Is 16gb GDDR7 enough for 4K gaming in 2025 onwards?

[rare]

I think they kept this in mind with the 'low' 5080 price point. They will likely refresh with more vram but also charge 100-200 extra IMO, so not to alienate anyone.

5080Ti for the win. They’ve also left a huge space between the spec of a 5080/5090 so you could easily have a 5080Ti that was a reasonable card in its own right (unlike the 3080/12gb/ti scenario where they were all so close together).

 

[ScottMc]

They are passing the extra cost onto the consumer, they've been releasing cards with too little VRAM for the long term for two generations at this point and probably three judging from the rumours about the 5000 specifications.

12GB is becoming borderline in some scenarios for 1080-1440P, they know that and they know that they have the mindshare. They want people to buy a new GPU every generation, combine that with the swift uptick in AAA requirements and the adoption of an often poorly implemented UE5?

Dial this back twelve or so years ago and I was arguing that 4gb on something like a Nvidia 670 was pointless outside of niche instances (aka SLI and certain games), and telling people to save the cash and go for the 2gb variant instead.

True it's all about the upsell, "the more you spend, the better the value".

 

[Capitano]

5080Ti for the win. They’ve also left a huge space between the spec of a 5080/5090 so you could easily have a 5080Ti that was a reasonable card in its own right (unlike the 3080/12gb/ti scenario where they were all so close together).

Good point actually, the Ti/Super variants for the 60/70/80 cards may actually be the way forward given the price

Still a bit too early to tell though until the official reviews and performance numbers are out

 

[Hostile_18]

You buy a refresh though and it's only good for a year before it's significantly moved down the stack.

 

[rare]

You buy a refresh though and it's only good for a year before it's significantly moved down the stack.

It’s a tricky one!

This is where they want people to buy two cards in a generation!

 

[TheLegacy]

Whatever runs Witcher 4 on high (at minimum) in 4K. I'll get whatever card is capable of that.

For now, 16GB on my 4070 TI Super is fine. I play mostly RTS and isometric RPGs on PC anyway, so not hugely demanding. I have a SX and PS5 for console games.