Nvidia AI tech claims to slash VRAM usage by 85% with zero quality loss โ€” Neural Texture Compression demo reveals stunning visual parity between 6.5GB of memory and 970MB

Tom's Hardware 2026-04-04

Summary:

Nvidia has just demoed its Neural Texture Compression technique again at a GTC talk, where it showed VRAM usage dropping from 6.5 GB to just 970 MB in a scene. NTC uses a neural network to decompress textures instead of standard block-based compression, reducing texture size and VRAM usage while also improving final image quality.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-ai-tech-claims-to-slash-vram-usage-by-85-percent-with-zero-quality-loss-neural-texture-compression-demo-reveals-stunning-visual-parity-between-6-5gb-of-memory-and-970mb

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Cybersecurity by kevin ยป Tom's Hardware

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editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir)

Date tagged:

04/04/2026, 11:43

Date published:

04/04/2026, 11:33