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LW_Master OP t1_j0kzr4y wrote

Reply to comment by Present-Ad-8531 in About PlaidML... by LW_Master

Yeah, looking at some forums talking about it (and I have tested their benchmark myself in RX 5600XT) it is doable. But the question is why no one literally talking or hyping about it? This thing exist since 2017 iirc...

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Present-Ad-8531 t1_j0kzwpn wrote

Wow. It’s great that it works. Can you send some links here? It’s peculiar how it’s not known.

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LW_Master OP t1_j0l06bq wrote

https://plaidml.github.io/plaidml/ Tips by my experience, uninstall tensorflow if you already have one but keep the keras. Somehow plaidml don't want to run if tensorflow already there. It should work whether you have tensorflow or not but I found it's the otherwise

Edit: if you have any progress to it please tell me about the experience.

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botfiddler t1_j0ll3rr wrote

How difficult is it, compared to using a Nvidia GPU? I know AMD can be used, but the claim is that it is extra work and a lot of programs in the field are focused on Nvidia or require such GPUs.

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LW_Master OP t1_j0llruo wrote

Last time I used it the step is just "Choose your engine", in the command line plaidml first detect the drivers, then you choose which driver you want to use, after that the system will run according to your preferences. (This is reference to use plaidml btw, for using amd outside plaidml I heard you use ROCm but it's locked to enterprise grade gpu afaik)

But yeah, cuda literally just install tensorflow cuda and you're good to go (I think, I never do it myself since I only have laptop version of 1050 and my family's PC use Radeon)...

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