Nobody needs 8GB Vram.

[Mush Brain]

And before you mention 4K surround, find any quad pairing of GPU's able to push that ridiculous resolution which demands over 4GB of Vram.

[Archangel1994]

And before you mention 4K surround, find any quad pairing of GPU's able to push that ridiculous resolution which demands over 4GB of Vram.

Modded skyrim, 21:9 1440p surround

[Guest]

Im guessing you meant to ask, "Why is 8GB of VRam needed?". Posting this type of content on the forum is unnecessary. 

[Mojo-Jojo]

*For gaming

[NotCthulhu]

Nobody "needs" it, but we do it because we can dammit.

[Mush Brain]

Modded skyrim, 21:9 1440p surround

Skyrim is 1 game, it sure as hell does not need 8GB Vram, especially with such resolutions not needed much AA.

[Archangel1994]

Skyrim is 1 game, it sure as hell does not need 8GB Vram, especially with such resolutions not needed much AA.

In a previous thread skyrim has already gone as high as 5GB and that was with Medium settings AA turned off...

[Mush Brain]

In a previous thread skyrim has already gone as high as 5GB and that was with Medium settings AA turned off...

Then someone is doing it very wrong...

[Archangel1994]

Then someone is doing it very wrong...

He modded it to hell and back but my point still stands, these extreme cases want more than 4GB of VRAM. Also any increase in resolution or texture quality means more VRAM is required. 1440p surround/eyefinity (Which is not unthinkable at all) can probably use more than 4GB with relative ease

[MoDtEc]

Skyrim is 1 game, it sure as hell does not need 8GB Vram, especially with such resolutions not needed much AA.

Modded!! Skyrim 

DSR.... heard about it?

And its mostly the "because we can part" ATM. ask that question again in a year or so

 

Edit: Archangel said everything there

[Mush Brain]

Modded!! Skyrim 

DSR.... heard about it?

And its mostly the "because we can part" ATM. ask that question again in a year or so

DSR at 4K, yet we don't have a single GPU capable of getting near 60FPS fluidly in many games at 4K, yet you bring up DSR... LOL

[Mush Brain]

He modded it to hell and back but my point still stands, these extreme cases want more than 4GB of VRAM. Also any increase in resolution or texture quality means more VRAM is required. 1440p surround/eyefinity (Which is not unthinkable at all) can probably use more than 4GB with relative ease

Resolution increases does not effect Vram on an even scale at all, textures remain the same resolution, as do effects ect.

[Archangel1994]

DSR at 4K, yet we don't have a single GPU capable of getting near 60FPS fluidly in many games at 4K, yet you bring up DSR... LOL

DSR is not as demanding as 4k so this is a pointless comment

 

Resolution increases does not effect Vram on an even scale at all, textures remain the same resolution, as do effects ect.

Even linus said it in his 10320x1440 eyefinity video....

 

It's more pixels to render so more VRAM is used. If I remove every possible texture from a game except the 1080p textures then put the GAME resolution at lower than that it will use less VRAM compared to when the game resolution is set 1080p

[flibberdipper]

Remind me to laugh my ass off at you if 8GB becomes mainstream.

 

But again, Skyrim. Get a clue.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Right now... No, it's not needed. But loads of games are starting to use much more vRAM, even if they don't require it. Shadow of Mordor uses 6GB at 1080p if it's available, and it actually helps a lot with performance. 

 

Heavily modded Skyrim can use more than 3GB 1080p and 5GB+ on 1080p surround.

[Lingering]

Nobody "currently" needs 8gb vram but i am sure soon enough now it exists someone will create something that does, tech shouldn't stop improving just because someone doesn't use it all right now.

[Mush Brain]

DSR is not as demanding as 4k so this is a pointless comment

 

Even linus said it in his 10320x1440 eyefinity video....

 

It's more pixels to render so more VRAM is used. If I remove every possible texture from a game except the 1080p textures then put the GAME resolution at lower than that it will use less VRAM compared to when the game resolution is set 1080p

You are obviously quite clueless, no single card can push 4K comfortably, you need 3-4 GPU's to really play OK at that resolution, then in comes 4K surround, so you will already be turning down settings to keep a playable frame rate, then in comes the biggest hit, you do not need to MOD the game any further, it's just someones interest in a broken game that people bring up.

[DigitalHermit]

aww man... I was going to say 7 4K monitor eyefinity...

[MeltyMoon]

Skyrim is 1 game, it sure as hell does not need 8GB Vram, especially with such resolutions not needed much AA.

My modded skyrim @ 1080p was maxing out my 3 GBs of vram. What are you even talking about? Of course we're going to need large frame buffers, Linus has said this multiple times. As games progress they require more and more amounts of vram. You sound like Bill Gates; '640KB of ram is all we'll ever need'  <_<

[Archangel1994]

You are obviously quite clueless, no single card can push 4K comfortably

I never claimed otherwise...

 

you need 3-4 GPU's to really play OK at that resolution

Dual 970 pushing 60 fps stable wants to have a word with you

 

 

 you do not need to MOD the game any further, it's just someones interest in a broken game that people bring up.

THis is completely besides the point. Also why would you not mod 4k textures if skyrim does not have 4k textures yet you run it at 4k? Serously.

 

You need to be less hostile but if I had to make a rebuttal allow me to say this: Calling someone clueless when you yourself say 100% horseshit info at time is kinda embarrassing

[Mush Brain]

I have ran modded Skyrim on 1.5GB GPu's without issues, i have ran BF3 at 1600p Ultra with AA on on 1.5GB GPU's, yet the entirety of people out there seem to be obsessed with higher Vram amounts.

[TheSLSAMG]

And before you mention 4K surround, find any quad pairing of GPU's able to push that ridiculous resolution which demands over 4GB of Vram.

Quad Titans can do it, as can quad R9 290Xes and GTX 980s.

[Mush Brain]

I never claimed otherwise...

 

Dual 970 pushing 60 fps stable wants to have a word with you

 

 

THis is completely besides the point. Also why would you not mod 4k textures if skyrim does not have 4k textures yet you run it at 4k? Serously.

 

You need to be less hostile but if I had to make a rebuttal allow me to say this: Calling someone clueless when you yourself say 100% horseshit info at time is kinda embarrassing

Not sure how this is horse shit, just you seem to think everyone is modding Skyrim at 4K, at which point less than 1% of the PC community are even at 4K LOL

[Mush Brain]

Quad Titans can do it, as can quad R9 290Xes and GTX 980s.

And what games will go over 4K which you can run comfortably at 4K?

 

The only one is skyrim apparently.

[Archangel1994]

just you seem to think everyone is modding Skyrim at 4K

Again, I never claimed this -,-

 

I really have to ask now because it seems like the answer is no: Do you even read properly what people post?

 

I already said that the 8GB of VRAM is for high-end/extreme cases, not your average gamer, therefore your title has been disproven