Is my graphics card overkill?

[Daringpear]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jBX7K8

For my planned build, I have chosen an XFX R9 380 as a graphics card. As i am planning on getting a 1080p monitor, is the 4GB VRAM (8x my current setup with a Radeon HD 6530D) overkill for the moderate/light gaming I am planning on doing (games such as XCOM 2)? Additionally, how useful is the extra VRAM for applications like space engine (http://en.spaceengine.org/) that are very rendering-intensive? Lastly, are there any cards out there with similar performance, but cheaper and with less VRAM?

[App4that]

No, stick with the 380 4g.

[Guest]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jBX7K8

For my planned build, I have chosen an XFX R9 380 as a graphics card. As i am planning on getting a 1080p monitor, is the 4GB VRAM (8x my current setup with a Radeon HD 6530D) overkill for the moderate/light gaming I am planning on doing (games such as XCOM 2)? Additionally, how useful is the extra VRAM for applications like space engine (http://en.spaceengine.org/) that are very rendering-intensive? Lastly, are there any cards out there with similar performance, but cheaper and with less VRAM?

What do you mean by light gaming?

I had a MSI 380 and it topped out CSGO 4Xaa at 150fps+.

[theereal]

Depends, some people mean "I game very little" when reffering to light gaming and others mean "I play games that dont require alot of horsepower".

[Daringpear]

What do you mean by light gaming?

I had a MSI 380 and it topped out CSGO 4Xaa at 150fps+.

I guess for games that don't require a lot of horsepower to run.

[Piemanfood]

It's never a problem to have an overkill gpu unless you are concerned about the price which is where you would want to think about getting a lesser one but if you aren't that one is pretty good and will last you for a good amount of time.

[App4that]

Don't limit what's available to you to play. Stick with 4g of VRAM.

[Guest]

I guess for games that don't require a lot of horsepower to run.

Well, it topped out BSI at 70 average and dropped to 50ish in heavy fights.

[N64CUBE]

Is that case big enough for his psu?

[Daringpear]

Is that case big enough for his psu?

Yep. Linus did it with a bigger one

[Najuno]

I don´t see how such a medium card would be overkill, it´s going to be okay.

[Dash Lambda]

VRAM isn't what's important. You choose a GPU, and the GPU will have a VRAM capacity corresponding with its performance tier (With the exception of the Fury X in the current gen...). It does not go the other way around.

[ivan134]

VRAM isn't what's important. You choose a GPU, and the GPU will have a VRAM capacity corresponding with its performance tier (With the exception of the Fury X in the current gen...). It does not go the other way around.

4GB HBM doesn't have performance drawbacks for the Fury X. The same GDDR5 metrics don't apply to HBM.

[Dash Lambda]

4GB HBM doesn't have performance drawbacks for the Fury X. The same GDDR5 metrics don't apply to HBM.

I didn't mean to say that the Fury X has deficient VRAM, just that a comparison in VRAM capacity between it and other similar-performance GPUs is different.