AMD?

[EJOE]

So I was wondering what is AMD and Radeon? I know AMD owns Radeon and AMD is used for cpus, while Radeon is for gpus. But what’s the difference between intel and nvidia and what do amd’s gpus and cpus names mean?

 

ps: why does Linus pretty much only use nvidia and intel in his systems?

[Guest]

Addressing only your final question, Linus likes to use mature, stable platforms for the office systems.

AMD does not have any modern (i.e. useful for production workloads) architectures to speak of with that kind of maturity and stability.

[dizmo]

Intel and Nvidia are different companies.

AMD and Radeon, are separate divisions of the same company.

I don't know what you mean when you ask what their names mean. They're names. They differentiate their products.

[EJOE]

16 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

Addressing only your final question, Linus likes to use mature, stable platforms for the office systems.

AMD does not have any modern (i.e. useful for production workloads) architectures to speak of with that kind of maturity and stability.

Right but would an AMD processor be completely capable of gaming?

10 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Intel and Nvidia are different companies.

AMD and Radeon, are separate divisions of the same company.

I don't know what you mean when you ask what their names mean. They're names. They differentiate their products.

I mean like the RX 580 and the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X. I’m just wondering what these names and names like it mean. Because I’m assuming there’s some sort of system to it

[Guest]

Just now, EJOE said:

Right but would an AMD processor be completely capable of gaming?

I mean like the RX 580 and the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X. I’m just wondering what these names and names like it mean. Because I’m assuming there’s some sort of system to it

Current AMD (Ryzen, Threadripper) are more than capable gamers. My 1950X and 1800X handle whatever I throw at them.

 

You'd be surprised how little thought goes into naming things. Esp AMD's stuff. They just ripped Intel's naming scheme so that customers would know what to pick in comparison to Intel relatively easily.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, EJOE said:

Right but would an AMD processor be completely capable of gaming?

I mean like the RX 580 and the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X. I’m just wondering what these names and names like it mean. Because I’m assuming there’s some sort of system to it

RX <- Class. RX = Midrange.

5 <- Generation. Higher, newer.

80 <- Series. Higher, more powerful.

 

Ryzen 7 - 16 thread+

Ryzen 5 - 8 thread+

Ryzen 3 - 4 thread/core

X - Means it has XFR. You can Google what that is if needed.

[Megah3rtz]

15 minutes ago, dizmo said:

RX <- Class. RX = Midrange.

RX = R10. Successor to R9.  They only shortened it to sound better.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

RX = R10. Successor to R9.  They only shortened it to sound better.

.....that makes so much sense. I never looked at it like that.

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, Legendarypoet said:

Addressing only your final question, Linus likes to use mature, stable platforms for the office systems.

AMD does not have any modern (i.e. useful for production workloads) architectures to speak of with that kind of maturity and stability.

*and he got the upgrades for free?

Haven't heard any mass reports of threadripper instability, you'd likely buy that if you were paying for it given the performance per dollar and future potential. Also may be more power efficient and require less cooling.

The better question is will he upgrade everything to SSGs to actually edit the footage?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

*and he got the upgrades for free?

Haven't heard any mass reports of threadripper instability, you'd likely buy that if you were paying for it given the performance per dollar and future potential. Also may be more power efficient and require less cooling.

The better question is will he upgrade everything to SSGs to actually edit the footage?

Ryzen (TR included) is nowhere near what one would consider mature in the standard that Linus and others use for "work stable." Typically he uses last Gen tech. There is no last gen Ryzen. There's a new BIOS for Threadripper weekly. RAM support is still in its infancy. The platform as a whole is in its infancy. I'm not saying it crashes every 5 seconds, but it gives me headaches every now and then. At home, I can afford that. At my office, it would kill us. Therefore, we use X99 and only recently as an upgrade from X79 (same with Xeon).

 

As far as getting them for free, I have no doubt AMD would toss him some chips if he asked.

[Streetguru]

Just now, Legendarypoet said:

 

Now would they be shrewd enough to say he can have his SSGs, but only if the editing rigs are running threadripper? Question being would he accept those terms for like  $10,000 worth of hardware per machine.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Now would they be shrewd enough to say he can have his SSGs, but only if the editing rigs are running threadripper? Question being would he accept those terms for like  $10,000 worth of hardware per machine.

I would say it's all in the performance. I'm sure they'd test with one and if the editors lost any productivity or even if it was the same, they'd stick with the upgrade path they've been using. In an environment where time is a commodity more valuable than money for more reasons than most, you just can't mess with the formula. I'm sure new machines (if they even redid the OS) were enough of a monkey wrench in the production schedule.

 

Anyway, I don't presume to know what goes on @ LMG behind closed doors. I'm adding in heavy doses of my own experience.

[EJOE]

Thanks for the replies I understand amd a lot better now.