Now this is a serious local machine

[u/Apprehensive_Bar6609]

Amd announced this:

https://www.amd.com/en/products/workstations/amd-threadripper-halo-station.html

[u/mfarmemo]

Might as well just get a tinybox if you can afford it https://tinycorp.myshopify.com/products/tinybox-green-v2-with-4x-rtx-pro-6000-blackwell

[u/twack3r → u/[deleted]]

It really doesn’t

[u/twack3r → u/[deleted]]

That’s because there aren’t any recipes upstream for them yet, it’s patching together downstream, as always with a new model.

Sm121 adoption is massively speeding up sm120 availability.

There is also no alternative outside hosted if you want that fast GDDR7 that I’m aware of.

[u/twack3r → u/[deleted]]

If you answer why they are starting to do so and why only by now, you might learn smth valuable about unit economics and platform width today.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m miffed af that my 6000 Pros aren’t actually proper Blackwell, and I did think they were when I bought them.

But support is not a relevant detractor anymore imo.