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I don't think you understand how little, efficiency, is going to work.
I could run my 3080 full time at full bore and it'll cost me $40. That's 24x7.
The average user is taking $10-$20 a year Delta.
If you want people to actually switch, it needs to work. Now where are the 5 nerds here to tell me it's bug free but I just need to get rid of my Nvidia card π
hi I am here. But you're barking up the wrong tree. Ask NVIDIA to fix their shit on Linux. It's unreasonable for open source devs to fix it when they don't even have access to the source code for NVIDIA drivers?
It's not your fault, but it is your problem to fix it you all care about adoption π€·ββοΈ.
Not really our 'problem'. We can get some adoption without meeting every closed source corner case. That adoption will bring better support as the market moves
Perfect is the enemy of better. Let's get the adoption story to be better. It doesn't need to be perfect.
ππ you'll get so many dudes by telling them to toss their Nvidia card away and go buy this specific motherboard so your Bluetooth works π€£ππ
Valve released a proprietary device that bumped usage 2% and y'all still believe this shit. Amazing. Just constant self sabotage.
The only reason nix + gaming is as popular as it is, is because valve has made those drivers useable and packed it up as neatly as possible.
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What a petulant response to someone who was being very polite to you
I say this all the time for so many different situations. :/
RTX 3080 draws up to 350 watts max.
Energy cost varies wildly per location.
Looking at: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-electricity-by-country
Sidenote 1: Even within the two countries above, there's going to be massive regional differences, but we're just looking at the averages
Sidenote 2: Other places may have cheaper electricity (e.g. Argentina at 0.08USD per kWh) but that's only half the story since the people there make a lot less money so it still takes up a significant cost for them.
Running the card at those costs 24x7 is:
So a little bigger than:
Going further, assuming an average 4 year card lifespan, that's:
Good job on doing the math on those .01% of users pulling actually 350w running a Bitcoin mine. You definitely proved me wrong with this massive edge case that went beyond my napkin math point to demonstrate the absurdity.
Autistic kids missing the forrest for the tree. Name a better pair.
Also note, since we are going off the deep end pedantic nerd shit, 'average user' while you are out there maxing the delta with edge cases.
You're the one who said 24/7
If you were off by even one order of magnitude, I'd say you have a point... But you were off by several orders of magnitude.
Not sure why it makes them autistic for checking your shit math.
One day someone will issue a mea culpa when caught chatting shit on the internet but today is not that day.
Been using Nvidia on Linux for a long time and it mostly works just fine. On occasion a game doesn't work right, in which case I wait a while on that particular game until it does work.
With electricity prices going up, I've actually had people make that decision based on price.
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$40/year for 24/7 running? Really? Hmm... I've gotta educate myself on these numbers, I suppose... Also, I have a 3080, too, lol.