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userbinatortoday at 7:53 PM4 repliesview on HN

A GPU with HDMI and 16MB of VRAM is a very strange combination.


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wtallistoday at 8:18 PM

It doesn't really do much in the way of processing (https://www.siliconmotion.com/download/3PS/a/SM750_PB_EN_201...); it's pretty much just a dumb framebuffer. You can wire it up to output over an HDMI connector, but with the features it supports you're really just getting a single-link DVI signal.

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pdpitoday at 8:57 PM

16 * 1024 * 1024 / 1920 / 1080 = 8.0909, so you have enough VRAM for double-buffered 24-bit 1080p, with a bit to spare. For pure software rendering, that's good enough!

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SillyUsernametoday at 7:59 PM

I agree but these things are only about $25 USD. Arguably an older Nvidia GPU is a better investment at this price if you just want basic desktop use. Unfortunately if I did that, the old Nvidia drivers wouldn't support my newer Nvidia Blackwell hardware.

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numpad0today at 8:33 PM

3840 x 2160[px] x 24[bit/px] / 8[bit/byte] = 24883200[bytes]

^ / 1024^2[bytes/MB] = 23.73[MB]

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