• renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Looks like it basically gives the focused application highest priority for VRAM allocations and deallocations, which lower VRAM devices would be doing more often.

    I’m kinda surprised this wasn’t already the default behavior, as the application the user has focused should almost always be given render priority, regardless of what it is.

  • lath
    262·
    4 hours ago

    “…limited amounts of video memory. Such as for graphics cards with just 8GB of dedicated vRAM…”

    “…just 8GB of dedicated vRAM…”

    “…just 8GB…”

    “…just…”

    “…”

    Y’all are spoiled if you don’t understand how damaging that sentence is.

    “Just stop being poor! Y”

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      1 hour ago

      I absolutely love the replies by people demonstrating the very privilege you’re talking about. It’s almost like you set a trap and they just keep walking into it.

      • theunknownmuncher
        1·
        48 minutes ago

        Privilege is when you aren’t coping with buyers remorse because you didn’t lap up overpriced e-waste that was already obsolete

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
      122·
      4 hours ago

      to be fair, budget 8gb gpus have been a thing since the RX 480 (2016). if somone has less nowadays, id reckon its refusal to buy used, or refusal to buy something thats not nvidias sub 200$ market.

      while yes, there of course are poorer regions. but even regions like brazil who have a ridiculous import tax on tech, still regularly stock the rx 580 as a “budget” gpu option.

      if you go low enough, the user might as well have an igpu, which does not have the same vram limitations discrete cards have.

      • theunknownmuncher
        141·
        3 hours ago

        Seriously. If you think 8GB of VRAM is “spoiled”, you fell for NVIDIA’s bullshit. You could get a used 1080 Ti with 11GB VRAM for $150 and it would be significantly faster than an RX 580.

        EDIT: you can downvote, but you still fell for it and got ripped off. Do some research before you make a major purchase.

      • gens@programming.dev
        12·
        39 minutes ago

        The *80 part meant high end…

        Edit: Yall either young or dumb. Back then there was only one 90, 290. And it was two 280 chips on one board. Amd didn’t sell anything above 80. It was literally high end. Nvidia was like 10% better and 30% more expensive at high end. rx480 was literally the highest end leading flagship latest and greatest amd gpu when it came out.

        Kids these days don’t even know what mid tier means…

        • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
          1·
          46 minutes ago

          not for amd on random generations.

          polaris launched at 200$, and that was their top end gou because they forgone higher end models that generation, and opted for targeting the mainstream market. the 580 was just a refresh of it that allocated more of that stock to 8gb models. it was the best selling amd gpu (by far) because they made a lot of them to essentially flood the market.

          if youre judging high end by name and by market segment, you have already fell into marketing, as names are completely arbitrary.

    • theunknownmuncher
      51·
      3 hours ago

      Be mad at the manufacturers who royally ripped you off with overpriced e-waste that only had 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB VRAM, instead of getting mad at those who are acknowledging reality honestly. None of these 8GB cards have been worth buying for at least 5 years. 6GB was top tier 11 years ago. It is 2026.