[GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

[Alex Volkov]

Yes.

Unfortunately I went though the debugging process before I got to the 
paragraph. On the upside I think I got a lightning talk out of it, that 
I'll try to present at the next meeting.

Alex.

On 2019-08-05 11:12 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> | From: Alex Volkov via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | I have another system with Ryzen 5 2400G and was hoping to run ROCm on it, but
> | as it turns out -- ROCm doesn't fully support AMD cards with built-in
> | graphics. I still can install discreet card into that system but the solution
> | is not as cheap as getting a used GTX off craigslist.
>
> In January I saw cheap Radeo RX 580s on Kijiji too.  I haven't looked
> recently.
>
> One advantage of AMD over nvidia is that larger memories are more common.
>
> It's a shame about ROCm's lack of APU support.  Parts of it are there.
>
> <https://rocm.github.io/hardware.html>
>
>      The iGPU in AMD APUs
>
>      The following APUs are not fully supported by the ROCm stack.
>
> 	“Carrizo” and “Bristol Ridge” APUs
> 	“Raven Ridge” APUs
>
>      These APUs are enabled in the upstream Linux kernel drivers and the
>      ROCm Thunk. Support for these APUs is enabled in the ROCm OpenCL
>      runtime. However, support for them is not enabled in our HCC compiler,
>      HIP, or the ROCm libraries. In addition, because ROCm is currently
>      focused on discrete GPUs, AMD does not make any claims of continued
>      support in the ROCm stack for these integrated GPUs.
>
>      In addition, these APUs may may not work due to OEM and ODM choices
>      when it comes to key configurations parameters such as inclusion of
>      the required CRAT tables and IOMMU configuration parameters in the
>      system BIOS. As such, APU-based laptops, all-in-one systems, and
>      desktop motherboards may not be properly detected by the ROCm drivers.
>      You should check with your system vendor to see if these options are
>      available before attempting to use an APU-based system with ROCm.
>
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