# NVIDIA working on to make an AMD Smart Access Memory alternative

URL: https://technosports.co.in/nvidia-working-on-to-make-an-amd-smart-access-memory-altermative/  
Published: 2020-11-13  
Updated: 2020-11-13  
Author: Raunak Saha

It’s been a few weeks since AMD announced its new revolutionary Radeon RX 6000 GPUs based on the new RDNA 2 architecture. Well, that kind of performance was never seen coming from AMD, and to boost that, the Red team used the [Smart Access Memory Technology](https://technosports.co.in/2020/10/30/what-is-amd-smart-access-memory-technology/) to help boost the performance of their GPUs.

AMD’s new high-end [Ryzen 5000 series desktop processors](https://technosports.co.in/2020/10/08/amd-ryzen-5000-series-in-details-up-to-16-cores-and-32-threads-with-a-19-ipc-uplift-starts-at-299/) and the new [Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs](https://technosports.co.in/2020/10/29/amds-take-on-its-new-rx-6000-series-gpus-based-on-rdna-2-architecture/) can be combined to give the best performance. The company says in a conventional Windows 10 PC, processors can only access a fraction of graphics memory (VRAM) at once, limiting system performance.

Whereas, with AMD Smart Access Memory (Ryzen+Radeon combo), the data channel gets expanded to harness the full potential of GPU memory – removing the bottleneck to increasing performance. Obviously, in AMD optimized games, you’ll experience this feature to be best implemented, still a great bonus for gamers truly.

> Hard to fit in a tweet, but basically, they're working on enabling the same feature as AMD Smart Access Memory (AMD GPU+CPU=Perf uplift) on both Intel and AMD. No ETA yet. Doesn't look like it'll be ready before RX 6000 launch, but we'll keep an eye on development.
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> — GamersNexus (@GamersNexus) [November 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1327006797794828292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

On the other hand, NVIDIA, in a short statement to [GamersNexus](https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1327006795253084161), has confirmed the fact that it plans to develop a similar kind of technology as well. However, NVIDIA plans to use PCI Express specs to give a similar advantage independent of the CPU you opt to go for.

> Further info: does not require PCIe Gen4
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> — GamersNexus (@GamersNexus) [November 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1327011614365798400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Obviously, this makes the feature even more complicated and as there’s no involvement of PCIe Gen4, NVIDIA maybe kind enough to allow this on those CPUs who lack the feature, i.e. current Intel CPUs.

As a GPU maker, AMD is expected to make such a marketing kind of software, which promises up to 11% extra gaming performance in select titles. So, NVIDIA could be neutral of its upcoming feature, and it will be interesting to see how the feature helps its new RTX 3000 GPUs.

Do check out:

https://technosports.co.in/2020/11/12/nvidia-to-launch-rtx-3080-ti-in-january-2021/

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