AMD's Smart Access Memory is essentially "resizable Base Address Register (BAR) support" with a fancy name. The technology actually came along with PCIe 3.0, and AMD isn't alone in offering this ...
As per the recommended hardware above, best results will come from the RX 6000 series GPUs and Ryzen 5000 series CPUs. AMD did add select 3000 series CPUs to the mix, but you’ll still need a 500 ...
We recently covered the technical background of Nvidia’s Resizable BAR (Base Address Register) and AMD’s Smart Access Memory, so now it’s time to dig in and explain how you use these technologies.
It’s been a tumultuous few years for finding new graphics cards for your gaming machine upgrades, but if you’re still planning on an AMD GPU or have recently upgraded your system, then you should know ...
During its Where Gaming Begins Ep. 3 event, AMD has confirmed it will be officially bringing its Smart Access Memory support to Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. Previously available only on AMD Ryzen 5000 ...
The performance difference Smart Access Memory provides to the flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT across a range of games, based on our testing. The company didn’t specify when the BIOS revisions necessary to ...
AMD's Smart Access Memory feature was an unexpected part of its RX 6000 Series graphics cards reveal, providing better gaming performance by exclusively allowing the latest Ryzen 5000 processors to ...
In context: Smart Access Memory, or SAM, is a software/hardware trick that takes advantage of a PCI Express feature called Base Address Register. So far, only AMD is using with their new Radeon RX ...
GPU driver releases normally aren't very newsworthy; they usually fix bugs, boost performance in some games, and add support for new GPUs. But owners of last-generation AMD Radeon RX 5000-series ...