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Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#61

Post by nokeya » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC

It was wintel (windows + intel) before. This will be what? Windia? Wintek?

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#62

Post by minraws » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC

Tiberium wrote: post #53

minraws wrote: post #51

Awesome, won't be buying it all at current prices but once they calm down, I will very much like to get one. Around 2-3K USD something with a good GPU + CPU + 128GB of integrated RAM is just going to be an awesome experience. Considering Mac options are north of 5K+ even on a regular day.

DGX Spark is $4700, so I kind of doubt that RTX Spark's top configs will be cheaper than that.

isn't dgx ai first and rtx prosumer first. I think it will be cheaper longer term not atm with component inflation

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#63

Post by minraws » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC

Tiberium wrote: post #59

KeplerBoy wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The DGX also contains the 200 GbE networking and linux support.

Laptops will also have to contain a much tighter configuration, display, keyboard, camera, etc ;)

there is desktop variant as well

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#64

Post by fmajid » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC

KeplerBoy wrote: post #57

Tiberium wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DGX Spark is $4700, so I kind of doubt that RTX Spark's top configs will be cheaper than that.

The DGX also contains the 200 GbE networking and linux support.

The ConnectX 7 2x200 Gbps networking card in the DGX Spark alone is worth $700

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#65

Post by fmajid » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC

throwa356262 wrote: post #23

I have no idea how powerful or power efficient these guys are, but this seems to be the first step in a bigger push towards Windows on ARM (without loosing gaming). I think more announcements will follow soon from other companies.

My DGX Sparks are the first and only devices I have with 200W USB-C PD. Low power by AI workstation standards, but intolerable in a laptop.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#66

Post by PeterStuer » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC

It's been almost 30 years, and a single letter changed. When will we get the Sparkstation, the UltraSpark and the SuperSpark?

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by hs86 » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC

I am wary of those ARM-based Windows machines because I am unsure how good the ongoing driver support for those SoCs will be. Will they even outlive the Windows version they currently ship with?

Looking at devices like the NVIDIA Shield gives me some hope that NVIDIA will be better than Qualcomm here. I just hope this is not a case where the OEM has to purchase X years of driver support from the chip vendor beforehand, and that NVIDIA will provide support directly itself.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#68

Post by KeplerBoy » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC

fmajid wrote: post #64

KeplerBoy wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The DGX also contains the 200 GbE networking and linux support.

The ConnectX 7 2x200 Gbps networking card in the DGX Spark alone is worth $700

To be fair the connectx-7 in the spark can't even push 2x200 Gbps since it is connected via 4 pcie lanes.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#69

Post by spwa4 » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

Rekindle8090 wrote: post #45

officerk wrote: post #41

This will crush the M5 Max going by the numbers. I'm curious to see how much they end up costing

M5 max is 3x stronger and 50% more power efficient. nice try though.

... but you'll be rewriting inference for any model that isn't a well-known LLM. Yourself.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

#70

Post by toksum » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC

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