Directx 12 to combine VRAM?

[envyalpa]

http://wccftech.com/geforce-radeon-gpus-utilizing-mantle-directx-12-level-api-combine-video-memory/

 

Hey guys seen around the news that directx 12 will have support to add the vram in sli, i am interested in this since i have two gtx 970 in sli with totals to 3.5GB. But with this and a few months of waiting i can crank that up to 7GB. Also it says it will add the graphics controller of the CPU as well so, my question is will this mean that in upcoming games or current titles will be able to use 7GB vram and will i have a behemoth combination of my i7 4790k+970+970. That sounds really far fetched but i am interested... hope to hear opinions from u guys...

 

Seriously microsoft this sounds a whole lot of UNICORN dust... but if you can pull it off that would be godlike...

 

envyalpa

[Enderman]

youre not getting 7GB anytime soon

drivers need to be made that support it

games need to be made that support it

hardware needs to be made that supports it

 

DX12 is just the first step, you will need to wait several years before combined vram is even remotely possible

[Bogica]

Old news. More importantly, a rumor has been spreading that DX 12 allows combining of GPU's between AMD and Nvidia, one would be main and the other one would be secondary, they would combine processing power and more importantly combine technology from one another, such as a Physx and Freesync system all in one running 1 AMD and 1 Nvidia card.
But while dx 12 does allow this, the question remains if Nvidia and AMD will allow it.

[DildorTheDecent]

Old news. More importantly, a rumor has been spreading that DX 12 allows combining of GPU's between AMD and Nvidia, one would be main and the other one would be secondary, they would combine processing power and more importantly combine technology from one another, such as a Physx and Freesync system all in one running 1 AMD and 1 Nvidia card.

But while dx 12 does allow this, the question remains if Nvidia and AMD will allow it.

AMD would like it. They're open to the idea probably. 

 

NV wouldn't allow it. 

[envyalpa]

hmm... guess that well enough.. too good to be true i guess, still would love to have 7GB rather that 3.5GB... thanks for the replies guys...

[Lays]

hmm... guess that well enough.. too good to be true i guess, still would love to have 7GB rather that 3.5GB... thanks for the replies guys...

 

 

You still have 4gb, the utilization "issues" people talk about are REALLY nowhere near as bad as people say it is, 90% of the people complaining about it don't even have 970s.

 

I have 2 970's and I've used over 3.5gb before, it's nowhere near as bad as people describe it.

[Briggsy]

Old news. More importantly, a rumor has been spreading that DX 12 allows combining of GPU's between AMD and Nvidia, one would be main and the other one would be secondary, they would combine processing power and more importantly combine technology from one another, such as a Physx and Freesync system all in one running 1 AMD and 1 Nvidia card.

But while dx 12 does allow this, the question remains if Nvidia and AMD will allow it.

 

I believe this is speculation that was started, based on Mantle having the ability to utilize Compute cores, regardless of where they are located on a system, and use them to render graphics. It's a branch/offshoot of hybrid crossfire technology, and Nvidia would have to support it on a driver level to make it work, I believe.

[Maslofski]

youd have 8GB, since the slower 2x 0.5GB are still vram

[Bogica]

I believe this is speculation that was started, based on Mantle having the ability to utilize Compute cores, regardless of where they are located on a system, and use them to render graphics. It's a branch/offshoot of hybrid crossfire technology, and Nvidia would have to support it on a driver level to make it work, I believe.

Possible, the article I read didn't have many details, but that would be very problematic for drivers, I'm guessing you would need both party drivers, how would they combine, I'd expect a ton of bugs and issues, crashing, poor optimization.