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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Hassam Nasir

Nvidia AI tech claims to slash gaming GPU memory usage by 85% with zero quality loss — Neural Texture Compression demo reveals stunning visual parity between 6.5GB of VRAM and 970MB

Nvidia's Neural Texture Compression .

As games become more complex and photorealistic, the industry has increasingly relied on upscaling technology to meet surging hardware demands. One of the biggest issues arising from this subpar optimization is VRAM usage, which has risen sharply over the past few years. To combat this, Nvidia has developed a technology called "Neural Texture Compression" (NTC), which was brought up again in today's GTC talk. The best graphics cards will be able to leverage Nvidia's NTC technology.

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