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AMD reportedly working on gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU with 32GB memory (videocardz.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One might question why an RX 9070 card would need so much memory, but increased capacity can serve purposes beyond gaming, such as Large Language Model (LLM) support for AI workloads. Additionally, it’s worth noting that RX 9070 cards will use 20 Gbps memory, much slower than the RTX 50 series, which features 28-30 Gbps GDDR7 variants. So, while capacity may increase, bandwidth likely won’t.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm inclined to agree. Lower bandwidth might make some tasks take longer, but you can still accomplish them if you're patient. When you're out of RAM, you're out of RAM.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time to let it page out to a platter hard drive so you can be extra patient while it takes an eternity performing memory swaps at 5400 RPM 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Worried that AI is going to overthrow humankind? Cripple it by making it run off a mechanical hard drive!