Question Interesting "dedicated power conserving NPU on Radeon" concept by Powercolor

[igor_kavinski]

PowerColor Radeon cards with integrated AI NPU to offer up to 20% lower power consumption - VideoCardz.com

PowerColor GPUs with built-in NPU for lower power consumption Reduced power consumption but lower performance and higher temperatures. PowerColor did not have new graphics card designs to showcase at Computex, but the company has revealed its new concept of a consumer Radeon model, purportedly...

videocardz.com

This is pretty cool. The article notes that this can be done in software but it would have to be done on the CPU and increase the overhead whereas the NPU can do it at lower power cost and possibly more effectively with its neural processing.

 

[marees]

PowerColor Radeon cards with integrated AI NPU to offer up to 20% lower power consumption - VideoCardz.com

PowerColor GPUs with built-in NPU for lower power consumption Reduced power consumption but lower performance and higher temperatures. PowerColor did not have new graphics card designs to showcase at Computex, but the company has revealed its new concept of a consumer Radeon model, purportedly...

videocardz.com

This is pretty cool. The article notes that this can be done in software but it would have to be done on the CPU and increase the overhead whereas the NPU can do it at lower power cost and possibly more effectively with its neural processing.

Does this also have a one frame lag like Auto SR ?

 

[igor_kavinski]

Does this also have a one frame lag like Auto SR ?

We find out if it gets properly reviewed.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Can we not, please?

This seems like something that a BIOS could accomplish as well, but because this industry has lost its mind...AI.

I like how they can't even actually claim it would be more effective, real convincing when even they don't have confidence that it will be better, and the claim about overhead, especially coupled with the power claim is just absurd. "Hey, we put this chip on to make your card perform worse, it probably isn't any better than just using the software that you'll use with the card anyway, but AI!!!"

Can't wait for mobo makers to start using this stuff to "AI OC" and degrade and destroy CPUs!

 

[igor_kavinski]

Can't wait for mobo makers to start using this stuff to "AI OC" and degrade and destroy CPUs!

They will have to give at least a 5 year warranty that their "AI" won't kill the chip in 5 years

 

[coercitiv]

It's AI!

My favorite quote: If you want to use AI, you need a PSU!

 

[Thunder 57]

It's AI!

My favorite quote: If you want to use AI, you need a PSU!

AI Smart Resturant? You can't make this stuff up. I saw an advert for an "AI" washing machine recently. This is why I hate marketing.