nVidias "Maxwell" questions.

[G80FTW]

Dont know if anyone has seen this, but appears nvidias next gpu will be able to access system RAM. Looks like AMD will be doing the same as well.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...xwell-gpu-architecture-will-access-system-ram

Maybe theres something Im not getting, but havent video cards had this feature forever? I guess Im not quite understanding how this is much different from having allocated video ram from your system ram for your video card to use. Does the video card directly access ram like that? Or will it directly access the ram with this new process?

And wouldnt this mean that new motherboards would have to support this?

Iv been trying to find information on new hardware, because I really want to build a new rig but I feel like its too late to go from a 970 to an ivy bridge.

 

[FuryRosewood]

i know certain cards have used that feature known as hypermemory, but enthusiast cards typically do not

 

[G80FTW]

i know certain cards have used that feature known as hypermemory, but enthusiast cards typically do not

The feature Im speaking of is a motherboard feature. You know, in the BIOS where you can allocate video RAM? I dont think my board supports it, but alot of the older motherboards I had would have that feature and you could allocate from 16-128mb if you felt your video card did not have enough memory. Is this not the same thing?