VRAM becoming more important?

[i_build_nanosuits]

snip! good read BTW

While all this is very well said and true, there is one thing you have to take into consideration: it's that you can not really compare console specs and PC specs, games are otpimised to a much higher degree to run better on each individual console platform, while the port on PC is often trown togheter really quickly. A good example of this would be some of the last gen AAA console exclusive...they are very well optimised, check for example at the specs of a PS3 and then play ''The Last Of Us'', it's quite impressive even for a long time enthousiat PC player.

Oh and is your 770 a 2gb card? lol

...and also, the GTX 780 3GB is also out of place i'm capping out my RAM in too many titles for my likings already i can see the 3gb becoming a problem soon enough...to the point where i no longer even consider putting this card in SLI.

[7850OC]

wait to see the new Hello Kitty 8k :rolleyes:

[deathjester]

While all this is very well said and true, there is one thing you have to take into consideration: it's that you can not really compare console specs and PC specs, games are otpimised to a much higher degree to run better on each individual console platform, while the port on PC is often trown togheter really quickly. A good example of this would be some of the last gen AAA console exclusive...they are very well optimised, check for example at the specs of a PS3 and then play ''The Last Of Us'', it's quite impressive even for a long time enthousiat PC player.

Oh and is your 770 a 2gb card? lol

...and also, the GTX 780 3GB is also out of place i'm capping out my RAM in too many titles for my likings already i can see the 3gb becoming a problem soon enough...to the point where i no longer even consider putting this card in SLI.

 

Yeah. Addressed optimization in another thread. Has to do more with CPU than GPU. Oh and yup I have the 2 gig version. Screwed the pooch on that lol .

 

I did get if for $278 or something before tax open box at Microcenter though not long after Black Friday. No biggy. Gonna sell the 770 to a bud for 150 or something and grab a GTX 970. He needs a upgrade and I play WoW with him anyways.

 

If I would have paid like 350-400 for it I would be really bummed. Not bummed at all that the 770 is 2GB of VRAM to be honest. It really isn't a 1440p and up card anyways, and I like downsampling old games like Mass Effect and Nvidia DSR makes that a bit easier. Wanted to get off 1080p for awhile now, I was just waiting for this to release. If R9 290 was better value/features would have grabbed it. 970's seem to be a great deal though and has some features that actually impact me.

 

Usually hate buying release cards, but the 970 is pretty painless compared to other purchases I have made.

[GeTecknics]

You even have new 700$ card like gtx 980 

gtx 980 is $549 - $590 not $700 why did you say this plus i highly doubt it will need 6 gigs if it does its a bad port 

[Midnight]

gtx 980 is $549 - $590 not $700 why did you say this plus i highly doubt it will need 6 gigs if it does its a bad port 

 

The price depends on where you live.

[I/O]

Vram will always scale with the performance of the GPU or at leased it should GTX 680/770 being the exception to the rule. There's no point in adding massive amounts of Vram when it's not getting used.