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The open-source laptop maker Framework now has a gaming Desktop PC as well (www.destructoid.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Maximum allocation of 96GB to VRAM on the 128GB configuration, but your point still stands. This desktop was absolutely designed almost specifically for ML-enthusiasts, and if you wanna run a game on it you can too. Describing it as a "gaming PC" is totally missing the mark.

EDIT: it has been pointed out that the 96GB limit is a Windows limitation, so wouldn't affect any serious ML-enthusiast

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

The 96GB limit is just for Windows. It can be taken higher on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

96GB on Windows, configurable to more on Linux.

I wouldn't necessarily say it was designed specifically for ML people though the 128GB spec will definitely draw in that crowd, the 32GB model is $1,099 and competes well in the small but very real "Gaming NUC" space that's been dominated by Intel/Nvidia laptop gear in tiny desktop cases. Asus took over the NUC line, and the gaming models are priced way above this without the same ML draw of unified RAM.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Oh, interesting! That's the first I'm hearing of being able to configure more in Linux, seems like anyone taking ML seriously would be using Linux anyway.

[–] TropicalDingdong 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for that correction.

96gb of VRAM? Even most ML professionals have never seen that much vram in their life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah to me this is like SGI marketing their computers as gaming PCs