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10GB vram enough for the 3080? Discuss..

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I’d say that it should be fine. The memory is faster so that will help a lot and it’s a new architecture which may have other means of reducing vram usages.

Haven’t used anywhere near that on my 2080Ti. The only time you get that kind of usage is with horrific frame rates of 20-30fps or even less at which point you surely would just adjust settings.

Don’t see many games utilise that much and to actually take a card above it’s vram limit takes a lot of doing, I’ve never seen it ever. I mean you can get close within MB’s but to take a gpu over takes some doing. They tend to cache a lot.
 
Nope, 10GB is not sufficient. Heck, even the new consoles have 16GB of RAM, of which 13-15GB can be used as VRAM.

The 3080 is more expensive than a new console, but has less memory? Doesn't compute.....

The RTX IO feature is obviously not a magic bullet, if it was, why put 24GB on the 3090? If it was as effective as people claim, why bother with more than 8GB on any card? It just doesn't make sense.

Also, of course those playing at 1080P can get away with 10GB - though why you're spending £650+ on a GPU to run at a peasant 1080P is an interesting question (esports professionals aside).

The new consoles are 4k60 machines (factoring in optimisation). 4K will be mainstream, and it needs vast amounts of VRAM for modern titles.
 
I find it weird that a new Flagship card in 2020 has less VRAM than a flagship card from 2017. For me it comes across as a cost cutting move and I can't help but feel like in 1-2 years time it won't be enough.
 
For me it's probably less of a thing to be worried about, being at 1440p I just care about having enough vram but plenty of grunt to fetch 60>FPS on a high refresh screen.
But having some vram spare is obviously better than cutting it very close.

Chuk_Chuk said:
No it isn't.

A 2080ti has 11GB of RAM. The 3080 is faster therefore it can utilise extra RAM if it has it.

Recently a developer from ID software mentioned that 8GB is the minimum VRAM for upcoming games regardless of resolutions. (Could someone please post a link I can't find it now)
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Think it was John Carmack who supposedly said 8GB will be the minimum going forward, anyone have the link?
 
If a 20gb 3080 was released along side the 10Gb version I would go for the 20Gb card, I would rather have more than I need than maybe run into a memory issues down the road.
 
Of course it is. But there has to be some reason why you want to buy a 3080ti when it comes out later on! People like to buy more than they need. Just in case.
 
Undesirable said:
When we can transfer files around using the GPU, will 10GB be enough then?
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You wont be the RTX IO is for gaming basically cutting out the middle man to get the data it needs faster, so if it needs some textures files it does not have to ask the cpu for them ect it just gets them from the ssd it self the

other tech coming is DirectX Directstorage again this is for gaming.

Hopefully we get some improvements to file copying and such but who knows

Perfect_Chaos said:
So if AMD release a similar card with more VRAM it's a waste?

Why did they put 24GB on the 3090 if it's only 10-20% or so quicker then?
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If they do it would only be a waste on cards for gamers only, if it is designed for artists and designers as well then it would get used.

As for the extra memory on the 3090 they are for those people that might use it not just for gamers
 
I expect 8/10gb of vram to be enough for the next couple of years, but after that I can see it struggling. So I guess it depends how long you keep your cards. I tend to keep them 3 or 4 years, so I am more than a little worried.

They've been deliberately thrifty with the vram so they can sell more cards in two years time if you ask me.
 
IvanDobskey said:
I expect 8/10gb of vram to be enough for the next couple of years, but after that I can see it struggling. So I guess it depends how long you keep your cards. I tend to keep them 3 or 4 years, so I am more than a little worried.

They've been deliberately thrifty with the vram so they can sell more cards in two years time if you ask me.
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No they haven't because I bet you it cost's a lot more then standard vram and if we see cards with more I bet prices jump, its all about keeping prices lowish this time after they got a little burned for raising them last time.

The real question is did they need to use this type of memory.
 
Perfect_Chaos said:
Why did they put 24GB on the 3090 if it's only 10-20% or so quicker then?
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For AI and ML workloads. They require huge amounts of memory. Like the Titan card before, the 3090 is not just a gaming card.

The Death Stranding metrics Poneros posted are really interesting. At 8K native a Titan RTX uses 11.2 GB. At 8K DLSS (with better image quality) it uses 8.7 GB (so 15.3 GB of VRAM sat doing nothing).
 
Kaapstad said:
3080

Single mid range card 10gb VRAM is plenty.

My SLI RTX Titan setup which is faster than a 3090 very rarely gets anywhere near 10gb usage.

Way too many Ampere threads.
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Lol "midrange" here we go... It's not midrange. It's the second top card (thinking 3080Ti being top). 3090 is a titan and therefore is not a "consumer" card. an 80 class card is and always has been a high end card. not top. but high end.

Did/does the 10GB annoy me? Yup, do I wish it was more? yup. Would I pay more for more? yup.
However, I am gaming at 1440P. and I keep telling myself... it's a £650 card which really is not bad. Im happy enough to buy.
 
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