Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:55:21 +0200 From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD OpenCL/CUDA nVidia Message-ID: <CAFYkXj=RybhQ4yVXOmUw1vEyBj8HuZgEeJA6paMW3c8Fz0Qbzg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180902114502.e59ab940d98cd43cd6f1ca11@sohara.org> References: <CAFYkXj=vMHsd6YXTEWhLvH7Xz4L6UwdfrFWqRj0rj4rS7UtE5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CABHD1wTN9gzQbfURNGqsqEv36QYQh60EZvNFzNO4c-X47G_sPw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjnBWjwUfiOFbqARrX9HNpJRWVEiSsHcC79Yd7Ec75QOBQ@mail.gmail.com> <SN1PR20MB210901AA55C18138EB2206B5800E0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnynmiykYnENt5KDQs%2Bweo=V96na7OVHv5y0FiKAMNb=Q@mail.gmail.com> <f3825f59-e565-133d-7828-15f297c9a437@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CAFYkXjmZcus_eQ4bCfh6qSZaVvDhboej7BCVHQi6R9wtS4QiOg@mail.gmail.com> <20180902114502.e59ab940d98cd43cd6f1ca11@sohara.org>
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On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 12:45 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > > What is the current AMD/ATI support for Open-Source? Do they provide > > full GPU specification as opposed to nVidia? > > AMD/ATI opened up their interfaces and some core source code about a > decade ago they still produce a closed source driver of their own but they > support the open source Linux video driver apparently enthusiastically > (according to one report it is now faster than the closed source one). > > Both Intel and AMD/ATI provide open source OpenCL stacks > > It really is nVidia that is the odd one out - but they do hold the > high end of the hardware, the cards gamers and cryptocurrency miners lust > after are all nVidia. Hmm, then I could consider ATI/AMD Radeon RX570 or 2x cheaper RX560.. anyone had any experience with those beasts and OpenCL on FreeBSD (and outside)? :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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