AMD Info! HBM-equipped Radeon this quarter! Zen CPU architecture in 2016

[Lafiel]

JazzB1987 said:

Lafiel said:

JazzB1987 said:
thb why even bother selling 2gb cards?

games don't need more in mid details/1080p and that's what the 370 cards are for

but graphics cards manufacturers will surely supply 370 models with larger video ram, the 2GB is just the base model

Well GTA5 already needs more than 2GB. And thats a crossgen game and its a good port.

What will happen to mediocre /bad ports of  current gen only games?

Thats why I am asking.    I mean the crappiest $30 cards from 2010 or so had 1GB of memory. Cheap laptops with their super low end GPUs have up to 2GB of memory so idiots think "wow so many GB? must be good".  I dont understand why they didnt just start with at lest 3GB.

as I said, graphic card manufacturers can and will supply 4GB or 8GB models,especially if those are in higher demand than the 2GB base model of the 370s - AMD designed it around 2GB, because that's the amount that makes sense for this chip

for 3GB the GPU might need a 192 or 384bit memory bus to use it effectively