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

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/localllama@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have never in my life regretted taking higher RAM options. Even at the cost of overall performance more RAM has always been the right choice. Especially in the long run. It greatly increased the longevity of my systems.

But I do have several systems where I regret them having too little RAM. That's usually with systems where I didn't have any other choice, like the Steam Deck.

[–] IanM32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week 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.

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week 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 😂

[–] IanM32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

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