Comment on Nvidia blocks access to video card driver updates for users from Russia and Belarus.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
There aren’t many uses where discrete v-cards are needed now and where integrated won’t be enough. Machine learning, content editing, engineering and science, mostly. So besides making purchased v-cards less effective or useless, it aims at top consumers, industry, may it be media or production facilities, including MIC. Ah, and gamers, the most opressed minority.
metallic_substance@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What in the world are you talking about? This just simply isn’t true
tal@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Yeah, I was gonna say…GPUs have to be more significant today for general compute than they’ve ever been.
Okay, yeah, maybe you don’t need one for CAD acceleration in 2024, but that has to be a vanishingly small thing compared to parallel compute on stuff like AI work.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
How many people even do CAD? Most users use Word\Excel\Browser of choice.
I point out they hit the minority of users who are needed to be hit with that, those who produce weapons and propaganda, those who need advanced graphics to render stuff.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Intel and AMD chips can support youtube and office apps themselves alright. It is 90% of casual PC usage for home setups and office usage. V-card drivers and discrete v-cards are not required for most people. Is that wrong?