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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted!
Date: 16 Feb 2025 15:10:18 GMT
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:15:26 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<pan$babd$e4b1a17a$d6bf7cb7$ee7a8272@linux.rocks>:

> My fantastic Xeon W-1270P machine has finally booted.

(Golf clap)

> 
> The delay was the fault of the vendor.  I originally had
> purchased an NVidia TU117 card for $170 (what a bargain!).
> But shipment was not expected for 2 weeks.
> 
> Fine.  However, 2 weeks passed and no card.  I inquired
> an was told 3 more weeks.
> 
> Fine.  However, 3 weeks passed and still no fucking card.
> I inquired and was told Mar 3.  I said "fuck it" and
> canceled the order.
> 
> Then I found an NVidia TU116 card, which is better, for
> only $220 (another great bargain!).  It arrived just
> a few days later.
> 
> The TU116 has more stuff and also allows GPU encoding
> of B frames (look up the specs yourself).

Release date: Nov 22nd, 2019

How much memory on the GPU?  I'm showing 4GB on this page:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1650-super.c3411

 ...and a maximum of 6GB, which won't let you run Fooocus(!).

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