IMHO: the future is platform independence.

In the early days of Gaming with 1/2 dozen or more GPU vendors selling their wares there were almost an equal number of platform specific API's for developers to contend with.

Microsoft 'saved the day' with a 'universal' DIRECTX API to overlay all the vendor specific nonsense.

However now in 2025 we are stuck with Microsoft and its DirectX.

We ether:
- Get DirectX to run on ANY OS or
- Get the industry to embrace a non-platform specific API

Demanding software can be everything number-crunching, with computationally complex algorithms, professional or machine learning.

Not every AI is LLMs. Every AI needs to be adapted if it shall run well on different hardware families and different libraries. Specialised AI might not have the programmers for transfer to other hardware families and libraries. This does not mean that such AI must be legacy. E.g., I use an AI that is improved a lot but mainly relies on just one programmer; Linux and Windows are supported for Nvidia libraries but it is asked too much if the same programmer would also offer equally good versions for AMD and Apple while frequently improving the AI.

Quote from: RobertJasiek on April 05, 2025, 16:01:51For 3D gamers, it is easy: remain modest at 1080p and use an iGPU.

Politely disagree but don't wish to get into a debate/rant over this.

Quote from: RobertJasiek on April 05, 2025, 16:01:51For users with other demanding softwares unsuitable on AMD or Apple

And what 'demanding software' would this be? Much of the latest AI software is already being tested and made to work on ROCm, if they've not already because even AI bros are realising it's not sustainable. Deepseek was just further evidence of the progress made here.

Most video / photo editing software whether it be from apples own tools or Adobe is already highly optimized for apple m silicon.

Most bleeding edge tech stacks are moving away from solely being tied to Nvidia / team green and vendor lock in that requires CUDA. A software stack in 2025 still stuck in the walled garden just reminds me of decades ago when you had software still stuck relying on floppy drives or haven't updated themselves and still require windows xp to use them. In other words, dead legacy software, not the future.

If your workplace refusing to change and is still stuck on a legacy stack or platform. That is fine. But they shouldn't be making _you_ pay for it. If they're, maybe it's time to consider finding another job / career?

For 3D gamers, it is easy: remain modest at 1080p and use an iGPU. For users with other demanding softwares unsuitable on AMD or Apple, there is another option: upgrade the dGPU as infrequently as anyhow possible; RTX 4000 was a good generation to buy; now, maintain your hardware well and wait for RTX 8000 or so.

Me, crying about pricing, your chance to lose your mind:)

I swear if I read one more comment crying over Nvidia's pricing I'm going to absolutely lose my mind.

This is like complaining about an ex-gf who left you during the 1st century.

Get the duck over it. Nvidia hasn't given a sheet about gamers in a decade now.

It's time to move on. Either get another option or if those don't suit you quit gaming. Maybe touch grass and go play outside.

No more excuses.