Why does AMD forbid readings of video memory usage under Windows 7?

voidshatter · May 30, 2011

I just don't understand it :confused:

Is it because the AMD driver team is lazy?

NVIDIA still offers such function. I bet it could be handy when optimizing CUDA programs. However there is no such equivalent in ATI Stream SDK / OpenCL etc. What is wrong? OpenCL claims to be able to handle memory hierarchy, but what good can be done by hiding the video memory usage? :confused:

Lionheart · May 30, 2011

voidshatter said:
I just don't understand it Is it because the AMD driver team is lazy?

NVIDIA still offers such function. I bet it could be handy when optimizing CUDA programs. However there is no such equivalent in ATI Stream SDK / OpenCL etc. What is wrong? OpenCL claims to be able to handle memory hierarchy, but what good can be done by hiding the video memory usage?

You shouldn't worry, your rig will rape any game out there with ease :rolleyes:

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Why does AMD forbid readings of video memory usage under Windows 7?

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