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submitted 1 year ago by Hypx@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

Do PC gamers feel 12GB of VRAM is simply not enough for the money in 2024?

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[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 25 points 1 year ago

I don't know about everyone else, but I still play at 1080. It looks fine to me and I care more about frames than fidelity. More VRAM isn't going to help me here so it is not a factor when looking at video cards. Ignoring the fact I just bought a 4070, I wouldn't not skip over a 4070 Super just because it has 12GB of RAM.

This is a card that targets 1440p. It can pull weight at 4k, but I'm not sure if that is justification to slam it for not having the memory for 4k.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

It can pull weight at 4k, but I'm not sure if that is justification to slam it for not having the memory for 4k.

There are many games that cut it awfully close with 12GB at 1440p, for some it's actually not enough. And when Nvidia pushes Raytracing as hard as they do, not giving us the little extra memory we need for that is just a dick move.

Whatever this card costs, 12GB of vram is simply not appropriate.

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Is it weird that until I read this I forgot that GPUs can make graphics

[-] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

My monitor is only 1440p, so it's just what i need. I ordered the Founders Edition card from Best Buy on a whim after I stumbled across it at launch time by coincidence. I'd been mulling over the idea of getting a prebuilt PC to replace my laptop for a few weeks at that point and was on the lookout for sales on ones with a 4070. Guess I'll be building my own instead now.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think the only reason you'd really need that kind of grunt is on a 4K TV anyway, and even then you can use DLSS or whatever the other one is to upscale.

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