• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    22 days ago

    During the Covid GPU shortage, my card died and I had to go back to my Geforce 9800 GX2. A monster of a card (in 2008).

    I did not have a good time. But it was incredible it even worked at all.

    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
      5·
      22 days ago

      There is still a GPU shortage, but they just blamed Covid. Before they blamed crypto. Now they blame AI.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        22 days ago

        I’m aware of the current shortage.

        Unfortunately I feel we’ll be forever prone to this now that GPUs are useful for far more than just gaming. The market is being shared with people who are willing to spend a lot more for the same silicon.

        • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
          0·
          22 days ago

          The vendors should stop calling it GPUs if its not used as a GPU. AI workloads are not GPU, cryptomining are not GPU. Nvidia and alike should create a different name for it. Nvidia H100 for example is still called GPU, but it has nothing to do with a normal GPU you and I use.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    2·
    22 days ago

    That quiet smile at the end is great. It’s good to have purpose, regardless of what it is.