SLI and Vram

[binh thanh le]

i planning to get the x34 g sync predator monitor. here are something i want to know. 1st i prefer the reference cooler more than the custom as i will run in 2x sli, however the gpu will run significantly hotter so how much of a lifespan reduction i'm looking at in years. also i know 3440x1440 is about 5mill and i'm quoting here and 4k is 3820x2160 which is about 8.2 mill so a there quite a gap but shadow of mordor used more than 6gb of ram at ultra high 4k (more ram no benefit but less ram all hell break lose) and i planing to have an 1080p connect to the ultra wide monitor for work along side gaming so it ram up the vram quite a bit. so do i had to suck up and get titan x or 980 ti is enough

[Glenwing]

i planning to get the x34 g sync predator monitor. here are something i want to know. 1st i prefer the reference cooler more than the custom as i will run in 2x sli, however the gpu will run significantly hotter so how much of a lifespan reduction i'm looking at in years. also i know 3440x1440 is about 5mill and i'm quoting here and 4k is 3820x2160 which is about 8.2 mill so a there quite a gap but shadow of mordor used more than 6gb of ram at ultra high 4k (more ram no benefit but less ram all hell break lose) and i planing to have an 1080p connect to the ultra wide monitor for work along side gaming so it ram up the vram quite a bit. so do i had to suck up and get titan x or 980 ti is enough

980 Ti should be fine.

[salecar3]

980ti cans take 1440p ultra 60fps(most games) without much AA

[Hieb]

i planning to get the x34 g sync predator monitor. here are something i want to know. 1st i prefer the reference cooler more than the custom as i will run in 2x sli, however the gpu will run significantly hotter so how much of a lifespan reduction i'm looking at in years. also i know 3440x1440 is about 5mill and i'm quoting here and 4k is 3820x2160 which is about 8.2 mill so a there quite a gap but shadow of mordor used more than 6gb of ram at ultra high 4k (more ram no benefit but less ram all hell break lose) and i planing to have an 1080p connect to the ultra wide monitor for work along side gaming so it ram up the vram quite a bit. so do i had to suck up and get titan x or 980 ti is enough

 

Games will cache extra data in VRAM when it's available to reduce how often it needs to juggle things around between HDD, system RAM and VRAM. It doesn't always require this though. For example I can play GTA 5 on my GTX 760 2GB with High textures just fine... no massive framedrops or anything, and VRAM usage is in the neighbourhood of 1800-2000MB. But if you played on the exact same settings with the 4GB version you'd see VRAM usage well above 2GB just because it's there. Basically games will use extra VRAM if it's available just in case.

 

Also running an extra monitor just for desktop use doesn't add a significant amount of VRAM requirements, so don't worry about that.

 

GTX 980 Ti will be enough. Go nuts.

[typographie]

Games will cache extra data in VRAM when it's available to reduce how often it needs to juggle things around between HDD, system RAM and VRAM. It doesn't always require this though. For example I can play GTA 5 on my GTX 760 2GB with High textures just fine... no massive framedrops or anything, and VRAM usage is in the neighbourhood of 1800-2000MB. But if you played on the exact same settings with the 4GB version you'd see VRAM usage well above 2GB just because it's there. Basically games will use extra VRAM if it's available just in case.

 

^^^ So much this.

 

I'm linking this yet again: http://techreport.com/blog/28800/how-much-video-memory-is-enough

[SeanAngelo]

i planning to get the x34 g sync predator monitor. here are something i want to know. 1st i prefer the reference cooler more than the custom as i will run in 2x sli, however the gpu will run significantly hotter so how much of a lifespan reduction i'm looking at in years. also i know 3440x1440 is about 5mill and i'm quoting here and 4k is 3820x2160 which is about 8.2 mill so a there quite a gap but shadow of mordor used more than 6gb of ram at ultra high 4k (more ram no benefit but less ram all hell break lose) and i planing to have an 1080p connect to the ultra wide monitor for work along side gaming so it ram up the vram quite a bit. so do i had to suck up and get titan x or 980 ti is enough

you're good with a 980Ti. The Titan X doesn't really make sense...