New GPU Optimized EC2 G2 Instance, the G2.8xlarge (opens in new tab)

I have this kicking around from some experiments a month or two ago:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-image-extra-virtual
    sudo reboot
    echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf
    cat > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
    blacklist nouveau
    blacklist lbm-nouveau
    options nouveau modeset=0
    alias nouveau off
    alias lbm-nouveau off
    <Ctrl+D>
    sudo update-initramfs -u
    sudo reboot
    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    wget http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/346.35/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.35.run
    chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.35.run
    sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.35.run
    nvidia-smi -q | less

This is obviously not production-ready, and is heavily cribbed from online (I couldn't quickly re-find where) but is good enough if you just want to play.

EDIT: I think this was the original: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2015/01/install-nvidia-3...

Canonical's packaging of the Nvidia drivers is risible. It really is easier just to pull the driver and CUDA installers from the nv site and install manually. Or use the Amazon Linux AMIs which just DTRT.

Yes, considering how expensive(in terms of price per hour) it is to just manually install drivers on those machines.

They're not even Grid K520s, they're K5000s. They've only got 4 gigs of RAM each, instead of the 5 gigs for teslas or 8 gigs for the K520s. This sounds a lot like they're trying to pull a little bit more value out of their current gpgpu rigs as they slide further and further into obsolescence.

Edit:

Looking again at the pricing and specs, it looks like they're just letting you have a full gpgpu box, instead of the multi-tenant box they previously offered where you share with three other people.