The 390(non X) will be better than a 980, Fury, and Fury X within the next two years.

[KarateHottie93]

Mark my words. By the middle of 2017 the high end 4GB cards will be significantly bottlenecked by the VRAM enough to where they handle the games coming out then at 1080P on medium settings at best. The 390 will cruise on by at it's full ability though cause it's got an adequate VRAM/GPU power ratio.

Just saying...

[pokechat8978]

Mark my words. By the middle of 2017 the high end 4GB cards will be significantly bottlenecked by the VRAM enough to where they handle the games coming out then at 1080P on medium settings at best. The 390 will cruise on by at it's full ability though cause it's got an adequate VRAM/GPU power ratio.

Just saying...

K.

[Aytex]

not rlly i think, sli 970's preform up to a 980 ti on 4k and both 1440p cus of le shitty 3.5 vram lel

[SteamOverlay]

doubt the 8gb is even usable but ok

also isnt gddr5?

[ThinkWithPortals]

 

We'll see about that.

[ThinkWithPortals]

doubt the 8gb is even usable but ok

 

Why wouldn't it be? It is on my 390.

[Dabombinable]

*sigh* If there was only at least a 3GB version of my GTX 650ti, and a GTX 970 with 6GB full speed vRAM. I'd have bought both of them-I'm already finding games that max out the vRAM on my 2GB GTX650ti before I even max out its GPU.

[SteamOverlay]

Why wouldn't it be? It is on my 390.

 

you managed to use all 8 on your card?

[Quinnbeast]

Within the next two years, many enthusiasts will already have purchased (or will be considering) their next GPU, rendering the entire argument completely moot by that stage.

 

Just saying.

[TheRandomness]

you managed to use all 8 on your card?

Well it has a 512 bit mem bus.. I can't see why it can't use all 8GB at once

Within the next two years, many enthusiasts will already have purchased (or will be considering) their next GPU, rendering the entire argument completely moot by that stage.

 

Just saying.

And I'll be sat here next to my lovely little (big) 290 c:

[ThinkWithPortals]

you managed to use all 8 on your card?

Ah sorry. I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that it was another 970, that some of the VRAM wasn't really usable (970's last 512MB). All the VRAM is usable, but I've never used it all. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[SteamOverlay]

Well it has a 512 bit mem bus.. I can't see why it can't use all 8GB at once

 

And I'll be sat here next to my lovely little (big) 290 c:

 

if i find the video i will send it you 

linus or jayz was talking about it probably not being able to the 8gb "not unlocked". dont quote me on that

[SteamOverlay]

Ah sorry. I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that it was another 970, that some of the VRAM wasn't really usable (970's last 512MB). All the VRAM is usable, but I've never used it all. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

 

Well it has a 512 bit mem bus.. I can't see why it can't use all 8GB at once

 

And I'll be sat here next to my lovely little (big) 290 c:

Guess i was wrong

[SolarNova]

considering most games are console ports nowadays, and almost never have high rez textures even when ported, I think it unlikely that what you (OP) said will ever happen.

 

 

Besides even if it did, any PC gamer or PC Enthusiast will just buy current generation GPU of that time anyway.

[CommandMan7]

I think that there'll be an increase in both Vram Usage and speed necessary - Vram usage will need more than 4GB, but the speed also will need to be above a certain threshold. Unless a card has enough memory speed, then the 8GB will be useless. In the end, this'll probably mean the 390 will become slightly better than the 4GB cards, but only for a very short window before it too succumbs to the comparatively slow speed of GDDR5.

[App4that]

if i find the video i will send it you 

linus or jayz was talking about it probably not being able to the 8gb "not unlocked". dont quote me on that

Crossfire says hi, and asked me to tell you you're in their chair.

[SteamOverlay]

Crossfire says hi, and asked me to tell you you're in their chair.

dont get it

you must be above me

[connorpiper]

The only game I have that will get close to 4GB usage is GTA V for me, but that game has some serious issues with conserving vRAM, and it uses vRAM for shadows. (1080p, Ultra settings)

[don_svetlio]

Shadow of Mordor maxed says hi

[SkilledRebuilds]

Would it just be the case of Games made (still made on/for PC but focusing on consoles primarily) and the UNIFIED memory system that the consoles have, making PC porting worse in regards to Vram requirements.?

 

Seems it got majorly worse (vram reqs) after the console had landed and games since their launch.... not all, but some, seem to be vram bloated, and I'm wondering if thats cos the game was made around the idea of Unified Memory systems like how the consoles function.

Genuinely curious.

[ivan134]

Would it just be the case of Games made (still made on/for PC but focusing on consoles primarily) and the UNIFIED memory system that the consoles have, making PC porting worse in regards to Vram requirements.?

 

Seems it got majorly worse (vram reqs) after the console had landed and games since their launch.... not all, but some, seem to be vram bloated, and I'm wondering if thats cos the game was made around the idea of Unified Memory systems like how the consoles function.

Genuinely curious.

The PS4 is the only one with unified memory iirc.

[KarateHottie93]

doubt the 8gb is even usable but ok

also isnt gddr5?

Really, it's not usable? That's funny. There are cards from a decade ago though would still be viable at 720P if they had more than 200MB's memory.