3000series VRAM

[Niidhogg]

Hej !

 

Looking on the specs for the new gpus and am I the only one that finds it odd that the 3080 only has 10GB of VRAM ? I'm currently playing Control in2160p and it almost takes the whole 8GB of VRAM i have, so if the 3080 is 4K capable for the futur it makes its 10GB of VRAM kinda look week.

 

What do you think ?

[DominicNikon]

I personally think 10gb is a good amount of vram considering its price. I currently have an RTX 2080 super and i've never used more then 5/8gb of vram 

[Eigenvektor]

Increasing the resolution you play at isn't going to increase VRAM usage by an appreciable amount. VRAM is mostly used by textures and 3D models. And considering they have a new "load stuff directly from SSD" technology, I'd assume they can swap those out on demand much more quickly in the future, meaning you don't have to hold tons of them in memory, just in case you need them.

[Kryptos]

I have a ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 TI....Which as 11GB of VRAM, and I've been fine for the past ~4 years. The only thing I'm missing out on right now is ray tracing. According to a recent Software Survey from Steam...most people use just around ~8GB and the vast percentage are under 8GB... so 10GB being the mid tier isn't too bad. (https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam)

[VeganJoy]

1 hour ago, Niidhogg said:

Hej !

username checks out haha

 

1 hour ago, Niidhogg said:

Looking on the specs for the new gpus and am I the only one that finds it odd that the 3080 only has 10GB of VRAM ? I'm currently playing Control in2160p and it almost takes the whole 8GB of VRAM i have, so if the 3080 is 4K capable for the futur it makes its 10GB of VRAM kinda look week.

 

What do you think ?

8gb on the 3070 and 10 on the 3080 are kinda lame imo, theres no way they dont have high vram models waiting. at least the $700 sku got a bump up but itd be nice if they had 10 and 12gb respectively. unless vram becomes less important with new ssd tech and whatnot, these release cards may not age well. considering a used 2080ti for the vram myself

[Niidhogg]

2 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Increasing the resolution you play at isn't going to increase VRAM usage by an appreciable amount. VRAM is mostly used by textures and 3D models. And considering they have a new "load stuff directly from SSD" technology, I'd assume they can swap those out on demand much more quickly in the future, meaning you don't have to hold tons of them in memory, just in case you need them.

I actually have a 3.3-3.5GHZ SSD, would love to see how it improves games with this new tech

[Eigenvektor]

4 hours ago, Niidhogg said:

I actually have a 3.3-3.5GHZ SSD, would love to see how it improves games with this new tech

I guess it'll be some time before games come out that take advantage of it. But who knows, consoles are getting similar tech, so maybe it'll be adopted fairly quickly.

[BTGbullseye]

9 hours ago, VeganJoy said:

8gb on the 3070 and 10 on the 3080 are kinda lame imo

Nvidia compresses data in their VRAM in the 2000 and 3000 series cards, meaning that it's usually effectively the same as about 20% more VRAM on the AMD side.