Xeon phi for gaming?

[timcar5]

Just for the fun of it i am wondering if i could use Intel Xeon Phi 7120A  for gaming. And if no why not.

 

Thanks for all of the people who take the time for this nonsense

 

[Swndlr]

its not actually a gpu tho...?

theres no integrated graphics either, this is not meant to be used in consumer grade rigs

 

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Would games even know how to take advantage of that? 

[Swndlr]

Would games even know how to take advantage of that? 

lol no, they barely take advantage of anything more than 4 cores

[Megahurt]

That is a coprocessor, and if I'm not mistaken, those xeon phi are based on arm architecture, so weak cores but a lot of them, it would absolutely suck for gaming.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

lol no, they barely take advantage of anything more than 4 cores

Yeah, not even all the threads in i7s are taken advantage of. 61 cores...wow.

[Swndlr]

Yeah, not even all the threads in i7s are taken advantage of. 61 cores...wow.

im assuming theyre made for things like supercomputers and stuff of that nature

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

im assuming theyre made for things like supercomputers and stuff of that nature

yeah, a while back I had never even heard of Xeon Phi 

[BT77414]

What would happen if you had a modern consumer GPU, like an RTX 2080, then added it to a build with something like an i7 or i9, then added a ballistic amount of phi?

 

By the way my profile picture is entirely ironic.

[pas008]

On 5/24/2015 at 10:27 AM, Megahurt said:

That is a coprocessor, and if I'm not mistaken, those xeon phi are based on arm architecture, so weak cores but a lot of them, it would absolutely suck for gaming.

not arm

[porina]

Short answer: no! 

 

Linus did try using one of these (not sure on exact model) and it really sucked. The problem is you're not using the CPU for what it is intended for. Without looking at this specific model, the later ones were essentially atom cores with a FAT FPU stuck on it. Running FP heavy workloads, it'll destroy anything else. Running general code is not going to be a fun experience.

 

Can't check video right now, but think this was it.

 

Edit: just noticed this is a necro thread... doh!

[Slayerking92]

 

[ryankm]

How about for experimental Vulkan based games that take advantage of all available cores?