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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2060 Super Review Roundup
Jul 3, 2019, 21:22
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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2060 Super Review Roundup Jul 3, 2019, 21:22
Jul 3, 2019, 21:22
 
Fact of the matter is that 8 GB was barely enough for a 1070 3 years ago

No one is gaming at 4k on a 1070 where you would even be approaching VRAM limits at 8GB. And the only game that shows any meaningful frame time difference at VRAM limits is FF15 in benchmark mode. This stuff has been tested extensively by GamersNexus and Hardware Unboxed. The opposite is actually true - engines have gotten vastly better at texture caching and videocard manufacturers are doing insane stuff with on the fly loseless compression, if anything the situation has hugely improved over the past 3 years. Even dogshit like AnvilNext (Ubi) can run games with 4k textures well below 8GB usage. I spent a few years trying to game at 4k and memory bandwidth and VRAM were not problems.

Running into VRAM limits might be in issue in like 3+ years when new consoles running at 4k are the norm (supposedly) but these things are currently struggling to maintain 60fps at 1080p so I'm not exactly worried about it. And there is always generational crossover which lasts 2-3 years anyway. Companies are going to target the existing 150 million console/PC base users before they go fully committed to 4k/RT/etc.
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