10GB vram enough for the 3080? Discuss..

tyler_jrb · 7 Jun 2021 at 23:50

rumple9 said:
Doom eternal 4k shows 12.3gb vram in use

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6_rMEEEY6s

you also have to remember that a card with more memory uses more memory.

12gb usage on say a 3090 with identical settings won’t be 12gb usage on a 3080 or even a 3070 for that matter.

It takes A LOT to max a cards vram.

Grim5 · 8 Jun 2021 at 02:10

tyler_jrb said:
12gb usage on say a 3090 won’t be 12gb usage on a 3080 or even a 3070 for that matter.

Yeah cause the 3080 only has 10gb so of course you won't see the game use 12gb vram, 2GB will end up in your system Ram

tyler_jrb · 8 Jun 2021 at 09:39

Grim5 said:
Yeah cause the 3080 only has 10gb so of course you won't see the game use 12gb vram, 2GB will end up in your system Ram

No it will be under 10gb.

Woodsta888 · 8 Jun 2021 at 09:46

Grim5 said:
Yeah cause the 3080 only has 10gb so of course you won't see the game use 12gb vram, 2GB will end up in your system Ram

Like the 970 with 3.5GB of VRAM memory allocation issue :cry:

sgoaty · 23 Jun 2021 at 08:51

So what did we decide after 209 pages?

I'm in the no camp mostly based on the price. If you can get an FE for MSRP then yeah its a decent card and you should be delighted but once your're paying £1k plus for it I would feel a little cheated with "only 10GB" Just my opinion.

Mark1989 · 23 Jun 2021 at 08:58

sgoaty said:
So what did we decide after 209 pages?

I'm in the no camp mostly based on the price. If you can get an FE for MSRP then yeah its a decent card and you should be delighted but once your're paying £1k plus for it I would feel a little cheated with "only 10GB" Just my opinion.

Probably means nothing as all the cards sell out regardless of vram

Chuk_Chuk · 23 Jun 2021 at 09:04

sgoaty said:
So what did we decide after 209 pages?

I'm in the no camp mostly based on the price. If you can get an FE for MSRP then yeah its a decent card and you should be delighted but once your're paying £1k plus for it I would feel a little cheated with "only 10GB" Just my opinion.

If you keep your card for 7 months then 10GB will be fine. If you want to keep your card for longer then it will be an issue.

sgoaty · 23 Jun 2021 at 09:10

Mark1989 said:
Probably means nothing as all the cards sell out regardless of vram

My opinion means nothing?

Bit savage but fair point

Mark1989 · 23 Jun 2021 at 11:18

sgoaty said:
My opinion means nothing?

Bit savage but fair point

Haha wasn't meant to come across that way, my bad

stooeh · 23 Jun 2021 at 18:24

sgoaty said:
So what did we decide after 209 pages?

I'm in the no camp mostly based on the price. If you can get an FE for MSRP then yeah its a decent card and you should be delighted but once your're paying £1k plus for it I would feel a little cheated with "only 10GB" Just my opinion.

If you're paying 1k plus you should be feeling cheated regardless

BallistixOnZ490 · 23 Jun 2021 at 18:57

Chuk_Chuk said:
If you keep your card for 7 months then 10GB will be fine. If you want to keep your card for longer then it will be an issue.

But what will you be able to get in 7 months thats any better?

Captain · 23 Jun 2021 at 19:00

Chuk_Chuk said:
If you keep your card for 7 months then 10GB will be fine. If you want to keep your card for longer then it will be an issue.

What if you want to keep the card for 8 months?

Chuk_Chuk · 23 Jun 2021 at 20:51

Captain said:
What if you want to keep the card for 8 months?

At that point you're **** out of luck

BallistixOnZ490 said:
But what will you be able to get in 7 months thats any better?

Integrated graphics with 64GB of DDR4

P.S. the 7 month thing is based on a joke a few pages back

Grim5 · 24 Jun 2021 at 12:18

In 7 months we will all be playing games over xcloud and can throw away our pc

Psycho Sonny · 24 Jun 2021 at 14:41

Grim5 said:
In 7 months we will all be playing games over xcloud and can throw away our pc

You can already do that now. Just need a nvidia shield and/or a geforce now subscription

henson0115 · 24 Jun 2021 at 20:22

The real reason for dlss2, Nvidia figured thered be gddr shortages

Sarge2255 · 24 Jun 2021 at 22:07

Very few games are being released, in the last year, and next year I would think the same so 10GB VRAM is plenty for next 2/3years.

TNA · 25 Jun 2021 at 09:18

Sarge2255 said:
Very few games are being released, in the last year, and next year I would think the same so 10GB VRAM is plenty for next 2/3years.

By the time there are a handful of games released worth playing we will be on next gen cards that will have more vram anyways. I have yet to still see a single game worth playing that needs more than 10gb and we are probably not far of half the life cycle of this gen of cards.

No doubt someone that does not understand the difference between allocated and actual used vram will reply

Sarge2255 · 25 Jun 2021 at 11:55

TNA said:
By the time there are a handful of games released worth playing we will be on next gen cards that will have more vram anyways. I have yet to still see a single game worth playing that needs more than 10gb and we are probably not far of half the life cycle of this gen of cards.

No doubt someone that does not understand the difference between allocated and actual used vram will reply

24GB VRAM for gaming at at moment to me is a waste of memory as no game I have, uses it. But let's see what new games come out and their requirements.

robin66 · 25 Jun 2021 at 11:57

TNA said:
By the time there are a handful of games released worth playing we will be on next gen cards that will have more vram anyways. I have yet to still see a single game worth playing that needs more than 10gb and we are probably not far of half the life cycle of this gen of cards.

No doubt someone that does not understand the difference between allocated and actual used vram will reply

Indeed, before we know it a new range of cards will be released. This thread is already close to a year old already.