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The thread which sometimes talks about RDNA2

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Zeeflyboy said:
Isn’t RTX IO just their implementation of direct storage?
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Oops, looks like it's just the plugin. Implementation sort of implies something more complex but Nvidia's own description says its just a plug in that allows the GPU to use Direct Storage - so basically just a driver API

Nvidia branding it as an excuse to later block non ampere cards from getting it in a new driver? Otherwise I don't understand why Nvidia needs to brand it "RTX IO", just saying their support Direct Storage would make more sense.
 
Grim5 said:
Oops, looks like it's just the plugin. Implementation sort of implies something more complex but Nvidia's own description says its just a plug in that allows the GPU to use Direct Storage - so basically just a driver API

Nvidia branding it as an excuse to later block non ampere cards from getting it in a new driver? Otherwise I don't understand why Nvidia needs to brand it "RTX IO", just saying their support Direct Storage would make more sense.
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Think of it like DLSS just erm, yeah. Typical nvidia branding of a standard that shouldn't need proprietary marketing... but I suppose you gotta sell them cards right!
 
Th0nt said:
Think of it like DLSS just erm, yeah. Typical nvidia branding of a standard that shouldn't need proprietary marketing... but I suppose you gotta sell them cards right!
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Like they took Freesync and branded it to G-Sync compatible after losing that battle :p
 
TNA said:
Like they took Freesync and branded it to G-Sync compatible after losing that battle :p
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Technically it doesn't work like that. FreeSync is AMD's technology to utilising variable refresh rate displays via DP and HDMI standards/features, G-Sync "compatible" does the same it isn't a rebranding of FreeSync or in any way use FreeSync itself (despite the fact that functionally support might be called FreeSync on a monitor's OSD). They are both brand specific names for adaptive sync.
 
Rroff said:
Technically it doesn't work like that.
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You know what he meant. Nvidia went on and on about the tech requiring their module (and little fan) for 'quality' adaptive sync and tried to push the premium as a guarantee of quality of the monitor. As soon as Freesync monitors were dominating the marketplace in choice and equalling it in quality for less, they announced the module-less 'gsync compatible' branding to smother the freesync brand. They successfully re-branded monitors that had been labelled as freesync as 'Gsync compatible'.
 
Wulfster said:
I wouldn’t hold your breath.

https://www.techpowerup.com/275565/...mitation-intel-chips-since-haswell-support-it
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Aight, technical reason presented as to why only Zen 3.

And their source of the claim is this:


Also being talked about here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/k6cbk7/zen_zen_and_zen_2_cannot_support_sam_due_to_the/

So that would mean SAM will arrive for boards that don't support Zen 3, never.

Nothing stopping resizeable BAR being toggled on but SAM won't give you the performance gains.
 
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