• edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Then put 8GB in a 9060 non-XT and sell it for $200. You’re just wasting dies that could’ve been used to make more 16GB cards available (or at least a 12 GB version instead of 8).

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      That wouldn’t work. AMD uses a lot of low memory cheap cheap memory in unison to achieve high speeds, that’s why their cards have more vram than nvidia, not because the amount matters, but because more memory chips together can get higher speeds.

      Nvidia uses really expensive chips that are high speed so they can fewer memory chips to get the same memory speed.

      Then AMD lied and manipulated gamers for advertising that you need 16gb vram.

      Memory speed > memory amount

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        6 hours ago

        Why would speed matter more then amount. If I have to swap from the slower system memory it’s going to slow it down. Having more means I can store more needed stuff in fast ram.

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          That’s not how it works at all. You still need to use system memory.

          And honestly, I really don’t have time to explain all the details on how RAM and VRAM works.

          You are definitely AMDs target audience.

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            6 hours ago

            You’re wrong bro. I can’t er, don’t have time to explain but you’re just wrong. *Finishes with passive aggressive insult*

            You’re fresh from reddit, ay? Ever consider going back?

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                Wow. Moi, a dumb cunt? You suuuure got me! I hope you didn’t hurt yourself coming up with such an epic zinger. True big brain material there, really shows us all how much mental horsepower you’ve got under the hood.

                Fucking toxic manchild Redditors. Looking forward to seeing your account inactive after a few weeks of us mocking you.

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    1 day ago

    The full tweet:

    Majority of gamers are still playing at 1080p and have no use for more than 8GB of memory. Most played games WW are mostly esports games. We wouldn’t build it if there wasn’t a market for it. If 8GB isn’t right for you then there’s 16GB. Same GPU, no compromise, just memory options.

    I don’t think he’s that far off; eSports games don’t have the same requirements as AAA single-player games.

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      1 day ago

      Or to gamers who insist on playing these unoptimized games at max settings. $80 for the game, and then spend $1000 buying a gpu that can run the game.

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    Do you just not want more money?

    Nvidia have dropped the ball epically and you have a golden opportunity to regain some GPU share here.

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    Ive got 16gb of vram 2k monitor and this tracks pretty accurately. I almost never use over 8gb. The only games that I can break 10gb are games where I can enable a setting (designed for old PCs) where I can load all the textures into vram.

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    1 day ago

    IMHO The Problem is only partly the 8GB VRAM (for 1080p). An at least equal part of the Problem is the sitty Optimisation of some game engines. Especially Unreal Engine 5.

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    Guess I’ll stick with my GTX 1070TI until next century when GPU manufacturers have passed the bong to someone else. Prices are insane for the performance they provide these days.

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      Seriously.

      All AMD had to do here is create a 12GB and 16GB version (instead of 8 and 16), then gesture at all the reviews calling the RTX 5060 8GB DOA because of the very limiting VRAM quantity.

      8GB VRAM is not enough for most people. Even 1080p gaming is pushing the limits of an 8GB card. And this is all made worse when you consider people will have these cards for years to come.

      Image (and many more) thanks to Hardware Unboxed testing

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        Even worse when you consider the cost difference between 8GB and 16GB can’t be that high. If they ate the cost difference and marketed 16GB as the new “floor” for a quality card, then they might have eaten NVIDIA’s lunch where they can (low-end)

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      I mean honestly, yeah. With a simple 4 GB chip they could have won the low end and not screwed over gamers.

      They’ve really seemed to have forgotten their roots with the GPU market, which is a damn shame.

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    I just ditched my 8gb card because it wasn’t doing the trick well enough at 1080p and especially not at 1440p.

    So if i get this straight AMD agrees that they need to optimize games better.

    I hate upscaling and frame gen with a passion, it never feels right and often looks messy too.

    First descendant became a 480p mess when there were a bunch of enemies even tho i have a 24gb card and pretty decent pc to accompany that.

    I’m now back to heavily modded Skyrim and damn do i love the lack of upscaling and frame gen. The Oblivion stutters were a nightmare and made me ditch the game within 10 hours.

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      Last month’s Steam survey had 1080p as the most common primary display resolution at about 55%, while 4k was at 4.57%.

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    Oh fuck you AMD. NVidia fucked up with the 4060 already, and again with the 5060.

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    I wish.

    Send one of these guys by my place. I’ll show them what 8GB can not do…