GTX 980 8GB ?

[klitgaard]

Hey i am wondering if some one have some news about the 8GB GTX 980 and 970?
and how big will the defrince be?

[I/O]

The difference will be nil to nothing. Actually the higher memory count could cause higher latency which might slow things down a frame or two.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Hey i am wondering if some one have some news about the 8GB GTX 980 and 970?

and how big will the defrince be?

Zero difference between the 4GB and 8GB models.

Until your actually go past the 4096MB of framebuffer, then the 4GB will cripple a little and have issues like stuttering gameplay or random hitching, while the 8GB model will be fine.

[I/O]

None, unless you play at 4k or triple 1440p, and in both cases I don't recommend getting a 970 anyways.

Dual 980s even triple would not offer enough performance for triple 4k resolutions. Unless one likes to try and play a slide show. 

[klitgaard]

okay i am on 1080p now but will maby opgrade to 1440p..
Some idea what the price will be for the 8GB? 

[I/O]

okay i am on 1080p now but will maby opgrade to 1440p..

Some idea what the price will be for the 8GB? 

The price will be like throwing money away.

[ImBleu]

okay i am on 1080p now but will maby opgrade to 1440p..

Some idea what the price will be for the 8GB? 

 

Consider the price of the R9 290x and the 8GB Model. should be similar.

 

I'd stick with the 4GB, nvidia seems to know what they're doing.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Dual 980s even triple would not offer enough performance for triple 4k resolutions. Unless one likes to try and play a slide show. 

He didn't say triple 4K. 

 

 

okay i am on 1080p now but will maby opgrade to 1440p..

Some idea what the price will be for the 8GB? 

4GB is fine for 1440P. Spending extra money on 8GB is a complete waste. 

 

I'd expect a $70-$120 increase in price. 

[I/O]

He didn't say triple 4K. 

Ay any rate that would be the resolution at which could benefit from 8GB Vram. Problem is no GPUs have the performance to push that massive of a resolution even 980s in quad SLI.

[Glenwing]

Even multiple GTX 980s in SLI won't have enough raw power to perform well in any situation that actually needs 8GB of VRAM. There would be no point to a card like that, not to mention GTX 980 doesn't have enough memory bandwidth to effectively use 8GB of VRAM anyway. If an 8GB version is released, it will be a money-grab opportunity only and nothing more, the card itself would be completely pointless.

[Cheddle]

my gtx980 has 4096mb of ram

 

Shadow of mordor GPU memory usage on Ultra preset (textures on "high" I don't have the "Ultra" texture pack - it uses 6gb of vram)

 

4k: 3,883-4024 mb

1440: 3,300 mb

1080: 3,069 mb

[Grrizz]

IMO 4GB is fine but I am also interested in the 8GB versions because I can see devs releasing games with larger more varied textures over the next year because of the consoles having access to ~5GB, there are already a couple of games that can make use of >4GB. There will be a premium for the extra 4GB though so I would only go for it if you don't mind being a bit frivolous.

[Mush Brain]

No one needs 8GB.

[klitgaard]

I am just locking at the R9 290x 8GB it basically cost the same as the 4GB giv or take 20-50 dollars and thinking Nvidia have to compeat with that maby the 8GB 980 may be more or less the same price as the 4GB... 

[Majestic]

Even multiple GTX 980s in SLI won't have enough raw power to perform well in any situation that actually needs 8GB of VRAM. There would be no point to a card like that, not to mention GTX 980 doesn't have enough memory bandwidth to effectively use 8GB of VRAM anyway. If an 8GB version is released, it will be a money-grab opportunity only and nothing more, the card itself would be completely pointless.

 

It depends on how the texturestreaming or memory utilization of the game actually functions. Games like Lord of the fallen and Watch Dogs actually fully saturate the memory and gain speed by using this instead of system memory of harddrive space. If the engine can prioritize which memory to load first and second, it can use the VRAM and System RAM to quickly load an store textures to prevent microstuttering caused by SSD or HDD seektimes.

 

Skyrim or Diablo do an exceptional poor job at this, to provide contrast. If they run out of memory, instant slide show. Lords of the fallen actually doesn't slow to a crawl when you've filled the memory.

[MattLantis]

No one needs 8GB.

>reads

>looks at AC:U specs

>disagrees because godammit AC