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Vram is used to store the textures of the game for quick loading when you are moving throughout the game "world."  More Vram allows you to set the textures to the highest qualities, while still having fast access to all the data without having large fps spikes and dips, assuming your gpu can process it all.  However, no games are using even the 6gb limits of the 980ti, so the other 6gb on the titan x is just overkill unless in a professional environment. 

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He Linus community, I am in the need of a new graphics card. I have been looking at the 980ti and titan x, but there Fps results look extremely close in 4k. So I think I might go for the 980ti, but I don't understand what the 12gb of vram is doing for the Titan , what is vram even used for?

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12Gb of epeen. 

 

Gaming wise nothing much. 

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He Linus community, I am in the need of a new graphics card. I have been looking at the 980ti and titan x, but there Fps results look extremely close in 4k. So I think I might go for the 980ti, but I don't understand what the 12gb of vram is doing for the Titan , what is vram even used for?

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Zach

just grab a 980ti

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12Gb of epeen. 

 

Gaming wise nothing much.

Yeh but was is the vram even used for?

Its when dragons have so much sex that the cpu cant handle it

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980Ti for gaming, Titan X would be for big heckie epen's or maybe some hardcore content creation work?. 

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Not for gaming.

That still doesn't tell me what it does!

Its when dragons have so much sex that the cpu cant handle it

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very high res gaming (like stupid high, where the card would be sub 30 fps anyways).

 

There are probably workstation programs that can fill up 12gb of vram as well.

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Vram is used to store the textures of the game for quick loading when you are moving throughout the game "world."  More Vram allows you to set the textures to the highest qualities, while still having fast access to all the data without having large fps spikes and dips, assuming your gpu can process it all.  However, no games are using even the 6gb limits of the 980ti, so the other 6gb on the titan x is just overkill unless in a professional environment. 

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That still doesn't tell me what it does!

in gaming textures and other data are stored in vram, so the only time you will exceed the 6gb on the 980ti will be like 4k surround, where the textures are very large.

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in gaming textures and other data are stored in vram, so the only time you will exceed the 6gb on the 980ti will be like 4k surround, where the textures are very large.

That's what I'm planning on, so I might be going with the Titan x

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Jeez guys..obviously this dude wants to know what they're used for. Well, it's basically for professional work such as rendering models with extreme textures or what not. Like for rendering movie level CGI stuff. Or used in programs where GPU can accelerate process and such process require high VRAM.

 

What YOU need to know, is just get 980 ti and ignore Titan X. 

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That still doesn't tell me what it does!

For people who are too goddamn rich

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