The American company Micron explained what gamers should expect from the latest generation of video cards.
The Computex 2024 exhibition has been delighting enthusiasts with details about next-generation technologies for several days. The transnational company Micron Technology has finally revealed what the new memory standard for future generation video cards will be.
GDDR7 memory is capable of transferring data at speeds up to 32Gb/s and has a bandwidth of 1.5Tb/s, and accordingly, it can significantly surpass GDDR6 in performance and energy efficiency. The new standard has a reduced response and provides smoother gameplay.
So, the FPS increase in games will be 30% in 1080p-4k resolution, even with ray tracing. At the same time, energy efficiency has increased by 50%, and in standby mode the amount of energy consumed has decreased by 70%. Below is a comparison table between GDDR6 and GDDR7 from the company's press release.
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This was achieved using Micron 1-beta technology » and the introduction of a pulse amplitude modulation signal interface, which allows the transmission of three bits in two cycles, which is one and a half times higher than GDDR6 at the same clock frequency. In simple terms, this means an increase in data transmission efficiency by one and a half times, but should lead to the fact that the chips will become “hotter” and “more power-hungry.” However, the company claims that the new standard has been made not only more efficient, but also cooler. However, Micron did not provide temperature tests, so we can only take their word for it. products. AMD Senior Research Scientist and Vice President Joe Macri said they are looking forward to using new technologies to make games more responsive and realistic. However, we should expect that GDDR7 memory will not appear in the base line of the RTX 50 series and Radeon RX 8000, since full deliveries of the new memory standard will begin only at the end of 2024. We will probably see GDDR7 no earlier than Nvidia introduces the Super line for the 50 series of its graphics accelerators.
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