Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce

Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by geogra4 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:21PM (#25075229)

I really would be interested in a discrete PCIe GPU for a low power desktop. Not everyone wants to upgrade to a new mobo entirely.

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by simcop2387 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:36PM (#25076827)

I want it for that same reason, but with another bit which isn't known yet (I think). If the discrete card supports gvt-g then it'll be the cheapest and easiest way to share full hardware acceleration of a gpu in a vm with a single card. This then also still lets the host use the gpu at the same time. All the offerings from amd and nvidia cost a lot and nvidias even require special licensing.

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by aidenn0 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:27PM (#25075306)

I will take any discrete GPU that works stably on Linux and is 75W peak draw or under. I hear good things about the newer AMD lineup with the open-source AMD drivers, but even the most low-end of those all take an external power-connector, which puts them over 75W of peak draw.

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by wmf on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:45PM (#25075502)

DG1 sounds ideal for this but you can't buy it.

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by geogra4 on Friday November 13, 2020 @07:50AM (#25081615)

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16211/intels-dg1-gpu-coming-t...

Hopefully there's some way to get it when it's released

According to videocardbenchmark.net Intel Xe graphics are about 20% faster than the GT1030, that currently leads in the world of single slot low power GPUs

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by aidenn0 on Friday November 13, 2020 @06:14PM (#25088704)

I have a 1050Ti and there is no combination of graphics drivers and KDE compositor settings that will let me browse the web stably with firefox and webrender.

I don't care if it's 20% slower than the GT1030 if I can browse the web in firefox under KDE with default settings! Since I replace my graphics card less often than I replace my CPU, I would pay a premium for such a device.

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Re:Intel Xe Graphics: An Interview with VP Lisa Pearce by hackernudes on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:14AM (#25079134)

What about the ryzen CPUs with integrated graphics? I've been using an old A8 APU and it's decent.

Edit: just saw you said discrete. Oops.

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