>GPUs finally getting off the 28nm ride
>4TB SSDs from both Mushkin and Samsung
>Zen hopefully not being complete shit
>xPoint
>OLED monitors
>VR hopefully taking off
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
/g/, I'm not ready for this year.
>>52984681
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
anon pls ; ;
>finally the year of Linux desktop
Hahhaahhahahhaha
>>52984681
You forgot vulkan, also xpoint are having some manufacturing issues so dont expect much until 2017
>>52984681
>OLED monitors
Huh, where? TVs don't count.
Don't forget:
>x86 becoming popular on mobile devices because of goldmont atoms
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/5046870?baseline=4892982
Look at the integer and integer multi-core. At around the same frequency x86 silvermont cores almost match powerful ARM krait 400 cores.
pic related comes with 4GB of RAM, Z3580x86 atom processor (up to 2.3GHz), and 1080p screen.
Yeah aplel ARM cores and better than ARM krait 400 cores will probably still beat x86 goldmont cores but devices with goldmont atoms will provide better value for customers like you see in pic related.
>>52985360
http://anandtech.com/show/9923/dell-demonstrates-30inch-4k-oled-display
It's $5000 though.
>>52985375
welp
that's not hype at all, thanks though
looks like I'll be waiting another two or three years until it gets somewhat affordable
>>52985373
I still don't get why you would want a CISC architecture like x86 on mobile devices? The power consumption will probably never be as good for the performance, and what else is there to gain?
>>52985415
x86 software support. Currently you have to run a VM on the zenfone 2 to run things like windows 7 but we could see manufactures creating phones that dual boot android and windows 8.1/10 and include precision stylus input like the one on the Note 4 to use as a miniature mouse. I think a great deal of people would be interested in something like this.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/67670/20150710/this-asus-zenfone-2-runs-windows-7-and-were-not-kidding-video.htm
>>52985484
holy shit
>>52985484
>Currently you have to run a VM on the zenfone 2 to run things like windows 7
Fucking seriously? I didn't think it'd be that easy. That's pretty neat.
Still, that's thinking awfully far ahead but if that ever works out it'd be nice.
I want a Kaby Lake Core M Surface phone and an Goldmont Lumia.
>>52985415
Aren't modern x86 implementations basically RISC with a lot of microcode to translate the more complex operations to simpler ones anyway?
>>52985415
Also, Intel's GPUs are actually pretty good, and their general software/Linux driver support is way better than the competition.
ARM being "RISC" totally saves it from any power problems, just see the Snapdragon 810 :^)
>>52985574
Yes and unsurprisingly modern ARM chips are that way too. Complex instructions like AESD are decoded into multiple micro-ops.
>>52985525
The surface phone might run a desktop x86 operating system. I imagine they would also include stylus input like that on the surface pro 4.
>>52985574
Kind of, they are microcoded into uops, see Agner's guide for details. Modern ARM implementations are also microcoded in the same way, though. And it's not a bad thing - complex variable length instructions allow more code to fit in your instruction cache.
Nvidia's Denver has an actual JIT that converts ARM into an internal instruction set, and it's terrible.
>>52985574
No idea, I'm no hardware expert. I don't see how that'd save on power though, since the microcode still has to be executed to do the same thing.
>>52985589
>just see the Snapdragon 810
That didn't really have power issues though, did it? Just a stupidly large thermal draw.
>>52985616
Why has arm been a piece of shit? While x86 processors are becoming popular on tablets and soon phones, why is arm fading out of existence? I thought it was teh 1337 cpu architecture.
>>52985659
I dunno, the ARM ISA is capable a lot, see the Apple A9 benchmarks. But the Cortex-A57 and Qualcomm designs just seem a generation too late.
>>52985659
no software support. nobody gives a shit about a cpu architecture with only enough juice to run angry birds. Maybe if qualcum and samshit had stopped jerking each other off all day long, they could have made a desktop arm processor a long time ago.
>>52985574
yes and no. instructions are translated in risc like signals but everything else is pretty much more complex than an arm for example. thats why you dont see a fucking i7 in cellphones.
Hopefully surface phone
>>52984681
>OLED monitors
I can't wait to be able to watch my chinese cartoons on this.
>>52984681
>OLED monitors
Not even Super AMOLED?
>>52984681
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
WELCOME TO ROCK & ROLL NIGHT
![[gg]_Mawaru_Penguindrum_-_01_[B8C345E7].mkv_snapshot_18.29_[2011.07.12_02.28.23].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Llxsj0N.jpg "[gg]_Mawaru_Penguindrum_-_01_[B8C345E7].mkv_snapshot_18.29_[2011.07.12_02.28.23].jpg")
>>52985968
>>52985099
>also xpoint are having some manufacturing issues
Say it ain't so? Did Micron fuck up?
So I have a 7850, 2GB factory OC, is it worth upgrading to a factory OC 960 or bottom level 970 at the moment? New Nvidia cards fucking when? I want a price drop so I can afford a fucking 980.
>>52986109
like none of that
>bottom level 970
holy shit fuck you, god no
Get a decent 390 or just wait for better options from both sides right now
>>52986142
Right? My options are fuckall. The original plan when I built this rig since I was on a budget was to wait 2-3 years and swap the card out, but 3 years down the track all of the mid-high range cards were taken off the shelves in my country and I was left with nothing to choose from but underpowered 960s, the broken 970, and overpriced 980s. Honestly not keen to keep with Radeon after all the issues I've had there.
>GPUs finally getting off the 28nm ride
Did they make some breakthrough? Are we gonna see a huge improvement soon?
Thinking about upgrading when the next generation comes out
>>52986189
afaik polaris is ready and pascal is gonna be taped out soon in the new 14/16nm process. Polaris should launch this summer and have up to double the perf/watt of old gen.
>>52986109
If your card is fine, then there' no need to upgrade. It also depends on your OS plus the amount of monitors you have and their refresh rates. I wouldn't get Hawaii this late in the game since multi monitor consumption is shit, but I'd also be wary of Nvidia being shit at handling high refresh monitors. Buying high end right now is very stupid when we're getting 14nm-16nm this year. Get a 380 and splerg it all later on a high end Polaris/Pascal card, go the middle route by getting a 390 or 970, or be a complete moron and buy high end Fiji or a 980Ti.
>>52986225
I don't think it is fine though, like just as I was researching cards before it went all static. I'm also wanting to change the case for reasons, but I can't validate all the effort to change case if I'm not going to upgrade any other parts.
>>52984681
what's Zen? name rings a bell but I can't remember
>>52986225
>Get a 380 and splerg it all later on a high end Polaris/Pascal card
Honestly sounds the most attractive, a 380 fits better into my current budget since I kinda did just quit my job.
>>52986182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202164
just get this, it's absurdly high quality and well priced
>>52986281
>>52986300
I'm regretting getting the cuck card at $270 with R6. Running open source drivers would be nice and all, but nouveau just doesn't cut it. I should have considered the possibility of ditching Windows after all their botnet bullshit. At least it does its job on dolphin, mpv, and light gaming.
>>52985893
I was thinking this but then remember that's just a made up thing by Samsung
>>52986300
>Newegg
So apparently they do ship over here these days, but still a bit cautious about that. Still, 8GB VRAM sounds nice...
Yes yes anon, it FINALLY is the year of Linux desktop :^)
2014 and 2015 were just fake years and I'm sure more than 1% of the market will surely start using Linux!! Eheheh
>>52985375
Does it have screen burn like on smartphones?
>>52986510
>implying the year of the Linux desktop isn't immediately the year you switch to Linux
>>52986313
Based shit-wrecker.
>>52986510
>started reading it right to left
>>52986688
Go back to your >>>/trash/ container.
>>52984681
>all those good things happening this year
>still not gonna have a gf
>>52986543
Probably.
>>52986942
You have to lower your standards for that, if you only see women on TV you'll get a distorted image of how they look like and you'll automatically skip any woman that isn't equal to them.
Or stay lonely and hope for the best, which ever works for you.
>>52984681
>VR
A SHIT
Development of augmented reality would be much more useful.
>>52986100>>52986100
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328682
Its hard to scale up production apparently, so expect few very expensive parts this year
>>52984681
SyNAPSE-based PC when?
>>52984681
>>finally the year of the Linux desktop
you might want to go back to cryo-sleep
>>52986109
I had a 7870, and I bought a GTX780 TI.
It was cheap, it works, it's fast as fuck.
It eats a bit more than a GTX980, but who the F cares, honestly?
And also it's got "only" 3gigs of ram... but my 7870 had 2gigs, and I maxed out all titles, and never ran out of vram... so yeah.
>>52990014
*just buy a used card which still got warranty.
most 780s got a warranty until the end of the year or next year, which are both good enough.
the simple GTX780 is also much more powerful than the 7850.
>>52990014
I was going to upgrade to a 780 TI yeah, but they're all gone off the shelves and getting a specific card second hand here is impossible.
>>52984681
>Zen
Will be 2017. AMD said they could probably ship the first in the last quarter of 2016, so basically the average joe can only get his hands on them in the first quarter of 2017 given there are no delays.
>>52990041
>here
where?
Wake me up when we have a modern successor to this.
>>52990057
'Straya.
>>52990068
It's a 1st world country, I'm sure there are some second hand GPUs out there on ebay/craigslist.
>>52990074
Our eBay sellers are pretty shit and nobody uses Craigslist. Getting any technology second hand is just no.
>>52990080
Oh well, at least you have a high HDI
>>52990041
Well, get a 780?
I don't know I live in a poor shithole (Hungary), and the market is flooded with these used cards.
You sure you checked all the local hw sites?
>>52990082
I suppose? It sucks when you don't have a job though.
>>52990087
Huh what would you know, I did find a couple.
>$500
Costs just as much as >>52986300, with only 3GB VRAM instead of 8GB. Y'know, just getting a high end 380 with the new case still seems the most plausible, as much as I don't like Radeon drivers.
>>52990151
I bought the used 780 for ~250$.
The 780 TIs are now ~270$ on the site.
Paying 500$ for them is just retarded.
>>52990210
Are you Australian?
>dollar sign after the figure
I'm guessing not.
>>52990221
I am the yuropoor faggot, I just used google to convert currency.
378AUD. There.
>>52985373
THIS
>>52990281
That's not how currency works m8. You may have gotten it for that figure at our current exchange rate, but that still does not mean that I could magically get the item for that price over here. Once you factor in our retail price, our salary figures etc...
>>52990307
Google:// 75000 huf in AUD
There.
Btw we have a paycheck of exactly around ~380 AUD, so I doubt you have a lower wage.
>>52990429
You're being serious about this aren't you? Are you really that ignorant?
>>52986510
>year of the linux desktop = year of normie adoption
No anon, the year of the linux desktop is the year linux beats out nextstep/OS X in graphical convenience, but still remains user-unfriendly enough to retain a base of nothing but hobbyists, nerds, and professionals.
So, basically, whatever year gtk dies and gets phased out by ex-GNU/cocksuckers
Bonus points for bash going the same way and linux finally abandoning UNIX's retarded "software tools"
>having ten programs to edit text in slightly different ways
Check this amigo !! https://youtu.be/andy1OOwb2g
>>52990457
But anon m-muh Unix philosophy.
>>52990651
Says "do one thing and do it well", not "do one thing poorly several times over".
>ed
>ex
>vi
>grep
>awk
>sed
>tr
>head
>tail
>sort
That's not the UNIX way. That's brainless micro-optimizing because making those all shell scripts that call ex or ed was too slow on a fucking PDP-10.
>>52984681
I'm not in for your bait discussion thread, I just want to inform you that now I need to fap because of the image. Thanks fagget.
>>52984681
It'll never be year of desktop Linux until Linux gets better games
>>52985484
It's against Google's TOS for the play store, so that won't happen
![[GreenTeaNeko] MON GIRL 4koma [Ongoing]_039.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ezVYFWB.jpg "[GreenTeaNeko] MON GIRL 4koma [Ongoing]_039.jpg")
>>52990702
You're welcome you fucking cuck.
I get it now. The girl is the phone.
>>52990738
>>52984681
more?
![[GreenTeaNeko] MON GIRL 4koma [Ongoing]_040.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NFs3Fzb.jpg "[GreenTeaNeko] MON GIRL 4koma [Ongoing]_040.jpg")
>>52990858
Fuck, there goes the thread.
protip: Read the filename.
>>52984681
>>52990738
>>52990877
i cant believe how stupid these are
they make me want to punch the creator
>>52990916
iktf ;_;
we should dox him and beat him up
>>52990916
Your grammar is shit. Go back to first grade.
>>52984681
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
fuck off linux on desktops for average people is fucking horrendous and a horrid experience, nothing works, and you have to constantly have to enter your password to be able to do anything.
>>52990980
i agree.
i mean the simple experince of shitposting on chans becomes such an ordeal.
sorry, but linux will never have it's year. i could tell the developers what to do to try, but i'm sure no one wants to listen to me anyway.
>>52990980
>install Mint
>everything works
>no I mean everything, even the printer gets automatically recognized and is ready to use after being plugged in
>I wish it wasn't this difficult, even the installer wanted me to click "next" like five times
>>52990980
You can definitely run Linux without ever using the terminal. Any *buntu will do the job for you. There's also Mint if you really want something like Windows.
>>52984681
Does anyone really think these are funny? I mean I now weebs have low standards but damn.
>>52991749
>funny
>not liking anthropomorphic everyday use objects
>>52991350
>no adobe suite
>no google drive
>awkward as fuck to set up ADB drivers
>doesn't like SMB shares
>no fitness software
linux is useless unless all you do is browse the internet, use openoffice which is still fucking terrible, or watch videos.
>>52984681
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
bait
>>52991845
Which Adobe programs have you tried to use and couldn't? Also Samba is well known to work in Linux.
>>52990705
>gaymes
I'm running a plethora of emulators and have shitstain steam installed just fine. In fact, why not run a VM and passthrough shit?
>>52986957
That is a fucking deal breaker isn't it?
>>52990877
Man slime girls really are unexplored territory
>>52986062
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm7oor_you-should-install-linux_lifestyle
>>52986109
Still hanging on with a 560ti here, waiting for Pascal/Arctic Islands. If these next cards are everything they're hyped up to be then it will be worth the wait.
>>52985373
How are x86 CPUs viable for phones anyway? Aren't they more battery hungry than ARMs?
>>52992678
I've seen that scene hundreds of times and still don't get tired of it. Still lost my shit.
>>52992941
The "windows serf" still get me.
>>52984681
You forgot the AMDGPU drivers
>>52985373
I have a zenfone and its fantastic but no Xposed is kind of a downer
not sure if 2016 will be the year to finally upgrade from my 3850 and 7970, I want to believe in amd but I just can't be too sure these days.
>>52992678
>tfw know this scene by heart and can't unread what they're actually saying
>>52987160
>Lower standards
>Get rejected by a woman significantly uglier than me
It took a lot out of me to drag myself out of bed the next day
>>52993016
Ah, that too. I can finally ditch Nvidia on Linux and grab Polaris.
>>52985718
You need to stop posting if you don't know what you're talking about, especially if you're going to make it so blatantly obvious.
>>52993058
>7970
It'll probably be time. Tahiti is GOAT, but Fiji is very impressive. I can't wait for what Polaris brings on the table. I except their 490 to be a monster, completely destroying the Fury X, but I can't imagine what their new Fury will bring.
>>52992924
Not really. Silvermont atom cores are about as energy efficient as krait 400 cores which is frightening considering ARM is supposed to be a 1337 cpu architecture.
>>52993016
>>52990916
You're just jealous you can't draw for shit.
>>52984681
also Wayland, GPUopen, amdgpu and vulkan
>>52984681
>finally the year of the Linux desktop
kek nice try retard
>>52992185
screen savers will be cool again!
>>52993023
How are you enjoying your 30 minute battery life? :^)
x86 ftw amirite?
>>52993715
>Wayland
I hope it saves us. If Gnome jumps ship, then I might as well.
>GPUopen, amdgpu
Thanks you based AMD.
>vulkan
Fucking where?
>>52993779
>unironically using the smiley face with the carat smug
>ftw
What the fuck happened on 2015?
>>52990916
You are stupid
>>52984681
>>52984681
>see comic
>look my phone on desk
>mfw
>>52984681
>all those memes
>>52994715
This is by the guy who went crazy, burned all the merchandise he had already sold to other people but hadn't shipped, took down his website, and went on a long rant about how money is the most evil thing in the world and he was doing everyone a favor by taking their money from them, right?
>>52994826
Yeah, he's spot on about nerd culture tho
>>52985373
All I want to know is when I can play eve online on my phone
>>52989098
>>52984681
Nigger, you forgot a biggie:
> DisplayPort 1.3 - for UHD@120Hz, HDR all over the place, 5k@60Hz with a single cable, etc.
also,
>>OLED monitors
wtf.
$5k for a 30" UHD that might maintain color accuracy for 2-3 years is retarded.
>>52991845
>no fitness software
that's a pretty specific issue there /fit/
>>52984681
>oled monitors
lel no
>>52995522
>for 2-3 years is retarded.
Fucking lol
I give it a month tops before the Taskbar starts burning in
>>52995702
you're probably closer to being right, but I didn't want to start a flame war right off the bat with a claim that strong
>>52984681
>GPUs finally getting off the 28nm ride
advancements in graphics memory (HBM2, HMC, Micron's GDDR5x) far more exciting
>4TB SSDs from both Mushkin and Samsung
I'm more exciting about Micron/Intel's floating gate 3D NAND
>Zen not being shit
You're gonna have a bad time
>3DXPoint
nothing of note for consumers or enthusiasts this year
>OLED monitors
if sub multi thousands of dollars, yes please
>VR hopefully taking off
Hell yeah
>year of the Linux desktop
oh, you're retarded
>>52995839
dickbreath fuck u
>>52985574
>RISC
>using microcode to translate complex operations
choose one
>>52995122
No, he's not. He's actually a pathetic lump of self-loathing shit and his anti-nerd schtick is just an extension of his rabid anti-capitalism. This entire comic is just "Fuck you for liking what I don't like".
>>52995839
But m-muh FinFET.
