What does having more vram on a gpu do?

[MasterLuc]

What does having more vram on a gpu do? Because I would like to know if a 4gb gtx 770 is better than a 3gb gtx 780

[Luc401]

Its for when you have high resolution displays normally , like a 4k panel or like 3 4k panels , if your using just a 1080p monitor 2gb is fine

[Archangel1994]

HIgher VRAM = Better performance on high resolutions. For 1080p 2 GB is enough. For 1440p I would recommend 3GB and above that 4GB cards or 6GB cards.

[Sauron]

It allows you to load higher resolution textures, which means at high resolutions you will still be able to get the same texture quality.

[Enderman]

High res textures on a high res screen is when you need more than 3GB.

[Trik'Stari]

So does Vram only increase texture resolution? I always thought it helped with other things in gaming as well, like how much your pc can render and what not.

[Mick Naughty]

Well what are you going for overall? Just gaming and sticking to a normal res, such as 1920x1080? Video editing?

[MasterLuc]

Well what are you going for overall? Just gaming and sticking to a normal res, such as 1920x1080? Video editing?

 yes video editing as well

[Yttersta]

Everything you see on your monitor are on your VRAM. More you have on it, more you can store without having to do quick data swapping on your VRAM.

 

For instance, having a 2GB VRAM, as many users have stated, allows you to pretty much do whatever you want on a 1080p display. In short, higher the resolution your screen is, higher the resolution textures there are, more the polygon and 3D objects count on the image on your screen, more VRAM you need.

 

Don't rule out anything above 2GB VRAM unnecessary though, just in case you have a 1080p display! You can always make your graphics cards render in higher resolution than your actual display, causing it to use a lot more GPU and VRAM and then have it downscaled to obtain an end result of better and sharper graphics on your 1080p panel.

 

 

In my book I always say more the better for VRAM, you never know when or why you might need it, and usually they do not come with very high price tags, such as the EVGA 780 6GB editions; these have only a mere $30 higher tag than the 3GB versions in many stores.

 

 

 

With the so called "next-gen" consoles and PC becoming the only platforms on which games are developed, games in particular for the next 2 years will start to use a lot more VRAM due to the fact that both the consoles have shared VRAM and system RAM now, giving them a lot more room than 2GB or 4GB to work with, albeit their GPUs not being able to render that high end stuff of course, but this leverages PC very very highly in the end of the day as it indeed has the power needed.

[MasterLuc]

Everything you see on your monitor are on your VRAM. More you have on it, more you can store without having to do quick data swapping on your VRAM.

 

For instance, having a 2GB VRAM, as many users have stated, allows you to pretty much do whatever you want on a 1080p display. In short, higher the resolution your screen is, higher the resolution textures there are, more the polygon and 3D objects count on the image on your screen, more VRAM you need.

 

Don't rule out anything above 2GB VRAM unnecessary though, just in case you have a 1080p display! You can always make your graphics cards render in higher resolution than your actual display, causing it to use a lot more GPU and VRAM and then have it downscaled to obtain an end result of better and sharper graphics on your 1080p panel.

 

 

In my book I always say more the better for VRAM, you never know when or why you might need it, and usually they do not come with very high price tags, such as the EVGA 780 6GB editions; these have only a mere $30 higher tag than the 3GB versions in many stores.

 

 

 

With the so called "next-gen" consoles and PC becoming the only platforms on which games are developed, games in particular for the next 2 years will start to use a lot more VRAM due to the fact that both the consoles have shared VRAM and system RAM now, giving them a lot more room than 2GB or 4GB to work with, albeit their GPUs not being able to render that high end stuff of course, but this leverages PC very very highly in the end of the day as it indeed has the power needed.

 

ok so a 4gb gtx 770 would be better than a 3gb gtx 780 in certain cases like running more monitors at 1080p but what would happen frame rate wise because the gtx 780 is a beefer card

[MasterLuc]

HIgher VRAM = Better performance on high resolutions. For 1080p 2 GB is enough. For 1440p I would recommend 3GB and above that 4GB cards or 6GB cards.

 so say I wanted to run a 1920x1080 and a 1440x900 monitor and then upgrade too two 1080p monitors 2gb would be enough

[Archangel1994]

 so say I wanted to run a 1920x1080 and a 1440x900 monitor and then upgrade too two 1080p monitors 2gb would be enough

The Vram only really matters in gaming situations. I have 2GB of Vram on my HD7870 and I run 1080p main and 1680x1050 on secondary. As long as I don't do anything insane on my second screen I never run out of VRAM.

[Horrorfull]

Bragging rights.