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Re-Ranking All Current GPUs From Worst to Best (2024 Update)

Ep. 27

Episode 27: Two discussion topics in this podcast episode, firstly on CPU/GPU scaling and when it makes sense to upgrade a CPU vs a GPU, and then we re-rank all the current GPUs from worst to best. Lots of interesting chat in this one!


CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - CPU and GPU Scaling Discussion

28:25 - Re-Ranking All Current GPUs

1:05:10 - Updates From Our Boring Lives


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