Nvidia GeForce RTX cards can use more RAM to combat AMD's Navi graphics cards

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AMD will be releasing new Navi graphics cards soon, which should be very competitive. Nvidia already plans to counter this change by offering a new version of its existing Turing GeForce Series 20 products, allowing for faster memory. for these GPUs. The rumor – and we note that it's just a rumor, to be taken with all the usual caveats – comes from RedGamingTech, which cites sources as saying that Nvidia plans to go ahead. use faster video memory on your RTX cards (but probably not Turing GTX products), to go from 14Gbps to 16Gbps in terms of memory speed. For the RTX 2080, this would mean a jump in memory bandwidth from 448GB/s to 512GB/s, an increase of almost 15% (and faster memory bandwidth means faster graphics card overall). RedGamingTech also speculates in the video below that Nvidia might also consider an increase in clock frequency, but notes that it's really a theory and nothing is wrong. It was heard from an internal source. While we certainly need to be wary of the so-called slight increase in memory speed, this seems logical in light of Nvidia's history. With the previous generation of Pascal cards, Nvidia increased the memory speed of the GTX 1080 from 10 Gbps to 11 Gbps just a year after the GPU was released (and the GTX 1060 went from 8 Gbps to 9 Gbps). So it's unprecedented and it's quite logical that Nvidia would want to do something to at least dispel the wind from AMD's Navi sails (or even sales, for that matter).

Price and performance

As always with rumored schematics, we don't know for sure, but we may have even more memory, where the new Navi GPUs can attack Nvidia with the greatest ferocity. AMD is on the price front, especially when you consider how much RTX cards cost. This is where Nvidia is likely to feel the pullback, so perhaps all upgraded RTX GPUs with faster memory will also see a drop in price? On a final note, as Wccftech, who spotted this rumor on YouTube, pointed out, another interesting point is that if Nvidia upgrades GDDR6 video memory to faster 16Gbps offerings, RAM maker Micron doesn't. It doesn't have 16 Gbps products, but Samsung does. these supposedly refurbished cards will fully utilize Samsung's video memory. And that will be good news for many Nvidia fans, as many are currently trying to buy Samsung memory cards instead of Micron. Often, you don't know what RAM you have until you actually have the card in your computer. hands - because it has a better reputation (and more potential for solid overclocking).