163. Intel's Alchemist Problems: Bad Drivers or Hardware Flaw? Is Battlemage Doomed?

Published: July 26, 2022, 2 p.m.

Bryan Heemskerk, Art Director at Massive Damage, joins to dissect ARC problems and upcoming GPUs.\nSPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code \u201cbrokensilicon\u201d at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR\nSPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://bit.ly/3wKx6v1\n\n0:00 Who is Bryan? \n3:12 Is GPU scarcity still an issue for developers?\n10:11 The importance of Stability & Frametimes\n22:18 Will Alchemist age like AMD Vega?\n24:35 Intel had a decade to perfect their drivers \u2013 Why are they so bad?\n35:45 Intel\u2019s Xe Odyssey \u2013 Going from a \u201c1000w 2080 Ti\u201d to a \u201c225w 3060 Ti\u201d\n46:44 Is DirectX 12 Support actually an issue? Will Devs bother to optimize for Alchemist?\n1:00:14 What went wrong with Alchemist?\n1:21:59 Does Alchemist have a Fundamental Hardware Flaw?\n1:38:34 Is Battlemage doomed if Alchemist fails?\n2:02:40 AMD RDNA 3 & Nvidia Lovelace \u2013 How are developers preparing?\n\nFollow Bryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanheemskerk?lang=en\nBryan is the Art Director at Massive Damage, Inc.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-heemskerk-a111b351/\nPrevious Bryan Episode: https://youtu.be/Fj-oW-FKBmQ\nImportant Review looking at ARC's issues: https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-arc-a380-6gb-in-test-gunnir-photon-total-benchmarks-detail-analysis-and-extensive-teardown/4/\nRoundup of Reviewers Stating Issues: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-a380-discrete-gpu-reviews-its-like-living-in-the-middle-of-a-minefield\nhttps://youtu.be/QxbHznw4XEY\nhttps://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/arc-a380.c3913\nIntel has over 120K Employees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel\nAMD has over 15K Employees: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMD/amd/number-of-employees\nEmergency Broken Silicon 35.5 discussing AMD\u2019s Driver Problems: https://youtu.be/IjI6Hkg0g7g