Intel Is Currently The Number One Sponsor Of Linux Kernel Development

[Kano]

I don't habe got Broadwell but the difference to Haswell is very small from the supported features. Haswell works perfectly with Kodi 14.2 beta (used mesa 10.3.2 and kernel 3.18/3.19). I don't think you should compare it to a high performance gfx cards but it beats lowend cards with ease (those are basically for htpc). Also it does not need much power in idle mode, all dedicated gfx cards need more.

[dungeon]

It makes no sense for Intel to contribute to Linux. Why wouldn't they create a strong partnership with Microsoft and totally dominate the desktop with an iron grip? With huge profits Intel can kill AMD and nvidia and create great CPUs and GPUs that would make them absolute in the hardware business, while Microsoft would dominate the software business. Intel could truly help Microsoft kill Linux and open source. And they would make more money by doing it.

Heil

[Ansla]

If somebody cares: Intel has a nice database with compare feature which AMD does not. There you can only look Ingo Wikipedia. If anybody is interested in VT-d take a look:

http://ark.intel.com/compare/75047,75048

AMD has something similar, and many years ago you could find links to it from their main site. Now it apears to be completely hidden for those who don't know the URL: http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...?id=100&id=101

[gnufreex]

AMD has something similar, and many years ago you could find links to it from their main site. Now it apears to be completely hidden for those who don't know the URL: http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...?id=100&id=101

That sucks. No details about IOMMU/AMD-Vi, AVX, and other stuff.

[curaga]

I just use cpu-world, Intel Ark is way too heavy a website.

[Ansla]

That sucks. No details about IOMMU/AMD-Vi, AVX, and other stuff.

True, it's not useful to see the difference in features between generations. Fortunately you can find those out easily by reading the reviews on tech sites (and you should do that anyway). And at least AMD does not release crippled editions inside a generation, so you can just pick any Kaveri and be sure it has everything you need.