Conjecture, i have yet to see where 4GB is not enough for 4K and the GTX Titans are not far from twice as expensive.
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Minimum for 4k monitor?
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Conjecture, i have yet to see where 4GB is not enough for 4K and the GTX Titans are not far from twice as expensive.
5760x1080 with full details in Crysis 3. Would you want to recommend a card that might not have enough VRAM? One more screen would push that over 4GB IMO.
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5760x1080 with full details in Crysis 3. Would you want to recommend a card that might not have enough VRAM? One more screen would push that over 4GB IMO.
No it would not as i assume that comes from a Titan. You Nvidia guys have been saying for a long time that the more memory you have the more that a game will cache. You can't change your tune now. The only tests that matter are R9 290p/x at 4k. I have seen quit a lot of benchmarks and not one game has failed. In fact the last review i saw had the 780/ti v 290p/290x up to 4way sli/cf, i believe they were using max settings and only the 3gb cards failed on some games. The thing this review showed that 3gb was enough for the majority and even then the 3gb cards had decent averages which probably means they were only slightly out of memory.
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Check out the last line of the op lol. It could be seen as a concern about price i reckon.
I asked a question on what I used with VRAM and I have been told time and again that 2GB isn't enough for even 1080P, so I was trying to be diplomatic and allow others to answer. I am not saying that 4GB is enough or isn't but allowing the OP to see for himself. Saves all the grief and petty arguments I thought but seems even a question and a VRAM usage graph gets people all worked up
There is some cheaper 30Hz 4K monitors but I would be avoiding those and the much, MUCH dearer 4K monitors are what is worth having and you are spot on.
Skyrim with mods
Crysis 3
RTW 2
These are games around now that will use more than 4gb @4K, you can argue that the game is caching memory or not but it still makes no sense to buy 4gb cards to run 4K. Even if 4gb cards can scrape by running the current games (I am not saying they can) what happens with the next gen of games which are just around the corner.
It is inappropriate to recommend 4gb cards for 4K unless you want people to be disappointed, they may even give up on PCs and buy a next gen console.
Crysis 3
RTW 2
These are games around now that will use more than 4gb @4K, you can argue that the game is caching memory or not but it still makes no sense to buy 4gb cards to run 4K. Even if 4gb cards can scrape by running the current games (I am not saying they can) what happens with the next gen of games which are just around the corner.
It is inappropriate to recommend 4gb cards for 4K unless you want people to be disappointed, they may even give up on PCs and buy a next gen console.
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That's about the 780ti price
If he's concerned about the ti price he will most likely be concerned about the Titan price as well or anything he may not see as value for money. My last post was meant as a joke though and i really don't know what he thinks about money or price.
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That's not really that strange tbh as when people were first making the jump to 1600p monitors some were saying they no longer needed aa or dropped it down to 2x. More pixels on screen, the jaggies stick out less and less memory needed. It's not so stupid when you think about it.
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Crysis 3 at 4k with 4xAA......
In the review it was stated that the 3 gb cards suffered from the odd freeze up where as the 4 gb cards did not. Even then you can see that the 3gb cards have a decent average meaning they were just about playable with 3gb. The other 2 games i ain't sure enough about but crysis 3 looks not to be even close to 4gb judging by the 3gb card results.
I am guessing not many people would be happy to run with these fps anyhow even on the 4 way systems. So dropping settings thus lowering vram would be needed. We don't have the grunt by the looks of it even on 4 way systems in this type of game so 4gb is enough.
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Crysis 3 at 4k with 4xAA......
In the review it was stated that the 3 gb cards suffered from the odd freeze up where as the 4 gb cards did not. Even then you can see that the 3gb cards have a decent average meaning they were just about playable with 3gb. The other 2 games i ain't sure enough about but crysis 3 looks not to be even close to 4gb judging by the 3gb card results.
I am guessing not many people would be happy to run with these fps anyhow even on the 4 way systems. So dropping settings thus lowering vram would be needed. We don't have the grunt by the looks of it even on 4 way systems in this type of game so 4gb is enough.
Those are not max settings in Crysis 3
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Yep and even then in Crysis 3 the 4 way setups may not be pulling high enough minimums to be playable.
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In what way? Don't say it's not the highest aa as nobody would use any higher on a 4k screen being realistic. Any higher settings and there is no system on the planet that would run this game at a playable frame rate defeating your argument really.