vram.

[Michael Durrant]

is 12-16gb vram acceptable in 2025 for new cards or not. todays demanding hardware on aaa games most cards from nvidia is low vram. would like to see new cards with more than what they are at currently, especially seeing the 5080 being only 16gb

 

[Bidley]

I think it will be for 2025, beyond that who knows. PS5 only has 16gb (shared).

It's important to note that just because a game will use more than (say) 12gb VRAM, doesn't mean it needs it. Similar to how upping your power limit on your GPU will see it use that budget, but not gain much more performance.

I agree though, going from a gen where AMD's cards had 16, 20 and 24, and Nvidia's upper offerings having 16 and 24, it does seem stingy to not increase that for this gen. It looks more and more like the 5000 Super series will be what everyone wanted from this release.

As always though, 3rd party benchmarks will be revealing.

 

[Michael Durrant]

I think it will be for 2025, beyond that who knows. PS5 only has 16gb (shared).

It's important to note that just because a game will use more than (say) 12gb VRAM, doesn't mean it needs it. Similar to how upping your power limit on your GPU will see it use that budget, but not gain much more performance.

I agree though, going from a gen where AMD's cards had 16, 20 and 24, and Nvidia's upper offerings having 16 and 24, it does seem stingy to not increase that for this gen. It looks more and more like the 5000 Super series will be what everyone wanted from this release.

As always though, 3rd party benchmarks will be revealing.

im still running amd. i dont know if i want to go nvidia or stick with amd at this point, from this dlss, fg stuff i keep seeing. holding on to see these benchmarks in a few weeks (be interesting, especially the 5090 results)...

 

[humbug]

Yes tho 12GB is borderline for some games at 1440P, 16GB no problem...

 

[NZXT30]

16GB will be fine until the PS6.

 

[Bidley]

I actually think the 5090 benchmarks will be the least interesting. It's going to be the fastest card on the market. If it's less than 100% faster than the 5080 it'll be funny though!

 

[Grim5]

Here we go again, another "is my vram enough thread", like clockwork

 

[Michael Durrant]

Here we go again, another is my vram enough thread, like clockwork

i must have not seen the other threads!

 

[Gray2233]

i must have not seen the other threads!

It happens every generational launch, "how much VRAM is enough?" is a question as old as time at this point, I've seen back and forth over it since the 90's.

Fortunately there's actually a lot more relevance to the argument currently, whereas many moons ago it was largely fearmongering and upselling often useless products (double VRAM card variants that were usually too slow to utilise it anyway) to low information buyers.

@humbug I'd say 12gb is borderline in one or two instances at 1080P, it was for me when I was still running a 2560x1080 (ultrawide) monitor, but it is an acceptable amount for a 1080P card assuming the user will keep the thing for 2-3 + years.

The 5070 should have been the 5060 imo.

 

[TNA]

16GB minimum if buying a new card now imo.

12gb still does the job, but newer titles could possibly struggle with it.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Comparing to consoles is just lol. Apples to oranges.

 

[mahius]

The real question, for how many more years will 16GB be enough for 1440p or 4k?
Since that will determine when folks will need to next upgrade.
Depends on the individual, some upgrade regularly every generation or two, others less often.

So how futureproof is 16GB?

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

The real question, for how many more years will 16GB be enough for 1440p or 4k?
Since that will determine when folks will need to next upgrade.
Depends on the individual, some upgrade regularly every generation or two, others less often.

So how futureproof is 16GB?

I would say a few years.

Nvidia usually seem to like giving "just enough" except the time with the 980Ti where they had 6GB (2 more than overclockers dream) and the 1080Ti.

 

[Tetras]

is 12-16gb vram acceptable in 2025 for new cards or not.

No, it is not. The 5070/5080 having the same VRAM as last gen is dumb, but nvidia don't care so just get your wallet out.

 

[philo-sofa]

16GB should be fine until the RTX 6000 (or please AMD, a full range of RDNA 5 cards). I suspect based on the many rumours that Nvidia will offer a 24GB 5080 Super or Ti or whatever down the line though.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Comparing to consoles is just lol. Apples to oranges.

No it isn't HUB did an entire video on this games are written for consoles and PC's are an afterthought, they're optimized for 16gb. So 16gb is the minimum you ought to be thinking about going forward and only then till the PS6 releases many of the people moaning about Hogwarts problems for example were struggling with vram requirements never had any issues with mine

 

[Nitefly]

I wouldn’t be put off by 16gb. Games aren’t being made targeting the tiny proportion of people that have a card with higher VRAM.

PS6 is when everything will probably shuffle upwards.

 

[ICDP]

16GB should be good for a few years. 12GB for 1440p is borderline and for 4K is going to be a joke.

If you are 1440p and even considering 12GB as acceptable you are delusional.

 

[chaparral]

is 12-16gb vram acceptable in 2025 for new cards or not. todays demanding hardware on aaa games most cards from nvidia is low vram. would like to see new cards with more than what they are at currently, especially seeing the 5080 being only 16gb

I recommend getting a GPU with 32GB of vram to be on the safe side if buying one in 2025

Just got be careful if it a nvidia gpu that 3 out 4 vram memory chips are not fake ones

 

[Octoplex7]

Frustrating that the 5080 doesn't come with 24GB of VRAM. The size of the 50-series founders card would've made it perfect for my living room SFF plugged in to a 4k telly. I think charging 1000 quid for 16GB is pushing it. 5070 ti is looking like the best bet for now. At 4k, the more VRAM, the better.