Or a local NVMe/Flash memory buffer to store textures on the video card, like in the Radeon Pro SSG. Toadstool said: ↑ PCIe 3.0 stuck around for a long time, I wonder where the next sticking point will be It did stick because there was no progress on the next versio...
The RAM is still being used as a buffer for the GPU's VRAM, but because the PCIe bandwidth is higher and the latency lower in x8 4.0, the VRAM can be refreshed at a much faster pace. This illustrates the beneficial role of having a faster PCIe connection quite well, be...