| JEMC said: That memory kit is insame. I find it hard to believe that there's a market for it, besides business ofc. My biggest problems with current cards are the size and the power consumption which equals to heat. My current case can't house cards longer than 10" or 25 cm, and it's a silent case so it doesn't like hot components (thought I have extra fans to deal with it). Of course I could get a new case, but with a limited budget, the money spend on a new case will mean less money for the card So the new gen of cards at 16nm and HBM will solve my two problems at the same time: they'll be shorter and a mid range card won't use more than 175-200W while providing me with a huuuge performance upgrade. |
. I'm not sure if Mid-range Graphics cards will be using HBM since it's more expensive than GDDR5 and the high Bandwith would come to waste on them right now. I guess HBM will be limited to High-end and Enthousiast markets for the next 2 generations, only then will we see HBM in more mid-range cards
Will the chips be produced in 16 or 14 nm? Globalfoundries 14nm LPP (Low Power Plus) just reached production-ready yields. While the process is not ideal for x86 CPUs (exept low power models like Intel's Atom or AMDs Puma), it might be ideal for graphics chips
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