Understanding Vram

[masked106]

Hi guys

 

I will be getting a laptop which is equipped with the gtx 970m 6gb edition. but im having trouble getting my head around the whole Vram thing. I understand that at higher resolutions or when using multiple monitors more vram is best, but at 1080p gaming, does having more Vram give me a more solid Fps? example

 

ive seen a Gtx 970m 3GB run assassins creed unity on ultra with vsync off and achieveing 30-40Fps. by having a 6Gb, would I get a higher Fps? woiuld I be able to turn on Vsync and maybe get a little more Fps? or am I totally misunderstanding Vram?

 

thanks for all the help

 

P.S and yes I do understand AC unity is broken.

 

[Mo5]

VRAM is just storing textures (and other data) GPU is currently working on. Unless you're running out of it the performance is exactly the same.

[Nexxus]

It can if you start to exceed the limit, for example every now and again my GTA5 will TANK in FPS because I choose to run it without vram restriction since of course its not a consistent figure its using.

But as for...if you have a game using 512mb of vram and you have a  2gb card and a 1gb card..assuming they are otherwise ABSOLUTLY IDENTICAL other then vram im pretty sure the FPS is going to be the exact same.

[ZetZet]

6gb of vram is way too much for that card. it will not provide any gain over 3gb 970m.

[Cheddle]

Hi guys

 

I will be getting a laptop which is equipped with the gtx 970m 6gb edition. but im having trouble getting my head around the whole Vram thing. I understand that at higher resolutions or when using multiple monitors more vram is best, but at 1080p gaming, does having more Vram give me a more solid Fps? example

 

ive seen a Gtx 970m 3GB run assassins creed unity on ultra with vsync off and achieveing 30-40Fps. by having a 6Gb, would I get a higher Fps? woiuld I be able to turn on Vsync and maybe get a little more Fps? or am I totally misunderstanding Vram?

 

thanks for all the help

 

P.S and yes I do understand AC unity is broken.

 

vram size has NOTHING to do with performance... untill you dont have enough of it... when you RUN OUT then you get bad performance... at 4k with cranked settings MOST games dont even use 4gb of VRAM...

 

some do use more, however generally 4gb is plenty, 2gb is borderline however and should be carefully looked at - if the games you intend to play performance fine at the resolution you will be playing them at - then go for it...

[KenJimmY]

he made a video about this , you know ?

[masked106]

will I ever go past 3Gb of Vram at 1080p? even for games in the next 2-3 years and current games on ultra or even high settings?

[TheCaptain53]

will I ever go past 3Gb of Vram at 1080p? even for games in the next 2-3 years and current games on ultra or even high settings?

That is debateable. Whilst 2GB is enough to get you by in 1080p now, games will start becoming more texture heavy and more VRAM intensive. 6GB is definitely overkill for 1080p, you will not use that much VRAM at that resolution for a long time, however, 3GB should be plenty given that the video game has had solid development and is relatively well optimised (I'm looking at you Ubisoft).

[Bouzoo]

That GPU will bottleneck way before it can get close to using 6 GB.

 

will I ever go past 3Gb of Vram at 1080p? even for games in the next 2-3 years and current games on ultra or even high settings?

You may and you may not. If everything is running fine you shouldn't. Also for the second part, we don't know that. We don't know how much VRAM we'll need in the next year, let alone 2-3, that's a long time for stuff to happen. And even now the 970m can't max everything at 1080p @ 30 FPS, let alone 60. Yes there are few exceptions, but mind you the list is gonna get bigger.

[masked106]

id say the most intensive games id be running right now is probably AC unity, Batman AK and hopefully the new AC Syndicate. im guessing just go with the 3GB edition? the screen can only achieve a maximum of 1080p so im not really going for 4k Gaming.

[nfank]

id say the most intensive games id be running right now is probably AC unity, Batman AK and hopefully the new AC Syndicate. im guessing just go with the 3GB edition? the screen can only achieve a maximum of 1080p so im not really going for 4k Gaming.

get the 3gb!

 

lets say you were using the 6gb card...

any scenario where your card could use above 3gb, it's most likely youll be running low fps and incentivises to lower the settings..

which would also lower the requirement of VRAM

3gb card makes perfect sense!

[masked106]

thank you to everyone who commented. im going to get the 3GB edition!