Re:Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs
by barbazoo on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @12:16PM
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Is there actually less VRAM on the cards or is it just disabled?
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Re:Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs
by deaddodo on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @12:27PM
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GPU manufacturers have no reason to include additional memory chips of no use on a card.
This isn't like a cutdown die, which is a single piece with disabled functionality...the memory chips are all independent (expensive) pieces soldered on board (the black squares surrounding the GPU core):
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vLHed8sBw8dX2BKs5QsdJ5-120...
