If I finish your Cloud U courses and become a slut for you, Intel, will you send me free computer stuff? I'm getting close to having to do a new computer build.
I'll even tell people that Intel Arc GPUs are Good, Actually. They're probably not, but I'm sure you guys will catch up in the next few generations after NVIDIA eats shit when the AI bubble pops.
So picking up an #IntelArc A380 seemed like a good idea at the time to get a reasonably cheap, low-profile GPU with AV1 support that can run off bus power alone.
Unfortunately I didn't do my own research, and the consumer #Intel discrete GPUs don't play particularly nicely with virtualisation. Intel has seemingly intentionally gimped the consumer Arc cards by removing virtualisation support, while their data centre GPU line on almost identical silicon support it.
There's ways around all of that, which I think I've just about worked out, but the #Linux Intel drivers (i915) don't play particularly well with Linux guests either, which has given me a whole new set of challenges to solve.
All in all, it's be a fun three days, with I'm sure another fun three days of trial and error ahead.
Are there any #Linux users with a #IntelArc card here? I woder how they peform on Linux considering that everything is essentially Vulcan and a bit of OpenGL rather than DirectX. Could they become a worthy competitor to AMD for us Linux users, Intel has a great track record with their conteibutions to the Linux Kernel if I am not wrong so they might do well with GPU drivers too!
I’m a bit confused. According to Intel’s website, the #Arc#A310 and #A380 launched at the same time, yet I can’t seem to find an A310 anywhere to buy. What am I missing?