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I really would be interested in a discrete PCIe GPU for a low power desktop. Not everyone wants to upgrade to a new mobo entirely.
by geogra4 6y ago
I really would be interested in a discrete PCIe GPU for a low power desktop. Not everyone wants to upgrade to a new mobo entirely.
- aidenn0 6y agoI will take any discrete GPU that works stably on Linux and is 75W peak draw or under. I hear good things about the newer AMD lineup with the open-source AMD drivers, but even the most low-end of those all take an external power-connector, which puts them over 75W of peak draw.
- wmf 6y agoDG1 sounds ideal for this but you can't buy it.
- geogra4 6y agohttps://www.anandtech.com/show/16211/intels-dg1-gpu-coming-to-discrete-desktop-cards-next-year-oemonly https://www.anandtech.com/show/16211/intels-dg1-gpu-coming-t... Hopefully there's some way to get it when it's released According to videocardbenchmark.net Intel Xe graphics are about 20% faster than the GT1030, that currently leads in the world of single slot low power GPUs
- aidenn0 6y agoI have a 1050Ti and there is no combination of graphics drivers and KDE compositor settings that will let me browse the web stably with firefox and webrender. I don't care if it's 20% slower than the GT1030 if I can browse the web in firefox under KDE with default settings! Since I replace my graphics card less often than I replace my CPU, I would pay a premium for such a device.
- hackernudes 6y agoWhat about the ryzen CPUs with integrated graphics? I've been using an old A8 APU and it's decent. Edit: just saw you said discrete. Oops.
- simcop2387 6y agoI want it for that same reason, but with another bit which isn't known yet (I think). If the discrete card supports gvt-g then it'll be the cheapest and easiest way to share full hardware acceleration of a gpu in a vm with a single card. This then also still lets the host use the gpu at the same time. All the offerings from amd and nvidia cost a lot and nvidias even require special licensing.