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- Dec 14, 2010
Out of curiosity, how much VRAM would I realistically need/be able to use with a graphics card for gaming?
My current GTX 660 Ti has 2GB of VRAM, and I typically see the games I currently play using 1.5GB to 1.8GB at most during intense firefights and other game sequences. I've never really felt like the VRAM amount is a bottleneck though, the GPU core's speed certainly is a bottleneck as there are certainly faster GPU's that have come on the market (that and my old Q6600 CPU, being a much older platform).
I currently game at 1920x1080 pixels on a single monitor (22" IIRC).
I know there are now cards out with 3.5GB, 4GB, and 8GB of VRAM in the enthusiast and mainstream markets. But, is it worthwhile to seek out cards with a higher capacity of onboard VRAM for my usage scenario, or is that for higher resolutions only (or something else). Is there some performance boost I would see with a 4GB card that I wouldn't see with a 2GB card, assuming both cards had the same GPU core clocked to the same frequency?
My current GTX 660 Ti has 2GB of VRAM, and I typically see the games I currently play using 1.5GB to 1.8GB at most during intense firefights and other game sequences. I've never really felt like the VRAM amount is a bottleneck though, the GPU core's speed certainly is a bottleneck as there are certainly faster GPU's that have come on the market (that and my old Q6600 CPU, being a much older platform).
I currently game at 1920x1080 pixels on a single monitor (22" IIRC).
I know there are now cards out with 3.5GB, 4GB, and 8GB of VRAM in the enthusiast and mainstream markets. But, is it worthwhile to seek out cards with a higher capacity of onboard VRAM for my usage scenario, or is that for higher resolutions only (or something else). Is there some performance boost I would see with a 4GB card that I wouldn't see with a 2GB card, assuming both cards had the same GPU core clocked to the same frequency?
