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If I’m willing to buy a computer, any pointers on what I would have to buy? I’m asking for specific models from a company like Dell, Apple, or Lenovo?
by criddell 4y ago
If I’m willing to buy a computer, any pointers on what I would have to buy? I’m asking for specific models from a company like Dell, Apple, or Lenovo?
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoYou'll need a GPU. One with a LOT of RAM, like an RTX 3090, which has 24 GB.
- criddell 4y agoWould a Mac Pro with a Radeon Pro W5700X with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory work?
- barbecue_sauce 4y agoIt says that NVIDIA chips are recommended but that they are working on optimizations for AMD. This implies to me that it probably involves CUDA stuff and getting it to run on a Radeon would be potentially difficult (I am not an expert on the current state of CUDA to AMD compatibility, though).
- Rzor 4y agoAMD's answer to CUDA is called ROCm. I've been doing a little research on it since a few weeks ago and it seems to be funky when not outright broken. It's absolutely maddening that after all this time AMD doesn't have proper tooling on consumer GPUs.
- mattkevan 4y agoThey’re also working on M1/M2 support.
- msoucy 4y agoAccording to this post, it needs 6.9 Gb. So the 3070, 3070-Ti, 3080, etc. can all run it. Sadly, my RTX 2060 is below that limit...
- smoldesu 4y agoApparently the model decompresses, and it won't fit very well on the 8gb models... I'm willing to give the max settings a spin on my 3070ti, but I'm not very hopeful.
- derac 4y agoWait for the 4070, it should be around the perf of a 3080/maybe 4090 for ~500 bucks if rumors hold up. It is coming in a few months. NZXT used to make good pre-builts. Not sure which others have a good rep. DO NOT BUY DELL.
- sharperguy 4y agoThey were saying that before the 3080 was released. It will be cheaper and better than current hardware. Then when it came out you couldn't buy it for a year.
- somebodythere 4y agoGPU market conditions are different compared to the 3000 series release
- fomine3 4y agoPeople now go out instead of quarantine and gaming, crypto market crashing, and ETH will go to PoS soon.
- criddell 4y agoWhat's wrong with Dell? Is Lenovo a bad option as well? Does NZXT offer on-site service?
- derac 4y agoYou aren't getting on-site service with a consumer product. There are plenty of 3rd party people who can service your computer, though. It's like Lego. Dell uses crappy proprietary tech, poor quality components, and they have an all around bad reputation. NZXT uses good components and they make some of the best cases you can buy. I don't know much about Lenovo's desktop products. You might try posting on reddit.com/r/suggestapc and ask about the best service contracts and high quality system integrators. Edit: that particular reddit looks pretty dead actually. The big one is r/buildapcsales , you can take a look at their side bar or discord and ask around. One more thing, GamersNexus on YouTube does reviews of pre builts and they are the best at this sort of thing. Their community is likely very helpful as well. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsuVSmND84QuM2HKzG7ipbIbE_R5EnCLM https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsuVSmND84QuM2HKzG7ipbIbE... The biggest issue with most pre-builts is terrible airflow making the expensive components throttle. The (Dell) Alienwares are some of the worst for this.
- hedora 4y agoI’d rent a cloud vm with a beefy gpu from paperspace or a similar company. It’ll run about $20 per month for casual use.
- mattkevan 4y agoGo for Google Colab Pro - about £12 per month - or Pro+ at £45 per month for A100 and V100 Gpus.