AMD is relying on SK Hynix memory chips first generation HBM. It is known that HBM2 not only increase capacity, but will also create cards with storage capacity up to 16 or 32 GB. Radeon R9 Fury X is limited to 4 GB of memory, and some observers believe that this is not enough for adequate performance in all operation modes .
TweakTown site, citing its own sources knowledgeable reports that rely on widespread use of HBM2 by AMD in 2016 is not necessary. At the same time, NVIDIA without this memory will not be able to do,
Colleagues suggest that AMD restrict HBM2 use only for older video cards models . Graphic AMD solutions will be satisfied with the average level of HBM chips and more modest volumes.