A bit of a contentious thread but something worth considering when thinking of going for a 4K monitor. I have been monitoring fps but also I have noticed the amount of VRAM used in some games. I am running on a pair of SLI Titans for reference with 6GB per GPU.
First up we have Assassins Creed Black Flag.
As you can see, I was seeing over 4.5GB of VRAM being used.
Next up we have BF4. A very modest 3.1GB being shown here.
Next we have Crysis 3, which is showing 4.3GB being used on this game.
Next is FarCry 3 and another modest user of VRAM with just over 3.3GB being used.
Another low user next with Hitman Absolution only using 3.4GB
And finally we have Titanfall and this is quite a big user of VRAM with over 4.3GB being used.
As you can see, 3 of those games use over 4GB, so is it worth grabing a couple of 6GB GPU's for the future or lower settings if you want 4K? I would be interested if anyone has a couple of 290X's and a 4K monitor to ompare and if anyone would like to know the usage for a particular game, let me know and if i have it, I will run it.
First up we have Assassins Creed Black Flag.


As you can see, I was seeing over 4.5GB of VRAM being used.
Next up we have BF4. A very modest 3.1GB being shown here.


Next we have Crysis 3, which is showing 4.3GB being used on this game.


Next is FarCry 3 and another modest user of VRAM with just over 3.3GB being used.


Another low user next with Hitman Absolution only using 3.4GB


And finally we have Titanfall and this is quite a big user of VRAM with over 4.3GB being used.


As you can see, 3 of those games use over 4GB, so is it worth grabing a couple of 6GB GPU's for the future or lower settings if you want 4K? I would be interested if anyone has a couple of 290X's and a 4K monitor to ompare and if anyone would like to know the usage for a particular game, let me know and if i have it, I will run it.
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