New video card has only 4GB of RAM
New video card has only 4GB of RAM Rob Beschizza 9:57 am Tue Jul 28, 2026 A paltry 4GB lurks in this new design With AI datacenters gobbling up all the available memory, spec sheets have stalled and system builders are making the most of what they can get. But AMD's latest video card coming with just 4GB of VRAM in its base model marks a clear step down: it's "the first modern GPU to ship" with so little memory, writes William Judd. The news comes from GPU maker ASRock via Twitter account RubyRapids.
- ▪New video card has only 4GB of RAM Rob Beschizza 9:57 am Tue Jul 28, 2026 A paltry 4GB lurks in this new design With AI datacenters gobbling up all the available memory, spec sheets have stalled and system builders are making the most of wh
- ▪But AMD's latest video card coming with just 4GB of VRAM in its base model marks a clear step down: it's "the first modern GPU to ship" with so little memory, writes William Judd.
- ▪The news comes from GPU maker ASRock via Twitter account RubyRapids.
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New video card has only 4GB of RAM Rob Beschizza 9:57 am Tue Jul 28, 2026 A paltry 4GB lurks in this new design With AI datacenters gobbling up all the available memory, spec sheets have stalled and system builders are making the most of what they can get. 8GB of RAM (system or GPU) is fine! But AMD's latest video card coming with just 4GB of VRAM in its base model marks a clear step down: it's "the first modern GPU to ship" with so little memory, writes William Judd. The news comes from GPU maker ASRock via Twitter account RubyRapids. ASRock listed the RX 9050 Challenger card on their website in both 4GB and 8GB varieties, with placeholder text for the 4GB model.
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