Nvidia LHR, how does it actually work ?

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So I tried to find more info about how the "new" nvidia LHR restriction does work (like from a technical perspective) but the only things I...

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well it obviously is inaccurate to a varying degree since I wrote a metaphor to convey what is happening.

metaphors are obviously not 100%...

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Spectre and the derivative techniques based on it (e.g meltdown) exploits a feature of the CPU that predicts upcoming instructions and precomputes so...

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That's short-minded thinking people will generate revenue as long as the first milestone has been reached where a linux distro can provide basic entertainment...

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Well, both are like well established standards and both are already supported for older GPUs so there is no "reinventing the wheel" also Nvidia...

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I dont know what devs even think sometimes by neglecting simple yet popular stuff... the more non techy users come into a Ubuntu or linux hud in general...

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its fairly easy to run those games on linux though....

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If OBS works with it and the compositor doesnt drop FPS on games It would be perfect.. lets not forget that most home computers are used for entertainment/gaming/streaming...

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So Vulkan windows utilizes hardware resources differently than Vulkan linux? That makes them essentially two different APIs that just share a common name...

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Why would there be a driver performance issue when the hardware(GPU) is the same and the api is the same ?...

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So essentially we are looking at similar FPS performance on full-screen 3D games given that the hardware is the same the CPU is not 100% utilized by the...

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Yes but as everything else in life there is a silver lining which after passing it you get diminishing returns or even make the experience worse.
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Can somebody dumb it down (while still being a little technical :P ) and explain why does vulkan need to be worked on for wine?

I mean vulkan...

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This sounds also useful to be applied in deep learning/neural networks to either make better bots or beta test map geometry, dialogue/interaction bugs...

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I am too lazy to google it right now but still curious so a yes or a no will be greatly appreciated: Is that the "amd version" of Nvidia grid/vGPU...