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[Z15CAM]

Crap - When members get into a collective argument and HITs are heavy.

Thread: "What's the issue with a 512 Bit Video Card?" and Anand Tech CLOSED the Thread - WHY?

I can take crap but then there are those who want to learn.

To continue: Samsung MV-3V4G3D-US_DDR3 pumped to 1.5 Volts can run between 7 Cl/1600mhz to 10 Cl/2133 Mhzs - So what's the issue with Gddr 5 Video Ram in regards to cost in regards to Video Cards that GDDR5 running over 1200MHz's?

Why isn't there a 512 Bit 4096 Video Card. I don`t mind rude comments but reason is conciliatory.

We are BLINDED and Pay For It. The Technology and Silicon PCB are 10 years old.

 

[Black Octagon]

From what I can tell mods closed that thread because it had become tainted by name calling and profanity, which are against forum rules whether the OP minds then or not

 

[Yuriman]

GDDR5 runs as high as 6000Mhz on some cards, not 1200, simple as that.

 

[Jaydip]

IIRC HD 2900XT was one and it didn't fare well.

 

[Saylick]

Like others said, it comes down to cost.

Memory bandwidth is the product between bus width and memory speed. To hit the same bandwidth with a smaller bus width, you will need higher clock RAM, and vice-versa. From what I recall about memory buses, they are placed on the edge of the chip; consequently, a chip with a wide memory bus will typically be large in size as well, but the opposite may not necessarily be true. The issue with large chips is that yields tend to drop when you start increasing die size due to defects and probability. Logically speaking, large memory bus widths => large chip => yields suck => costlier chips. Compound this increase in cost with additional PCB routing and you are looking at a very expensive video card. Therefore, it is more ideal to utilize a smaller bus with high frequency RAM than it is to go high bus width and slower RAM.

There have been only a few situations where a 512-bit bus was used; off the top of my head, 2900XT and GTX280 come to mind. Note that both were based on large dies and both were expensive. You won't be seeing 512-bit bus widths any time soon because we haven't hit the point at which video cards are becoming bandwidth limited AND RAM/memory controller know-how is lagging too far behind to allow the use of smaller bus widths.

 

[Z15CAM]

Well the topic certainly got a lot of hits in a short period of time and that's my point.

We can't discuss this matter without a of BREACH of Security.

 

[2is]

Well the topic certainly got a lot of hits in a short period of time and that's my point.

What does that have to do with the thread breaking forum rules? From what I saw, you were the reason it was locked.

 

[Shmee]

Please do not discuss moderator actions in this forum. That is what the moderator discussions area is for. If you wish to make a new thread with a question and can keep it civil, that is fine, but leave moderator actions out of it.