Why is the 5090 allegedly having 32GB VRAM a big deal? Can’t they just solder on another VRAM chip if they want?
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No. You need a custom software for the GPU to even recognize the memory properly and use it. Think of the individual software for each GPU like a plan for a building, and the GPU can only use the parts of the building it knows about.
The added memory would exist, yes, but the GPU wouldn’t be able to recognize the extra rooms and simply wouldn’t use it, and this is of course beside other obvious issues, like does the mainboard even have extra slots for this, and if it does, did they actually place physical lanes leading to those slots, or are they just “dead space”?
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