GTX 690

[Ultimate Gohan]

Hii guys,
Iam getting a new pc for this weekend . I think u would be aware of gtx 690 which is coming to market on may 3.

Iam going to hook up 3 asus vg278h monitors in 3d vision surround . gtx 690 performs similar to gtx 680 sli . gtx 690 has 2gb vram per gpu .

My concerns about gtx 690 are :

Iam afraid that 2gb vram in gtx 690 will bottleneck and cause stuttering in 5760X1080 RESOLUTION @ 3d. After getting a $1000 graphic card i dont want to sacrifice any settings .

I cant exact numbers of vram usage in surround 3d resolutions.


1. Will 2gb vram on gtx 690 will be enough for surround 3d resolutions ?

OR

2. Should i wait for 4gb gtx 680 to get released so that i can get 4gb gtx 680 sli ?

Additional Questions:

1. Does 3d consume any extra vram when compared to 2d ?
2. How much vram does games like battlefield 3, crysis 2 etc consume in surround resolutions ?

Please Note:
1. Please read everything above before commenting.
2. gtx 690 has 2gb per gpu thats why everyone calls it as 4gb but actually its just 2gb.
3. I also want my gpu to last atleast 2 years from now.

Also posting exact numbers will be really helpful for me.

Thanks in advance for your reply .

 

[straxusii]

Iam afraid that 2gb vram in gtx 690 will bottleneck and cause stuttering in 5760X1080 RESOLUTION @ 3d. After getting a $1000 graphic card i dont want to sacrifice any settings .

Checkout the HardOCP reviews on sli 680 and high res. I'm not sure if 3d increases vram usage?

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/04/25/geforce_gtx_680_3way_sli_radeon_7970_trifire_review


Depends how long you plan on keeping the card as to whether 2GB will be enough for you. 2 years could be pushing it at 2GB for a 3 monitor setup.

 

[Rusty0611]

1) Yes at present - it's possible it won't be enough in the next 2 years though for maximum settings

2) Better option for future proofing but far more expensive

Additional questions:

1) 95% sure that it doesn't use additional VRAM
2) If you disable the Windows 7 Aero etc while loading BF3 it consumes under 2GB in that resolution but see above: you're going to be close to the limit

 

[andybird123]

yeah, BF3 is very close to the limit and you might even get some slight stutter and/or texture loading issues (I noticed this even at 1080p on a GTX 580 1.5GB on some of the bigger maps, a lot of people don't notice or don't care though)

personally, I am waiting for decent 4GB cards to come out before switching to 3 monitor, or at the very least planning on upgrading within the next 12 months

 

[StonedPenguin]

yeah, BF3 is very close to the limit and you might even get some slight stutter and/or texture loading issues (I noticed this even at 1080p on a GTX 580 1.5GB on some of the bigger maps, a lot of people don't notice or don't care though)

Same, Had to apply 2xAA from 4x and all is well(Ultra), It uses about 1.4GB vram with windows aero disabled.

@OP, For that resolution I would get the 4GB ver 680's and maybe SLI them.

 

[Gregster]

If you are paying that much for a setup, I would go for the 4GB 680's in SLI. More VRAM will deffo help at the resoloution you will be playing at.

 

[youdsy]

If you are paying that much for a setup, I would go for the 4GB 680's in SLI. More VRAM will deffo help at the resoloution you will be playing at.

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