AMD announced today that the company is releasing a slew of open-source software and tools to give game developers, heterogeneous applications, and HPC applications deeper access to the GPU and GPU resources. AMD and their Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) are looking for ways to ease game development, so developers can more easily re-use code and port their games from consoles over to the PC. With GPUOpen, game developers will have direct access to GPU hardware, as well as access to a large collection of open source effects, tools, libraries and SDKs, which are being made available on GitHub under an MIT open-source license. As part of the effort, the company is also releasing a new HCC C++ compiler which will be a tool in enabling developers to more easily leverage the resources of discrete GPU hardware in heterogeneous systems. The HCC complier also allows developers to convert CUDA code to portable C++. According to AMD, internal testing shows that in many cases 90 percent or more of CUDA code can be automatically converted into C++ with the final 10 percent converted manually in the widely popular C++ language. An early access program for the "Boltzmann Initiative" tools is planned for Q1 2016.
http://hothardware.com/news/amd-goes-open-source-announces-gpuopen-initiative-new-compiler-and-drivers-for-lunix-and-hpc
You now have zero reasons to not buy AMD unless you hate freedom..
>>51878139
Awesome news in fact!
>>51878139
>You now have zero reasons to not buy AMD unless you hate freedom..
or hate hardware that requires more power to run
Or has worse TDP
Or starts house fires
>zero reasons to not buy AMD
Performance would be one
>unless you hate freedom
Wow, gee thanks for releasing dated libraries and a sub-par compiler.
>MUH FREEDUMBS
>$0.02 has been deposited into your account
>>51878274
nice memes u got there my friend.
>>51878139
Reminder we all should buy AMD since Intel indulges in illegal practices.
>http://hackaday.com/2015/12/09/echo-of-the-bunnymen-how-amd-won-then-lost/
>From 2003 until 2006, Intel paid $1 Billion to Dell in exchange not to ship any computers using CPUs made by AMD.
>Intel held OEMs ransom, encouraging them to only ship Intel CPUs by way of volume discounts and threatening OEMs with low-priority during CPU shortages.
>Intel engaged in false advertising, and misrepresenting benchmark results. This came to light after a Federal Trade Commission settlement and an SEC probe disclosed Intel paid Dell up to $1 Billion a year not to use AMD chips.
>>51878285
that pic makes my sides wiggle.
>>51878139
>cuda to C++
Wow congrats, you lost 100% of the point of cuda and in exchange you had to do EXTRA work by hand!
>amdfags think this is good
Ethically AMD is a no-brainer.
But it turns out that the good guys never win.
>>51878274
Good goi
>>51878139
Does this mean 2016 is finally the real year of desktop linux?
>>51878512
>implying consoles can use CUDA
>>51879155
>implying GPGPU on consoles
>implying games with cuda
>>51880140
>implying people build a super computer with ps3s
That's really good news. I might just go full AMD next year.
>>51878756
This. 2016 might start a spark for desktop Linux. All it needs is perfect GPU passthroughs with at least 99% performance and there's literally no reason to not use Linux.
>mfw this nigga got 99.6% in benches using virtualization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37D2bRsthfI
>>51880464
Still needs 2 GPUs.
>>51880501
Integrated graphics. Zen won't have an iGPU like the FX series won't it?
>>51880565
it can be on the MB
something like a $50 GB with HD3000 on it with radeon free driver ok for desktop use
>>51878139
o reason, except terrible ipc, high power requrements, outdatedarchitecture, outaded mobos...
If zen is good il consider switching
>>51878733
Are you shitting me? Buttplugs feel awesome.
oh nice another "open" project for amd to drop it just like opengl
>>51880464
GPU passthrough is actually fairly easy, now. What we really need is capture software that will allow the secondary GPU to display to a window in the output of the primary GPU, or vice versa. That is, we need a way to streamline things so that you can just plug your monitor into one of the GPUs and have the ability to access both outputs easily. If we're lucky, that's one of the things that AMD is working on for Linux. To be honest, I'd be running Linux with a Windows VM right now if the I/O was easier to manage.
>>51881266
OpenGL is not an AMD project and was never dropped, nice try shlomo.
Take your custom built game consoles back to >>>/v/
That's what they really are.
>>51878139
>Spin off GPU division with currynigger at the helm
>Good things happen
>>51878285
Haven't seen this one before. kek.
>>51880639
>implying zen will actually happen
>>51878502
Send their ceos to jail. The world will be better for it.
>>51880447
>>51880140
>>51879155
>implying implications
>>51881350
Anon you are really retarded you know that?
To begin with OpenGL is not open source, but the specifications for it are open to anyone and is the job of the video card manufactured to create the plugins to make the functions work on their video cards, which AMD completely neglected to the point where is even worse than Intel's, and Intel only has drivers because they "had to do it" even though they don't even want to do software.
>>51881373
>GPUs
>gaming consoles
Nice meme. How's your ThinkPad holding up anon?
>>51881629
What do you do with your computer other than gaming and shitposting on 4chan? You've built a game console, faggot.
>>51878139
That's great news. I like how they explicitly say it's the anti gameworks. Fuck you, Nvidia.
>>51881540
This post was pantsu on head on pants on head on pantsu on heel over head retarded.
>>51881629
>only consoles have shideo games
>'meme' xdddd
epin!
>>51878502
B-but they spent $300m to hire women to sit in an office and pretend to be computer nerds!
>>51882097
Well that's the reason you paid thousands of dollars on hardware in the first place, isn't it? Just so you could continue to play your childish fantasies.
>>51878139
>You now have zero reasons to not buy AMD unless you hate freedom..
One of the reasons is that AMD products are shit.
>>51878274
>house fires
Figures. The one thing they rip off of nshitia and they choose burning down my home.
Thanks AMD.
And this thread makes me very happy that I opted for A8 instead of i3 when buying my laptop
>>51882202
this
>>51882202
How are the temps and performance of that A8?
It's hard to find decent AMD laptops and I'm curious to see how they behave.
>>51878285
Lost.
>>51878139
I always buy AMD graphics cards. But their desktop processes are fucking garbage.
AMD bankrupt when
>>51878139
> You now have zero reasons to not buy AMD unless you hate freedom.
What about the facts that...
> Performance is shit
> Game devs abandoning AMD
>>51878285
stagnation fanboy
>tfw full amd and never once regretted it
I was going to buy an AMD card anyway, but call me when AMD CPUs can really compete with Intel and I'll happily switch
>>51885742
Come on man, Dolphin is shit with my 8350 despite doing everything else just fine.
>>51878274
Grow up , why does x have to be better than y...
my god how long does it take for them to release something new though
I would seriously consider going all AMD (well, cpu + gpu) released mid-2016 (want to buy new computer right now.) Trying to hold of but I've heard that maybe stuff wont even be out till early 2017.
i want to like amd, but i don't want to intentionally bottleneck my pcs with gpus and processors that consistently under perform compared to the competition. every pc i've dealt with that had an amd processor in it especially was complete and utter trash in every way shape and form.
>>51886687
Their GPUs are better than Nvidia's except in the highest end tier.
No denying that their CPUs are shit compared to Intel tho.
>>51886687
Nvidia pls go and stay go. AMD GPUs are fine, but sadly not the best at the highest end. CPUs, however are garbage on tasks that require faster single cores like emulation.
>>51886788
no, i won't go. red pill me. give me a reason to make the switch to amd. i need convincing.
All that AMD had to do to not get bankrupt-memed was centering the Catalyst window when it was being launched.
Instead they made the whole effort to create Krimson.
Life can be weird sometimes.
![[CHUCKLING DEEPLY].png](https://i.imgur.com/anvFXks.jpg "[CHUCKLING DEEPLY].png")
>>51878285
Got a hearty chuckle out of that pic anon, gg
>>51878502
It's called business. It's not Intels fault the rest of the world has turned into one giant pussy
>>51880447
Whoops
http://m.phys.org/news/2010-12-air
>>51881266
They can't drop it since it's just a toolkit for others to use, not to mention it's being released tomorrow
>>51886825
I'll be objective on both with this generation, AMD should take the heat as well.
>heat
I'm sorry.
>AMD
+Powerful GPUs in most tasks aside from gaming
+All tiers are checked with being almost always in the top except the very high end with the Fury X
390 is a good check to the 970
380x is the middle range champion
380 beats the 960
Fury competes well with the 980, though recent price drops and overclocking from the green team make me question this stance.
+Last two generations of cards are still not only competing with this generation but outright beating the middle middle range(Tahiti is the GOAT)
+They're going open source which is a huge plus for everyone, closed standards are bad for us.
-Despite its great performance, Hawaii is a nuclear reactor. Fiji is catching up and going into a good direction but still falls behind
-Linux support sucks a bad of dicks compared to Nvidia
-Multi Monitor power consumption is retarded, though Fiji handles this well now with both multi monitor and higher refresh monitors
+- Drivers are not as bad as they are memed to be, but they can fuck up really badly.
>Nvidia
+Maxwell is a fucking miracle, the 750Ti warned us of the efficiency shitstorm
+Fast support in driver updates
+Despite the 3.5GB, the 970 is still an amazing card if you could get it new for $240
+The 980Ti is another miracle, a fantastic finish for 28nm
+good IO on all of their cards
-very closed on their standards, promotes things like Gameworks and turning off PhysX when using a different card
-despite the praise, they're lying fuckers with the 970
-the so called efficiency craps itself with higher refresh monitors, consuming a retarded amount of power just idling a monitor
-Kepler isn't getting that much love anymore. Hawaii is on toe with it if not beating it when the past was very different.
>>51887268
>+Maxwell is a fucking miracle, the 750Ti warned us of the efficiency shitstorm
Its not as effecient as people think, though it does use less power than hawaii and kepler.
>-Kepler isn't getting that much love anymore. Hawaii is on toe with it if not beating it when the past was very different.
The only kepler card still competing with hawaii is the 780ti.
>>51887268
>all tricore meme GPUs
xxxx GPUs are the real deal
also:
>Nvidia
>+Fast support in driver updates
ahaha liar. gtfo.
>>51887347
They literally put up new drivers with most game releases. Fuck off and learn how to type while you're at it.
>>51887581
Which means that treir drivers are too shitty to be future proof. Nvidia always needs fixing. It even produces typos for you - why would anybody want something like that?
>mfw Mantle's purpose was for AMD to never worry about drivers again with DX12 and Vulkan
>>51887268
>380x
lel the 380x is fucking worthless 5-7% increase for 10% higher price than a 380
>>51887268
>+Powerful GPUs in most tasks aside from gaming
what exactly is wrong with amd gpus in regards to gaming?
I wanted to use an nvidia gpu, but they kept on getting hotter and hotter with every cycle.
>>51887773
They outperform their equivalent costing Nvidia card. Hell sometimes they cost less and this enrages some individuals for reasons I couldn't possibly fathom.
>>51878139
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>>51878139
ATI and now AMD GPUs have burned me too many times for me to ever go back. If they ever come out with a GOOD open-source driver for Linux I might think about it again.
yeah too bad ati still has shit-tastic drivers.
I would end up rolling back to year old drivers and avoid updating just because shit broke all the time
2016 really is the year of the Linux desktop. No wonder 2015 was so shit.
>>51889344
>ati
[spoiler];_;[/nospoilerson/g/]
Somebody needs to update this with an extra frame showing the AMD car bursting into flames.
>>518910891
Nah, it's great as it is.
>>51891116
>>51891089
Shit.
>>51891089
Your argument is that it gets hot? That's it?
So fucking what?
>>51891145
Stop spergging out
I didn't argue anything.
>>51891167
What's your pic about then?
>>51891178
How new are you?
why don't they have good linux drivers if they love open source all of a sudden
>>51891178
>>51891205
Because kissless virgin NEET's that spend thousands of dollars on glorified gaming consoles don't run linux. Pic outdated but related.
>>51891237
>>51891285
>>51891297
>>51891205
They do though; the open-source Linux drivers with AMD are second only to the Intel ones. AMD is in the middle of a major restructuring of their closed-source driver too, to use more of the FOSS stack, so hopefully it will get better as well. Right now the AMD blob is _by far_ worse than the one Nvidia provides though, which means that performance is generally terrible (and has been for a long while).
>>51891334
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpopHmHuYg
