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Originally posted by fagzal View PostI was actually looking forward to this chip, because... what are the Linux GPU options anyway?
- Integrated Intel : works nice, open source, but slow
- Integrated AMD : works nice, open source, but no motherboards have 3+ HDMI/DVI (also not the fastest)
- AMD Radeon : too much power draw
- NVidia GeForce : proprietary drivers a PITA
ARC would totally fill this niche where you have multiple monitors and want an open source stack, but no gaming, e.g. video editing / transcoding /etc. I'm rooting for Intel in this caseStable? Open? Fast? Intel Yes Yes No AMD No Yes Yes NVIDIA Yes No Yes
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Originally posted by tildearrow View PostLet's hope the next card has Linux printed on the box when support for it becomes stable.
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Originally posted by Venemo View Post
The drivers are fully open source, the firmware are not. This has been the situation for a long time now.
also old radeon driver like r200 run also wothout blob, but with lower performance or without certain features.
actually the firmware are more of only one file, bigger and in more case the free driver can't be loaded without firmware. This imho is what debian call "contrib" a free software that need proprietary software.
On CPU side I have avoided using old cpu lik pentium 4 and intel core 2 that seems to not need microcode/blob, but on gpu side the proprietary blob is needed.
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Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
My current processor is unable to play 2160p60 AV1 content, and it would take at least 500 years to convert these 4 years of content to AV1.
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Originally posted by tildearrow View PostMy current processor is unable to play 2160p60 AV1 content, and it would take at least 500 years to convert these 4 years of content to AV1.
i think it will be more and more relevant. and i am sure this will become the defacto standard and all other codexes will vanish from existence...Phantom circuit Sequence Reducer Dyslexia
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Originally posted by kenren View PostA driver that cannot run on the hardware for what is designed imho is not a driver.
If you disagree, that's fine, then I guess you can say that I just work on a "not-a-driver".
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Originally posted by fagzal View PostI was actually looking forward to this chip, because... what are the Linux GPU options anyway?
- Integrated Intel : works nice, open source, but slow
- Integrated AMD : works nice, open source, but no motherboards have 3+ HDMI/DVI (also not the fastest)
- AMD Radeon : too much power draw
- NVidia GeForce : proprietary drivers a PITA
ARC would totally fill this niche where you have multiple monitors and want an open source stack, but no gaming, e.g. video editing / transcoding /etc. I'm rooting for Intel in this case
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