-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
680 2gig v 680 4 gig
- Thread starter neilo67
- Start date
Just being silly. 2GB is enough at 1080p. I mod a lot and runs perfectly on my GPU
Soldato
- Joined
- 30 Nov 2011
- Posts
- 11,522
basically... a game needs the same amount of VRAM for textures whether it's running at 1080p or 5760x1080... the only difference in VRAM between the 2 is the actual frame buffer
the benches show that at the moment, even BF3 at 5760x1080 runs fine in 2GB... for 1080p I can't see 2GB being a limiting factor in the next 1-2 years
by the time you need 4GB of VRAM there will be bigger better faster cards available so you can just sell your current card and upgrade then rather than pay over the odds for 4GB cards now and then need to upgrade anyway because the GPU doesn't have enough grunt in 2 years time
I was going to make a cheap shot about AMD drivers and cheaper cards with 3GB... but to be honest I've had my fill of Nvidia not sorting the pcie 3.0 on X79 driver issue either
the benches show that at the moment, even BF3 at 5760x1080 runs fine in 2GB... for 1080p I can't see 2GB being a limiting factor in the next 1-2 years
by the time you need 4GB of VRAM there will be bigger better faster cards available so you can just sell your current card and upgrade then rather than pay over the odds for 4GB cards now and then need to upgrade anyway because the GPU doesn't have enough grunt in 2 years time
I was going to make a cheap shot about AMD drivers and cheaper cards with 3GB... but to be honest I've had my fill of Nvidia not sorting the pcie 3.0 on X79 driver issue either
Associate
- Joined
- 25 Apr 2010
- Posts
- 183
- Location
- Bristol
Lol
i know lolol but it was only 80 quid dearer than i was about to pay for a 2 gig one delivered tommorow
which did you get?
lovely card, if OCuk dont have the EVGA Ftw 4gb in by the time i have cash saved Il either get the KFA or Palit 4gb versions
If you like playing your games maxed out,you've chosen well.As long as your monitor is 120hz otherwise 2gb would have sufficed IMHO
4GB review here:
http://www.guru3d.com/news/palit-geforce-gtx-680-4gb-jetstream-review/
Not 1 single game is helped with 4GB over 2GB even at 2560x1600
http://www.guru3d.com/news/palit-geforce-gtx-680-4gb-jetstream-review/
Not 1 single game is helped with 4GB over 2GB even at 2560x1600
Soldato
- Joined
- 9 Mar 2009
- Posts
- 2,877
- Location
- -
The higher refresh rate of the screen requires more vram?
Where did you hear that rubbish? Lol.
So you are saying the 4GB exact same 680 card as the 2GB will make a difference on a 120hz monitor?
If I read that correctly...poppycock.
Wrong.