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I'm quite interested in setting up a Nuc as a stopgap / intermediary GPU dev machine while Apple sorts out whatever is going to be the future of GPU support. W

by zmmmmm 6y ago

I'm quite interested in setting up a Nuc as a stopgap / intermediary GPU dev machine while Apple sorts out whatever is going to be the future of GPU support. With that in mind I am curious about your comment wrt GPU - are you referring to the on-board Intel graphics, discrete graphics that can be supported on-board to the NUC, or are there limitations to what can be added externally? I will probably get a chassis and connect an nVidia card via thunderbolt, but I'm interested in what the limitations are around the other options.

pvg 6y ago
Some have discrete graphics by AMD, there's one that even takes a half-sized actual nVidia card of some sort. The bang/buck suffers a fair bit there, I think, unless you're really pressed for space. But if you're considering an eGPU box, you probably aren't quite to that degree.
lostlogin 6y ago
As pvg says, there are the Hades Canyon like which are very capable graphically (and have 2x nic) and were a strange child of AMD and Intel, but I referring to the integrated graphics. The new Nuc9 series have some very serious options but they cost a lot and seem to just be feeding off the Nuc name. They are monsters. They are also about the same volume as 10 traditional Nucs (0.5L versus 5L), though have a built in power supply, which is a huge upgrade imho. Im not aware that they are particularly limited with what can be plugged in as an external GPU, but you don't see many people raving about that option. It seems to come with glitchy behaviour and continual irritation - I haven't got first hand experience. There are a few reddit subs that may interest you - r/intelnuc, r/nuclab r/homelab have some interesting posts.
- zmmmmm 6y ago
  Thanks! Yes, the NUC9 is intriguing but super expensive and limited availability (that I could find). On the other hand, the cost of an eGPU chassis is super high and perhaps offsets most of the cost difference. But in any case, it sounds like if I'm definitely doing discrete graphics your GPU concerns aren't a problem for a NUC10.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    If I was running the thing with a monitor attached I'd be getting a Nuc8 BEH/BEK. Cheaper, twice the graphics performance but lacking two cores (though thermal issues likely constrain the usefulness of the extra two).

by zmmmmm 6y ago

pvg 6y ago

Some have discrete graphics by AMD, there's one that even takes a half-sized actual nVidia card of some sort. The bang/buck suffers a fair bit there, I think, unless you're really pressed for space. But if you're considering an eGPU box, you probably aren't quite to that degree.

lostlogin 6y ago

As pvg says, there are the Hades Canyon like which are very capable graphically (and have 2x nic) and were a strange child of AMD and Intel, but I referring to the integrated graphics. The new Nuc9 series have some very serious options but they cost a lot and seem to just be feeding off the Nuc name. They are monsters. They are also about the same volume as 10 traditional Nucs (0.5L versus 5L), though have a built in power supply, which is a huge upgrade imho. Im not aware that they are particularly limited with what can be plugged in as an external GPU, but you don't see many people raving about that option. It seems to come with glitchy behaviour and continual irritation - I haven't got first hand experience. There are a few reddit subs that may interest you - r/intelnuc, r/nuclab r/homelab have some interesting posts.

zmmmmm 6y ago
Thanks! Yes, the NUC9 is intriguing but super expensive and limited availability (that I could find). On the other hand, the cost of an eGPU chassis is super high and perhaps offsets most of the cost difference. But in any case, it sounds like if I'm definitely doing discrete graphics your GPU concerns aren't a problem for a NUC10.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  If I was running the thing with a monitor attached I'd be getting a Nuc8 BEH/BEK. Cheaper, twice the graphics performance but lacking two cores (though thermal issues likely constrain the usefulness of the extra two).