VRAM Question

[Wolfgang_Rush]

Still, I have a Question

 

Will A powerful Graphics card with less VRAM ( I'm talking about 4 to 6 GB ram) be better than a Less Powerful Graphics card with more VRAM ????

How does this work???

like GTX 980 4GB vs GTX 1060 6GB

I know that as Evolution in the gaming industry will happen the more VRAM will be added but How does this work??? 

what would've happened if they would've released 

GTX 1080 with 6 Gigs and GTX 1060 with 5Gigs 

 

 

[Altruist]

2 minutes ago, Wolfgang_Rush said:

Still, I have a Question

 

Will A powerful Graphics card with less VRAM ( I'm talking about 4 to 6 GB ram) be better than a Less Powerful Graphics card with more VRAM ????

How does this work???

like GTX 980 4GB vs GTX 1060 6GB

I know that as Evolution in the gaming industry will happen the more VRAM will be added but How does this work??? 

what would've happened if they would've released 

GTX 1080 with 6 Gigs and GTX 1060 with 5Gigs 

 

 

No, vram is like ram you won't notice the extra unless you never had enough.

[Wolfgang_Rush]

Elaborate please

[LukeSavenije]

only if you have not enough vram, which probebly won't happen unless you're doing some heavy work, and if you do, you should pick neither

[Sakkura]

The GTX 980 (4GB) and GTX 1060 6GB are about equal to begin with.

 

If you run a game that uses eg. 5GB of VRAM, then performance on the 980 will drop hugely, while the 1060 will not be affected.

 

But if you run a game that uses 4GB or less, then the different VRAM amounts on each card doesn't affect performance at all.

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

The GTX 980 (4GB) and GTX 1060 6GB are about equal to begin with.

 

If you run a game that uses eg. 5GB of VRAM, then performance on the 980 will drop hugely, while the 1060 will not be affected.

 

But if you run a game that uses 4GB or less, then the different VRAM amounts on each card doesn't affect performance at all.

isn't it 970=1060?

[Wolfgang_Rush]

Just now, Sakkura said:

The GTX 980 (4GB) and GTX 1060 6GB are about equal to begin with.

 

If you run a game that uses eg. 5GB of VRAM, then performance on the 980 will drop hugely, while the 1060 will not be affected.

 

But if you run a game that uses 4GB or less, then the different VRAM amounts on each card doesn't affect performance at all.

But 980 was a flagship card ??? This just means that VRAM is the only thing that matters ... 1060 is mid-range ...

my question is 

If a powerful graphics card have little less ram than a less powerful card which have a better ram

which one will emerge victoriously?????

 

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Wolfgang_Rush said:

But 980 was a flagship card ??? This just means that VRAM is the only thing that matters ... 1060 is mid-range ...

my question is 

If a powerful graphics card have little less ram than a less powerful card which have a better ram

which one will emerge victoriously?????

 

and a 980 sli setup is weaker than a single 1070 ti... tech changes

 

he exactly rounded up your question in the best way we can... take the advice or leave it

[Origami Cactus]

7 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

isn't it 970=1060?

gtx 980ti=1070, gtx980 4gb = gtx 1060 6gb, gtx970 = 1050ti

5 minutes ago, Wolfgang_Rush said:

But 980 was a flagship card ??? This just means that VRAM is the only thing that matters ... 1060 is mid-range ...

my question is 

If a powerful graphics card have little less ram than a less powerful card which have a better ram

which one will emerge victoriously?????

 

It was a flagship card, 5 years ago, no wonder the 1060 uses less power and is as powerful.

[Hiya!]

19 minutes ago, Wolfgang_Rush said:

Elaborate please

VRAM is RAM but on your video card near the GPU or inside the GPU in some cases such as HBM/GDDRX.

 

But the point is you will get more FPS if your Games need that extra VRAM although its not always the case.

You see VRAM holds data and it depends on the data that it held, Texture for example require a BIG amount of memory the Higher the quality goes but it didn't affect performance at all unless you ran out of VRAM, While anti aliasing heavily impact on the performance the higher the quality goes and it consume a lot of VRAM as well.

 

So it is all depends on what your GPU is currently working at, For example if you have R9 FURY X 4GB (which is a beast) running games with SSAA Maxed out VS GTX 1060 GB with the same settings then the R9 FURY would likely to win. But if you run the games with TEXTURE Quality maxed out that require more than 6GB of VRAM and only use FXAA then the 1060 6GB will be the winner.

[Wolfgang_Rush]

Just now, Origami Cactus said:

gtx 980ti=1070, gtx980 4gb = gtx 1060 6gb, gtx970 = 1050ti

It was a flagship card, 5 years ago, no wonder the 1060 uses less power and is as powerful.

alright 

noted

[Hiya!]

1 minute ago, Origami Cactus said:

gtx970 = 1050ti

I thought its 1060 3GB version or RX 470

[Altruist]

Just now, Hiya! said:

inside the GPU in some cases such as HBM/GDDRX

0.o is ggdrx is on die? ( connected with interposer )

Isn't it just like ggdr but with higher speeds?

[Wolfgang_Rush]

2 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

VRAM is RAM but on your video card near the GPU or inside the GPU in some cases such as HBM/GDDRX.

 

But the point is you will get more FPS if your Games need that extra VRAM although its not always the case.

You see VRAM holds data and it depends on the data that it held, Texture for example require a BIG amount of data the Higher the quality goes but it didn't affect performance at all unless you ran out of VRAM, While anti aliasing heavily impact on the performance the higher the quality goes and it consume a lot of VRAM as well.

 

So it is all depends on what your GPU is currently working at, For example if you have R9 FURY X 4GB (which is a beast) running games with SSAA Maxed out VS GTX 1060 GB with the same settings then the R9 FURY would likely to win. But if you run the games with TEXTURE Quality maxed out that require more than 6GB of VRAM and only use FXAA then the 1060 6GB will be the winner.

thats more like it .... 

thank you 

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

gtx 980ti=1070, gtx980 4gb = gtx 1060 6gb, gtx970 = 1050ti

It was a flagship card, 5 years ago, no wonder the 1060 uses less power and is as powerful.

I'll keep it on 1060 3gb then...

 

so now in every way the 1060 will be better...

[Hiya!]

Just now, Altruist said:

0.o is ggdrx is on die? ( connected with interposer )

Isn't it just like ggdr but with higher speeds?

My bad

[Altruist]

Just now, Hiya! said:

My bad

As in, im right?

idk if it is on die or not.

[Origami Cactus]

5 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

I thought its 1060 3GB version or RX 470

 

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

I'll keep it on 1060 3gb then...

Yeah looking at userbenchmark, the gtx 970 seems to be equal to 1060 3gb, not the 1050ti 4gb, my bad.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/2577vs3646

 

3 minutes ago, Altruist said:

As in, im right?

idk if it is on die or not.

HBM is on die, gddr5x is like 5, so separate. I dont know about gddr6 thought, but i guess it is like the5 and 5x.

[Sakkura]

48 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

isn't it 970=1060?

Spoiler

47 minutes ago, Wolfgang_Rush said:

But 980 was a flagship card ??? This just means that VRAM is the only thing that matters ... 1060 is mid-range ...

my question is 

If a powerful graphics card have little less ram than a less powerful card which have a better ram

which one will emerge victoriously?????

 

980 was not really a flagship, that was the 980 Ti (and Titan X).

 

The answer is that VRAM amount has no effect as long as you're not using more than what each card has. Once you go above what one card has, then performance drops a lot.

[Emanbaird]

I NEED MORE WAMS FOR MY 1080P WEAGUE OF WEGENDS

REEEEEE