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Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings by another_kel on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:26AM (#26966326)
Also there are potential problems with x86 pc's not being able to match ssd->gpu streaming speeds of custom architecture consoles.
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Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:48AM (#26966470)
That's not an x86 bottleneck as Microsoft is bringing the tech to PC[1], and best part, it even works on Gen 3 SSDs so you don't have to burn $ on top of the line Gen 4 drives.

[1]https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/microsoft-to-share-more-de...

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Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings by another_kel on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:25AM (#26967765)
Look at slide 5 — they are still using system memory instead of reading directly to gpu. Although ms rep did say that direct streaming is being worked on[1]. Also we still don't know details on nvidia's proprietary rxt-io. But I wouldn't call that solved. [1] — https://imgur.com/a/fHnLLQo
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Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings by kcb on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:04AM (#26970194)
It's the same story every generation. There may be some things the consoles are better at right now but give it 2 years and we'll be complaining how the consoles are holding things back again.
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