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3Gb for 1080p with games and mods maxed out imo.
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is 2gb not enough?
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The answer is simple.
If you play games with **** poor IQ settings then 2Gb will be fine.
If you play games with IQ settings turned on then 2Gb is not enough.
Although why anyone would build a gaming PC and not have the IQ settings turned on is beyond me, may as well buy a PS4.
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Smooth gameplay? 120hz gaming? Like i said in an earlier post, i play my games on low/medium. I can't really tell the difference so matters not to me, rather have a game that doesn't drop than one that looks pretty
You'd honestly play Hitman with those silly settings and avg 35fps with drops into the 20s??
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Not read the thread but from what I've seen with my Ti's and Titans I'd go by
2GB > Currently bare minimum for 1080, and will run majority of 1440P and 1600P titles
3GB> adequate for all resolutions up to 1600P
4GB> adequate for all resolutions up to 1600P and majority of surround resolutions excluding a small number of titles
6GB> suitable for all resolutions, surround resolutions and 4K
Still a lot of misconception with people using VRAM readouts as a valid indicator. Some games cache very heavily, others don't. It's normal for a game to cache all available VRAM, doesn't mean it's using it all at once.
Example of such below
BF4 used 4.5GB on my Titans in one instance in Tri SLI, yet it runs better at 1440P on my Ti's.
2GB > Currently bare minimum for 1080, and will run majority of 1440P and 1600P titles
3GB> adequate for all resolutions up to 1600P
4GB> adequate for all resolutions up to 1600P and majority of surround resolutions excluding a small number of titles
6GB> suitable for all resolutions, surround resolutions and 4K
Still a lot of misconception with people using VRAM readouts as a valid indicator. Some games cache very heavily, others don't. It's normal for a game to cache all available VRAM, doesn't mean it's using it all at once.
Example of such below
BF4 used 4.5GB on my Titans in one instance in Tri SLI, yet it runs better at 1440P on my Ti's.
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Nonsense.
"If you turn on ludicrous amounts of AA in the driver which hardly anyone does..." then you might have had a point.
They have the in game settings turned up. What's your concern?
So what's everyone else going on about then?
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The frames you are getting with those settings are a joke though and you might as well grab a PS4 if you are happy to game at those fps.
Never seen over 2.6 used on my 780's and that's using 4xAA.
However my Titans use over 3
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Let me guess, downsampling? lol
People just need to stop taking their Afterburner readouts as gospel. Doesn't mean crap. The moment I get texture corruption and 5-10fps and a DX error, I'll swap my Ti's in for something else.
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Let me guess, downsampling? lol
People just need to stop taking their Afterburner readouts as gospel. Doesn't mean crap. The moment I get texture corruption and 5-10fps and a DX error, I'll swap my Ti's in for something else.
I do use downsampling in some games and it makes games like Assetto Corsa look absolutely stunning and I keep well into the 100+fps territory. If I was down to drops of 28 fps/average 35, I just wouldn't do it
Hmm.
I'm not running vsynx which increases vram requirement.
meh seems my pc uses it cus it can lol
dont move the goal posts, who said they had to be maxed out?
So many thread on here were you are right and we are all wrong, keep digging that hole, and let me know when your done!
Didn't someone Quote a site somewhere that 2gb was not enough for BF4 on ultra settings 4x msaa ect.
As i 670 2gb owner i was very unhappy with the card using 1948 mb of its 2048mb memory on ultra settings and playing very well indeed.
Scaremongering or gullibility on the readers
@1200P i never seen it go over 2gb and now i have a 1440P screen its only 2.5GB and thats online gaming, i dont feel the need to have all the bells and whistles when im gaming as it look good @ 1440P on med high or ultra, i cant really see a difference, plus when im gaming im to engrossed in the game to be even bothered by how it looks never mind notice, id be just happy gaming with a 270X as a 290X, just like cars, dont care how fast they go, as long as the get me there
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@1200P i never seen it go over 2gb and now i have a 1440P screen its only 2.5GB and thats online gaming, i dont feel the need to have all the bells and whistles when in gaming as it look good @ 1440P on med high or ultra, i cant really see a difference, plus when im gaming im to be to engrossed in the game to be even bothered buy how it looks never mind notice, id be just happy gaming with a 270X as a 290X, just like cars, dont care who fast they go, as long as the get me there
Great way to put it TAZ
lol, you are so deluded, the are many reason people build computers, and we are all different, id rather play at higher frame rates with a refresh rate to match and zero input lag, than to play at low frame rates with everything maxed out, each to there own, so just cos 2GB not enough for you, dont mean that it wont do for others, many people playing BF4 with 2GB of ram and are just as happy doing so as you are on your rig, if you buy a PS4 then you are limit by the console it self, game are much cheaper on th PC, you have much more flexibility and expandability on a pc, you dont on the PS4, also hardware evolves quicker on pc meaning you can upgrade at the pace you choose and with whatever budget you can afford, cant do that on a PS4, plus i cant still play all me old games, you cant do that a PS4, so in short there are many reasons you may want to buy a pc over a PS4 and vs vrs for that matter, you can have just as much fun on either!
Never seen over 2gb on my GTX 690s on BF4 maxed @1600p.
It does go over 2GB at 1440P but if you a decent build and 8gb plus of system memory and/or a fast ssd drive then you will hardly notice and fps dips if at all, some games cope better than others too
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Dude that was ONE game.... Chill out...