AMD Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 also come with 1 GB of main memory

[555BUK]

For resolutions up to 1920x1200 1GB of GDDR is sufficient within every game I have played except for Metro 2033. Metro 2033 uses about 1.2GB on max settings using my GTX580 SLI setup (as measured within Afterbuirner).

For most people gaming at 1920x1200/1080 or lower, 1GB will be absolutely fine. A single 6900 GPU will not be able to handle Metro at max settings at this resolution anyway.

 

[psychas]

rather have more then less 20 £ difference , is insignificant

 

[straxusii]

FACT1:- 2gb is waisted up to 1080p. 90% gamers.
FACT2:- 6950 with 1gb for £180 would make a lot of sense.

OPINION: Most people buying a high end graphics card will want an amount of future proofing built in and 1GB for the 6970 would not have given that, perceived or otherwise.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The HD6950 1GB may have similar power consumption to an HD6870 1GB:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6950/27.html

 

[Scougar]

Funny. People are saying "1GB not needed" etc... but with a handful of games showing that you do (and those are pretty major releases), it won't be that long before we will be needing over 1GB on a regular basis, especially if you are enabling high AA and highest quality textures etc.

1GB is gonna be the budget option (if true), why are you guys fighting about it?

 

[Jibber55]

Agreed Scougar, there's nothing to argue about other than the typical few spewing out opinion as fact but that will never change.
It really doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out that 2gb of memory will have use in future games.