[FFmpeg-devel] Hardware purchase request: AVX512-capable laptop

[Lynne]

Jan 15, 2024, 09:58 by kierank at obe.tv:

> On Sun, 14 Jan 2024, 17:24 Lynne, <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:
>
>> Jan 9, 2024, 19:57 by dev at lynne.ee:
>>
>> > Jan 3, 2024, 04:30 by dev at lynne.ee:
>> >
>> >> Jan 3, 2024, 04:04 by dev at lynne.ee:
>> >>
>> >>> Jan 3, 2024, 02:22 by jamrial at gmail.com:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 1/2/2024 9:56 PM, Lynne wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> As some of you know, my laptop died nearly 2 years ago, and
>> >>>>> I've been working on a desktop machine, which is currently a Zen 3.
>> >>>>> AVX512 has become more popular in the meantime, with Zen 4
>> >>>>> and future AMD CPUs shipping with it, but currently, we have very
>> >>>>> little AVX512.
>> >>>>> In short, I'd like a machine which runs an AVX512-capable
>> >>>>> AMD CPU, and as the world is opening up more and more, I'd
>> >>>>> like for it to be portable.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've looked around a lot, but as Intel still has a firm monopoly,
>> >>>>> the options are limited (7940H(S), 7945HX, 7845HX, 8945HS).
>> >>>>> What I think I've settled for is an ASUS Vivobook Pro 15, with a
>> >>>>> 7940HS CPU (the second least powerful Zen 4 mobile CPU),
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 7940HS is the highest Ryzen 9 model from the 7040 series. Not sure
>> where you got second least powerful from.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors#Phoenix_(7040_series,_Zen_4/RDNA3_based)
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Was reading Wikipedia, and thought it was a Zen 3, my mistake
>> >>> (and AMD's mistake for making 4 versioning formats):
>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>> currently trading for 1999.0 EUR on amazon.de.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Vivobook-Display-R9-7940HS-Windows-Keyboard/dp/B0BRYTS8MR
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The other alternative I've found is a Lenovo Legion 7 Pro, but
>> >>>>> it's more expensive at 2399 EUR (currently seems temporarily
>> >>>>> discounted due to the holidays).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I see a Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 available for 1099 EUR.
>> https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Lenovo-Display-Graphics-Blue-Green-Premium/dp/B0CGLPVQHK/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Same amount of RAM, screen resolution and storage, and a Ryzen 7.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> It's a good suggestion, but I have a better one, that's somewhat more
>> expensive,
>> >>> but has a better screen, better build quality, and is cheaper than the
>> Vivobook:
>> >>>
>> >>> A Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 with the following options:
>> >>>  - Windows 14 Home (if you don't pick Windows, the OLED display is not
>> available for no reason)
>> >>>  - 32Gb of RAM
>> >>>  - 1Tb "performance" SSD (it's 70 EUR more, but twice the size)
>> >>>  - 2880x1800 OLED monitor
>> >>>  - 4-cell battery (only 10 EUR more)
>> >>>  - English (EU) keyboard, without backlighting
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21K9CTO1WWDE2
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Correction: link I pasted was for the P16s, not the P14s, this is the
>> correct link:
>> >>
>> https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21K5CTO1WWDE2
>> >>
>> >
>> > Ping. So far I have one approval from Michael.
>> >
>>
>> Ping.
>>
>
> I agree with Remi's objections to this.
>

Which ones, or all of them in general?
I've been pinging this for a week now and he hasn't reiterated
his position again or made it clearer.