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hey guys, i've searched so many times about this over the web and never got a good satisfying answer...

is a 4gb graphics card better than a 2gb one ? in what ways ? i currently own an msi GTX 760 4gb OC edition. 

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Only if you're running multiple monitors

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hey guys, i've searched so many times about this over the web and never got a good satisfying answer...

is a 4gb graphics card better than a 2gb one ? in what ways ? i currently own an msi GTX 760 4gb OC edition. 

 

If you have a 4gb 760 already, why worry about it? ;)

 

Either way, you only need more than 2gb if you want more than 1080p. So it's completely pointless on a 760 because it can't drive anything more than 1080p well enough to benefit from the extra vram.

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hey guys, i've searched so many times about this over the web and never got a good satisfying answer...

is a 4gb graphics card better than a 2gb one ? in what ways ? i currently own an msi GTX 760 4gb OC edition. 

There really won't be much more benefit of having the extra 2Gb's, but it will be better as textures in games become more intense and if you ever to decide to run multiple monitors. The raw performance between the two cards will be the same though.

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hey guys, i've searched so many times about this over the web and never got a good satisfying answer...

is a 4gb graphics card better than a 2gb one ? in what ways ? i currently own an msi GTX 760 4gb OC edition. 

At low resolutions (1920x1080) or lower, it should be fine on the vast majority of GAMES.

 

However, if you want: 1- multi monitors setups ; 2- video editing ; 3- some VERY particular games (I'm looking at you, Shadows of Mordor texture pack) - then yes, the 4gb is a better choice.

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2GB is already saturated at 1080p in few games, this will increase as new games arrive.

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Only if you're running multiple monitors

gaming on multiple monitors*

Having the monitors alone doesn't matter at all. 

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shadow of mordor needs 4 gigs for ultra textures

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At low resolutions (1920x1080) or lower, it should be fine on the vast majority of GAMES.

 

However, if you want: 1- multi monitors setups ; 2- video editing ; 3- some VERY particular games (I'm looking at you, Shadows of Mordor texture pack) - then yes, the 4gb is a better choice.

well i dont do video editing as much as CAD applications such as archicad and autocad... will the 4gb be handy ? 

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4GB is recommended for next few years.

 

(Recent games require more than 2GB of vram in 1080p very high settings (watch dogs. shadow of mordor, Assasins creed unity are few examples) )

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well i dont do video editing as much as CAD applications such as archicad and autocad... will the 4gb be handy ? 

It can be helpful in the future but the extra vram won't help much in current games. What the extra vram can be very useful for today is for things like video editing and high-poly modeling. 

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