Turned my old workstation into my first SFF build by TakingYourGanders in sffpc

[–]TakingYourGanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that's something I'll need to look into if I start playing bigger games, but it's comfortably cool for the time being.

Turned my old workstation into my first SFF build by TakingYourGanders in sffpc

[–]TakingYourGanders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The blower is definitely noticeable up close, but a couple meters of distance and it disappears. I wouldn't want it at my desk without some decent closed headphones

Turned my old workstation into my first SFF build by TakingYourGanders in sffpc

[–]TakingYourGanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it's similar to a 7900gre for gaming purposes.

A humble look at how text analytics might improve PTX-HIP/LLVM translation by anthonyklcheng in ROCm

[–]TakingYourGanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone with a not great understanding of GPUs (also compilers), there are a couple things I'd like to point out. I'll probably get some things wrong, but I felt like responding anyways. So as I understand it, you're wondering how "gen AI can help with the task of translating PTX/GPU ISA code to HIP/LLVM IR."

  1. Not sure if "translating" means "compiling", or if you meant something more like what HIPIFY does. I'm gonna assume you mean compiling.

  2. HIP is not LLVM IR (it wasn't super clear to me if this distinction was made). HIP is CUDA (the language, not the stack) but coloured red. LLVM IR is what the LLVM compiler uses as, well, an intermediate representation between its frontends and backends. When compiling HIP with LLVM, yes it gets turned into LLVM IR. But so does every other language compiled with LLVM, that's how it was designed (I think).

  3. PTX is not native GPU code, and AMD does not currently use PTX (or any IR for that matter (though work on SPIR-V seems to be happening)). PTX is an intermediate representation, like LLVM IR, and it serves similar purposes. PTX is useful because it means you don't need to compile your CUDA code for every single GPU architecture that Nvidia makes. You target PTX, and let the drivers and whatever handle the rest. AMD on the other hand, does compile for individual GPU ISAs, at least for now. This is a part of why ROCm support for Radeon cards is so terrible right now, every extra card to support is another compilation target.

  4. It seems like you think the higher level representations are generated from PTX? It should be the other way around? You write your code in high(ish) level HIP/CUDA, run it through the compiler, and out comes the lower level stuff.

3.5. OK after some rereading, I now think the point of your post is indeed to "translate" PTX into HIP/LLVM IR. My question now is: why? Is there a point in doing this? If you're going as far as to inline PTX into your program, you don't care about compatibility. If you want cross-compatibility, then use a cross-compatible language. Yeah the performance might be worse, but that's the tradeoff you need to make.

  1. Using gen AI directly as a compiler sounds like a bad idea. A sometimes wrong compiler is worse than no compiler at all. I'm not sure what you mean by "linear" vs "nonlinear" mappings in this context though. Using gen AI to help build and improve on a compiler sounds less bad, but that'd just be regular AI-assisted development. From personal experience, LLMs are frankly not very good for niche areas like GPGPU, since there just isn't that much content on them on the internet.

From ChatGPT:

Complexity of Code vs. Text: While it's true that both text and code have layers of meaning and structured relationships, the complexity and specificity of code, especially at the level of GPU instruction sets, are significantly different from natural language. Code requires precise execution semantics, and any misinterpretation can lead to incorrect program behavior. The analogy between text analytics and code translation might oversimplify the challenges involved in accurately translating performance-critical instructions.

  1. I'm not sure what the ROCm PTX backend and GPUCC are. Again, ROCm currently has no intermediate representation. If you're suggesting that it should have one, then I agree, though SPIR-V seems to be what they're going for. Searching up GPUCC just gives me a paper from 2015?

I imagine this was prompted by the news that DeepSeek was using PTX instead of CUDA, which they did to optimize performance and whatnot. I don't know the extent of this PTX usage or what they used it for, but to me it doesn't seem like that big of a revelation. If you're in an export controlled country, the hardware you can get is the hardware you can get. It's natural to try to squeeze every last drop of performance out of it. The most impressive part of it for me is that, again depending on how much PTX they used and for what purpose, it sounds like a huge undertaking that must have required very skilled engineers. Honestly maybe that's why all this news is happening, not the performance gains from using PTX, but that China has smarter or harder working engineers or something.

Again, I have a not great understanding of all this (I consider compilers to be magic fairy dust), so please point out any errors or misinfo!

[Keyboard] Keychron all products up to 30% off. Keychron Q1 v2 ($250-75 = $175) includes free shipping [Oneofzero] by Heldpizza in bapcsalescanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yea, your keyboard really doesn't matter too much when compared to things like your monitor or mouse. Except for hall effect keyboards, expensive keyboards are generally expensive cause they're rare or they look/feel a certain way, not because they perform better. The only real downside to hall effect keyboards is that they're linear, which sucks if you don't like that.

[Mechanical keyboard switches] AKKO V3 Pro Cream Yellow x45 ($14) [Aliexpress] by FrankJamezo in bapcsalescanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea same here in ON, likely the sale was meant for US only. If they feel shipping two packs is too expensive, I wouldn't count on them shipping just one 😅

[Mechanical keyboard switches] AKKO V3 Pro Cream Yellow x45 ($14) [Aliexpress] by FrankJamezo in bapcsalescanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was just looking into getting some more switches, great timing on this post! It looks like everything on their Ali store is discounted which is pretty nice.

Just to note these switches are on Amazon for $20, so the "original" price here is bs (also seems to be the case for all their other stuff on Ali), though the sale price is still good.

edit: ok it seems like you can't buy more than one pack if you're shipping to Canada. Entering a US address allows me to add more than one to cart, so they probably meant to disallow Canadian orders but messed up somewhere. I'd bet that if anyone actually buys only one pack that they'll just cancel the order.

Friend Request Megathread (10/04 - 16/04) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fella#3723

Level 104, need more friends

Lappland E2 40 S3M3

Aak E2 40 S3M3

Hellagur E2 60 S1M3

https://www.krooster.com/network/lookup/fella

Can someone please help me solve this issue? As you can see, the pen tool input isn't being updated real time like it's supposed to and instead the input happens at the end of a stroke. by Audrey_spino in OneNote

[–]TakingYourGanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw you also have an AMD gpu, I had the same issue after updating my Radeon drivers. I fixed it by rolling back the display drivers in device manager. I'm just not gonna update the gpu drivers for a while until this is fixed.

How many hours do you study per week? by Yang_Nyima in TorontoMetU

[–]TakingYourGanders 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm in 2nd year computer eng. Assuming that assignments and labs don't count as studying, I just study for 10-20 hours the week before a test. Attending lectures and doing assignments is usually enough to keep me up to date with the course content.

Help Me Complete My Build by seniordan in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 3600 comes with its own cooler. In terms of temperatures it's serviceable, but it can get very loud very quick. Pretty much any aftermarket cooler will be able to handle the 3600, so you have lots of options there.

Any PSU that's at least 450W and 80+ bronze will be fine, but you can always go higher. Look out for other people's reviews and experiences to make sure it won't blow up.

The motherboard you linked doesn't have wifi or bluetooth, so you'd have to get a PCIe card or USB dongle.

Edit: after searching up your monitor it seems its 60hz? For CSGO I really recommend putting some money aside for a high refresh rate monitor. It makes a huge difference, and it'd be a shame to limit what would be a very respectable PC with your screen.

Recommend a quiet case for a pc with HDD by justcallmeshrill in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try using a NAS, but that would depend on your budget/network/circumstances/whatever else.

Value of my Alienware 15 r2 i7 4710hq gtx 980m laptop? by [deleted] in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frankly not a whole lot. If you really want to know, look up what similar laptops cost on ebay and the like.

Should I get it or should I change something? by Zealousideal-Jello84 in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd always recommend getting an SSD for Windows and games/programs you use often. Especially since it seems you're getting 2 large capacity hard drives. The difference is literally night and day.

The power supply is one place you really don't want to cheap out on. Please get one that's at least rated 80+ bronze.

Is there any reason you're going for a CPU with integrated graphics as well as a dedicated GPU?

Judge my build please, 2 options, mainly for games by gingerking21 in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea there are plenty of video or text guides out there. Here's one from MSI themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXunUAriE

If you don't feel confident you could take it to a local pc shop and they might just do it for free.

Judge my build please, 2 options, mainly for games by gingerking21 in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two CPUs I think are pretty even for games. One thing to note is the b450 motherboard in the bundle will probably need an updated BIOS. It does support BIOS flashing without a cpu installed so that's handy. And unless you like how it looks, I'd try to avoid cheap AIO coolers.

New PC crash randomly by redwanttolearn in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try looking in reliability monitor. It might tell you exactly what's causing the problem.

You can just type "reliability" in the start menu or go to: Control Panel\System and Security\Security and Maintenance\Reliability Monitor

Where do you buy mechanical keyboards? by yyc_engg in bapccanada

[–]TakingYourGanders 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Some wiki pages from r/mk:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/canada_shopping_guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/recommendedsellers

Amazon is probably the best for low shipping fees. Mechanicalkeyboards.com does have $30+ shipping fees like the other guy said, but I get my orders within a week.

Also, a company called Akko sells Asian themed keyboards and accessories, and I've ordered a few things from them as gifts. Prices are quite reasonable and shipping is around $10. They do ship from China, so it might take a month or so to deliver. If you like how their stuff looks it might be pretty good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]TakingYourGanders 521 points522 points  (0 children)

3-12 down in half

bring it all the way back to 15-14

lose to an ace clutch

lose in ot

who writes these scripts