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

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

b"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"