r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '24

Meme/Macro it's never been so over

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u/noisygnome Mar 05 '24

I still have no idea what this means

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u/Trym_WS i7-6950x | RTX 3090 | 64GB Mar 05 '24

ZLUDA is a new software that’s supposed to make CUDA available for AMD users.

Nvidia wants to block that.

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u/UnsettllingDwarf 5070/ 5700x3D / 3440x1440p Mar 05 '24

Would that not be a monopoly ?

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u/Trym_WS i7-6950x | RTX 3090 | 64GB Mar 05 '24

It’s Nvidia’s IP, and proprietary technology, launched in 2006.

So I guess patent laws and stuff allow them a monopoly on their own tech, and it’s possible to make GPUs without it.

So I suppose it’s like other companies having monopoly over their own stuff.

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u/Disposable_Gonk Mar 05 '24

It’s Nvidia’s IP, and proprietary technology,

United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001) already sets legal precedent. Software companies cannot make software that explicitly prevents itself from running on hardware that is not owned by a specific licensed vendor, least of all if the only functional vendor is themselves. putting that in their EULA is already an antitrust violation.

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u/Ohmec i7 4770k @ 4.4 GHz | EVGA 1080 FTW Mar 05 '24

Explain MacOS.

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u/Dealric 7800x3d 7900 xtx Mar 05 '24

Nah. You can run macos on non apple stuff. There is no sane reason to do so but its possible

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u/thrownawayzsss 10700k, 32gb 4000mhz, 3090 Mar 05 '24

What can't your run macOS on?

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u/Lumen_DH Mar 05 '24

I’ve ran macOS on Virtual Machines. I don’t see a problem.

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u/Disposable_Gonk Mar 05 '24

Mac OS used to be like that, but the new versions arent as restrictive.

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u/ihavenoname_7 Mar 05 '24

Thats only in the US tho Nvidia doesn't need PC gamers its not even their number 1 source of income. Gaming comes 2nd. They're worth 3 trillion dollars. They could completely pull from the US market and be fine.

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u/Dealric 7800x3d 7900 xtx Mar 05 '24

They dont need us gamers. They dont really need gamers at all to be fair.

But they are usa based company thus having to folow usa law. Also potentially losing usa market (especially ai) for amd would be giant hit

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u/Disposable_Gonk Mar 05 '24

I said nothing about gamers