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Re:2023 was the year that GPUs stood still by schmorptron on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:24AM (#38806679)
Wouldn't you also need other higher-end components to interface with and support higher bandwidth to effectively make use of all of that VRAM?
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Re:2023 was the year that GPUs stood still by to11mtm on Friday December 29, 2023 @06:11PM (#38811332)
Yes. Realistically you'd just go with higher density RAM chips, which I'm guessing are gonna be more costly per GB as well...

But the upshot for a manufacturer for higher density memory, if the 'failure rate' of fresh parts is the same, well it's better to have less parts of a fixed failure rate ofc.

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