GDDR is actually super cheap! I think it would only be like another $75 on paper to double the 4090’s VRAM to 48GB (like they do for pro cards already).
Nvidia just doesn’t do it for market segmentation. AMD doesn’t do it for… honestly I have no idea why? They basically have no pro market to lose, the only explanation I can come up with is that their CEOs are colluding because they are cousins. And Intel doesn’t do it because they didn’t make a (consumer) GPU that was eally worth it until the B580.
Oh I didn’t mean “should cost $4000” just “would cost $4000”. I wish that the vram on video cards was modular, there’s so much ewaste generated by these bottlenecks.
Oh I didn’t mean “should cost $4000” just “would cost $4000”
Ah, yeah. Absolutely. The situation sucks though.
I wish that the vram on video cards was modular, there’s so much ewaste generated by these bottlenecks.
Not possible, the speeds are so high that GDDR physically has to be soldered. Future CPUs will be that way too, unfortunately. SO-DIMMs have already topped out at 5600, with tons of wasted power/voltage, and I believe desktop DIMMs are bumping against their limits too.
But look into CAMM modules and LPCAMMS. My hope is that we will get modular LPDDR5X-8533 on AMD Strix Halo boards.
GDDR is actually super cheap! I think it would only be like another $75 on paper to double the 4090’s VRAM to 48GB (like they do for pro cards already).
Nvidia just doesn’t do it for market segmentation. AMD doesn’t do it for… honestly I have no idea why? They basically have no pro market to lose, the only explanation I can come up with is that their CEOs are colluding because they are cousins. And Intel doesn’t do it because they didn’t make a (consumer) GPU that was eally worth it until the B580.
Oh I didn’t mean “should cost $4000” just “would cost $4000”. I wish that the vram on video cards was modular, there’s so much ewaste generated by these bottlenecks.
Ah, yeah. Absolutely. The situation sucks though.
Not possible, the speeds are so high that GDDR physically has to be soldered. Future CPUs will be that way too, unfortunately. SO-DIMMs have already topped out at 5600, with tons of wasted power/voltage, and I believe desktop DIMMs are bumping against their limits too.
But look into CAMM modules and LPCAMMS. My hope is that we will get modular LPDDR5X-8533 on AMD Strix Halo boards.