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mixed Commenters were interested in AMD as a real alternative to scarce and expensive Nvidia capacity, but the thread was notably skeptical of the framing. The biggest objections were that performance-per-dollar is incomplete without power, cooling, and datacenter constraints, and that FP4 quantization may reduce model quali — latest discussion,
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  1. AMD inference gets cheaper per token, but HN wants the watt bill▲ 358 · 136 commentsin 5 episodes: · 1:33 · 1:34 · 1:32 · 2:45 · 1:40
  2. A 50-foot HDMI cable beats buying a Steam Machine▲ 216 · 205 commentsin 6 episodes: · 11:03 · 10:50 · 11:23 · 10:30 · 9:46 · 10:17