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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by platevoltage on Sunday April 19, 2026 @05:14PM (#47827697)
I was gonna say, I still use an AMD Vega that uses HBM2.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by tverbeure on Sunday April 19, 2026 @09:14PM (#47829282)
Vega was a card with decent perf/$ for the consumer, but from a pure technical point of view (perf/mm2, perf/BW, perf/W) it was a major failure. Both Vega (and Fiji before it) showed that excess memory BW alone is not sufficient to win.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by zozbot234 on Monday April 20, 2026 @03:26AM (#47831312)
> Both Vega (and Fiji before it) showed that excess memory BW alone is not sufficient to win.

That's correct if you're targeting gamers, but local AI inference changes this picture substantially.

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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by platevoltage on Monday April 20, 2026 @04:19PM (#47839947)
Oh I never said it was a great card. It does work for what I need it for though.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by mistyvales on Sunday April 19, 2026 @11:49PM (#47830224)
My main system still uses a Vega 64 and it plays all the games I'd care about. Undervolts like a champ! Will use it until it dies..
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by platevoltage on Monday April 20, 2026 @04:18PM (#47839939)
Mine is a Vega 56 that thinks it's a Vega 64. It plays Hitman pretty well, and thats really all I need it for.
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