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[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

One single module, aka one chip on the graphics card. A graphic card can have multiple chips/modules. Like 5x3gb modules making the total of 15gb of VRAM.

Usually the black chips placed just around the actual GPU chip.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

Ah, yes thank you. I didn't read the article, just the title, in true dummy fashion. I just interpreted it as "module" meaning the card as a "unit"

Dumb moment.