You could always give a “Russian PC” a go… At least it works with the GPU.
There are a few caveats…
- It cost money (15 EU for 25 hours)
- The GPU is 1/4 of the actual physical GPU - this is about the same as a 1060 with 6Gb
- You need my version of Tensorflow (I built it on a Russian PC) - no problem making that available…
On the bright side there’s a 1 hour free trial so you could set up DAE and CUDA and still have enough time to run some tests. There’s also a referral program that doubles your first credit so you’d get 50 hours for the 15 Euro-bucks (and I get 25 hours )
If someone wants to try this out I’ll make a YouTube Video of the entire process (new laptop - I can finally make proper videos again).
Another “Deal” they have is that you can have “Unlimited” usage from Midnight to Noon for 749 Roubles (GBP 7.49 by chance of the exchange rate when I tried it) - this is what I used to actually test everything and build the CUDA 10.0 version of Tensorflow so I’ve still got just short of 23 hours left on my credit.
One thing I did find, even using the night-time option, was that I needed some daytime credit as well as I would find myself needing something I’d left running while I had a kip.
They appear to have changed how their Cloud PCs look to non-Russians - I just briefly went in and it was all English (plus they have a language switching icon on the desktop)
While there are other cloud systems available they all cost more with no real benefits. Most of the cloud PC services are aimed at gamers and have no ability to load anything other than games from Steam (and sometimes Epic). The only other offering worth mentioning is Shadow which is 30 USD PCM and has a waiting list (and some bad feedback over still waiting - mind you, the Russians don’t have any so no comparison)
It won’t be a 3080 but it’ll work and the cost is reasonable.