… Intel jumped into the GPU market later, and they joined the software war with XeSS, continuing the push into AI acceleration as well. Before long, every major GPU manufacturer stopped competing on hardware alone, choosing instead to build software ecosystems simultaneously around their GPUs. …
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… As such, the internal resolution of each game was roughly 840p, and graphics remained medium-to-high. …
… AI seems to be replacing traditional graphics pipelines Nvidia loves finding workarounds for traditional problems Over the past few years, what we've seen Nvidia do in terms of graphics rendering is a clear sign that AI is actively and rapidly replacing traditional pipelines. …
… If your old GPU has 8GB or 6GB of VRAM, you'll easily run out of GPU memory when raising graphics settings or increasing the resolution. …
… We look forward to getting our hands on one to test, as even the Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro and its fantastic optimized hardware and software stack for running AI, struggles to run models larger than 100B, which is something the Ryzen AI Halo can do and then some . …
… When the RTX 3070 came out in 2020, a GTX 970 already felt exhausted in newer games, unless you aggressively dropped settings and resolution to what we call "potato graphics," at which stage, there remained no point in running said game. …
… Nvidia's MFG is simply the latest entrant in a long line of software workarounds to overcome hardware limitations. It may not be perfect, but it certainly paints a picture of where PC graphics are heading. …
… Developers stopped optimizing games and switched to software crutches made available by GPU companies. These multi-trillion-dollar companies stopped caring about gaming GPUs when the AI billions started rolling in. …
… Nobody wants a 600W GPU, their connectors blowing off, or a graphics card that practically needs a PSU of its own just to function. The idea of brute forcing performance gains generation after generation is running into diminishing returns. …