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> Intel's kick ass amazing software folks That's probably the first time in history anyone has described them this way, as the software was so atrociously bad
by justinclift 3y ago
> Intel's kick ass amazing software folks
That's probably the first time in history anyone has described them this way, as the software was so atrociously bad at Arc product launch it was famously universally panned + caused most reviewers to say "don't buy this product yet, wait for the software to be fixed".
* https://youtu.be/nEvdrbxTtVo?t=1500 https://youtu.be/nEvdrbxTtVo?t=1500
(there are many other reviews like this)
It's good they seem to have gotten their house in order afterwards though. So maybe they'll be regarded this way in future. :)
- rektide 3y agoI agree. It was bad. It still has significant rough edges, yes. But holy shit the team has done such an amazing job & the numbers & stability are sooo much better, but for a card that was already in so many cases competitive with cards that cost sooo much more. Changing the launch narrative is harder than sending people to the moon. People will cling to this initial knkwledge, I to the original message, for my heavens long.
- justinclift 3y agoCool, sounds like they really are on the right path then. :)
- wtcactus 3y agoIf intel did provide SR-IOV in their ARC cards, sure, I would agree. But looks like they willingly canibalized a product that could launch their practically non existing GPU server market, so that they wouldn't canibalize the sales of that market. Which will result in it not achieving actual momentum. Intel being intel (same silly positioning as with ECC memory).