Has anyone (who does either Data Analysis, ML/DL, NLP) had issues using AMD GPUs?
I'm wondering if it's even worth considering or if it's too early to think about investing in computers with such GPUs.

Not that into GPU types, but I couldn't switch to gpu processing and I didn't have an Nvidia. So yeah, it does sometimes mess stuff up a bit. But, if you can get an external/dedicated server for these calculations, you'd be at an advantage.

AMD is still fighting (and failing) to catch up in games while Nvidia has long taken the GPGPU domain.

This one sums up the situation, where someone asked about getting the NN chess engine Leela Chess Zero to AMD GPUs - and didn't even get ANY answer:

https://community.amd.com/thread/...

@NoMad I'm not that into GPUs either but being on Linux and doing the above + Web Dev makes the search for a new laptop with a certain GPU trickier.

@Fast-Nop Hmm, another forum post that makes AMD GPUs even less suitable. Damn!

Dont buy a laptop with dedicated graphics, they cost 10x the price and have the performance of a gtx750

@theKarlisK Yeah that's essentially my problem (at least with my Dell XPS 15 which came with Windows) and I'm looking to get a decent new laptop, most likely System76 or Tuxed (I.e. a Linux one which should guarantee a better hardware support). But the current generation of NVIDIA GPUs (20xx) are overpriced, I mean, it would be a jump from a GTX 1050 but now that the 30xx is out and visibly cheaper than the 20xx series, it feels like a "too early, you could have waited" move (and time is of the essence given how my XPS is coping).

I've seen that it was possible get models to run on AMD GPU's using OpenGL or ROCm & co but most of the solutions seem 2-3 years out of date (and I'm certainly not going to be using outdated versions of Linux and distros).

@yellow-dog Which ones specifically?
I'm aware laptops with dedicated GPU's are more expensive which is kind of why I'm trying to look at alternatives to ones with NVIDIA GPUs while still being able to do what I do.

@Berkmann18 anything under 1070m is just garbage for the price. If you really need power, buy a cheap office pc and a secondhand gpu for like 200, and a thin laptop that you can actually use as a laptop.

@theKarlisK i went for a latitude, they are basically xpses with more ports and better cooling

@theKarlisK I mean, I've been using that XPS (Dell XPS 9560 with a i7-7700HQ CPU and a GTX 1050 GPU) for ~3.5 years and whether it's the RAM (16GB) or GPU, it's quite limiting so I'm only looking above that spec-wise.
I'm also keeping an eye on desktops as I've come to the realisation that it may be better (even tho it won't obviously be portable).

I've seen that Dell and Thinkpad have been more invested in Linux laptops but I'm not going to wait years for something I'll need soon-ish.

Hmm, it's good to know that about Tuxedo. I've never heard of Linden, I'll add that to my list, thank you!

@theKarlisK Ooh, in that case, then I've got them on the list. I wonder if their products since last time I checked tho 🤔.