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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMD is about to launch its new RDNA 2 architecture that powers the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 graphics cards, with soemthing NVIDIA doesn't have: Smart Access Memory. AMD's new Smart Access ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMD's Resizable BAR / Smart Access Memory feature is coming to Ryzen 3000 CPUs based on the Zen 2 architecture. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...