generic card and you're not paying for things you don't need. I can't even imagine what a generalist card which works for ML would look like. Do you actually work in this space?