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Intel Lands 20~40% Performance Optimization For Arc Graphics In Mesa 22.0
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Originally posted by bug77 View Post
Of course they were. The proper way to write software is "make it work" -> "make it good" -> "make it fast".
Even so, this is good news for those considering an Intel GPU once they become available.
all i'm saying is, those numbers mean exactly nothing. 100 to 140 fps looks different than 10 to 14 fps, and both are 40% improvements. one would expect someone dealing with benchmarks to recognize such BS.
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Originally posted by unic0rn View Post
as a programmer, i know.
all i'm saying is, those numbers mean exactly nothing. 100 to 140 fps looks different than 10 to 14 fps, and both are 40% improvements. one would expect someone dealing with benchmarks to recognize such BS.
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Originally posted by Anux View PostThe exact "amount" of improvements does not matter. But we can see that there is a set of games already running and they keep improving.
so yeah, exact performance matters. obviously, since you can't buy that hardware yet, they won't provide it, especially since it's subject to change as their windows drivers are still being worked on as well. it's just that said '40% improvement' in best case scenario brings linux support on par with windows, and assuming that means it's well optimized, it's obviously a good thing. but that's a best case scenario.
i'm as interested in ARC as everyone else tired of current GPU market, but lets not get ahead of ourselves. also, past intel (integrated) GPUs had problems, but that's mostly due to power management. we'll see how ARC handles that.
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Originally posted by bug77 View Post
They mean initial support will be at least acceptable. Nothing more, nothing less.
the exact performance and the amount of rendering glitches and stability problems that'll come with it, that's what matters - and that's something only intel knows for now.
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Originally posted by unic0rn View Post
and that's a news story how exactly? it's kinda what everyone expects, isn't it? to be able to run games on those?
the exact performance and the amount of rendering glitches and stability problems that'll come with it, that's what matters - and that's something only intel knows for now.
What everybody expects is not my business, I am not entitled enough to just presume Linux support.
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Can't wait for the first laptop or prebuilt with a DG2 Alchemist Arc graphics card, like A380 or hopefully an A580. I still don't see why they announced exactly no specs at CES.
Anyone cares to guess if the drivers will have the same performance on Linux as on Windows ? And if there will be feature parity between them ?
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Originally posted by bug77 View Post
They mean initial support will be at least acceptable. Nothing more, nothing less.
This says nothing about whether the drivers will be bug free at launch, which is what really counts the most. But beyond that, a 40% gain could still be leaving the hardware in the so slow it's unusable range. 40% faster than a slideshow is still a slideshow.
I'm not saying that's actually what's going on here, just want to point out the meaninglessness of the announcement, other than to announce that yes Intel is still working on these drivers. Which we should have already been confident about anyway.
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Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostIt actually doesn't mean that at all, which is kind of the point.
This says nothing about whether the drivers will be bug free at launch, which is what really counts the most.
Bug free at launch? What's next on the agenda, the Tooth Fairy?
Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostBut beyond that, a 40% gain could still be leaving the hardware in the so slow it's unusable range. 40% faster than a slideshow is still a slideshow.
I'm not saying that's actually what's going on here, just want to point out the meaninglessness of the announcement, other than to announce that yes Intel is still working on these drivers. Which we should have already been confident about anyway.
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