4gb or 8gb

[MatchuEnsmith]

I am running a 2560x1080p 75Hz monitor and I play Overwatch and far cry 5 and that's about it. I have already decided on the RX 580 but is 4gb good enough or should I go for the 8gb version?

[ARikozuM]

4GB is more than enough for 1080 gaming at the moment. By the time you'll need more, the cores will be more powerful or cheaper.

[Jasun]

RAM wont really affect your performance in the games that you're playing. 

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Jasun said:

RAM wont really affect your performance in the games that you're playing. 

hes talking about VRAM

[Jasun]

Just now, dragoon20005 said:

hes talking about VRAM

ooooh. oops, lol.

[rip]

22 minutes ago, Jasun said:

ooooh. oops, lol.

and even so, 4GB of RAM is very limited. 4GB of VRAM not yet

[aisle9]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

4GB is more than enough for 1080 gaming at the moment. By the time you'll need more, the cores will be more powerful or cheaper.

Ultrawide is kind of a different beast though. Granted, we're talking about Overwatch and what I'm assuming is Far Cry 4 or Far Cry Primal, given that FC5 is still a year-ish away IIRC.

 

I don't know. If it were me, I'd go for the 8GB 580 because we're coming to a point where you can load enough textures at 1080p 21:9 to chew through 4GB of VRAM, particuarly if 8GB 580 prices continue to ease downward.

[MatchuEnsmith]

22 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Ultrawide is kind of a different beast though. Granted, we're talking about Overwatch and what I'm assuming is Far Cry 4 or Far Cry Primal, given that FC5 is still a year-ish away IIRC.

 

I don't know. If it were me, I'd go for the 8GB 580 because we're coming to a point where you can load enough textures at 1080p 21:9 to chew through 4GB of VRAM, particuarly if 8GB 580 prices continue to ease downward.

Oops I meant Farcry 4. And I do want to play on higher texture quality will the extra vram help with that?