How Much VRAM Do Gamers Need? 8GB, 12GB, 16GB or MORE?

This shouldn't even be a discussion. VRAM is cheap, but sold to users at a huge premium. VRAM amount should never be a bottleneck for gaming, but because of greed, it is. Having spare VRAM is fantastic. It improves the longevity of the GPUs by enabling users to run newer games, on lower settings - but keeping textures and whatnot high, at little to no performance cost. It keeps the hardware usable for longer, which obviously isn't in Nvidias interest. So they limit the amount, to ensure that we keep on upgrading, even though we otherwise wouldn't need to. They're generating E-waste for the sake of profit. It's a version of planned obsolescence.

as Nvidia marketing team expert i can say 6gb is enough in 2024

Wait until Nvidia releases 5070 laptop, again with 8gb for the 4th year in a row.

People need to keep in mind, higher texture quality is the easiest way to increase graphical fidelity. It has the most impact on how nice your game looks. And with sufficient VRAM it has basically zero impact on your performance. This has been the case forever...and I don't understand why the average person forgot this.

Nvidia marketing RT as the future of gaming and DLSS as the saviour of gamers, while also selling cards lacking the VRAM needed to run DLSS and RT.

I can't wait for $500 usd 8gb next gen cards! Let's go

As a 3070 Ti owner.. I am still annoyed at Nvidia's decision to only include 8GB on this card. It had so much more potential. Definitely feeling regret buying this..

I was supposed to buy a RTX 4060 TI 16gb then luckily I've saved some $ to the other part then upgraded it to rx 7800 xt. I'm happy with my very first pc build 😊

Planned obsolescence.

Not only did the 1070 have 8GB of VRAM, it was double that of the 970!

These tests revealed something new for me. Frame generation is actually bad for anything below 16gb VRAM. Which means both of the main gimmicks of RTX cards ii.e RTX and Frame generation are only good for high end cards.

Finally a comprehensive video on VRAM usage in games. I wish you have had added a comparison of VRAM consumption when playing with the 7900 xtx and the 4090 as both have 24 GB of VRAM. I always hear that "20 GB VRAM in Radeon GPUs are equivalent to 16 GB VRAM in Nvidia GPUs". I would only believe it if someone like you shows a side by side comparison.

remember that the video is about current requirement, usually people buy for the next few years at least.

So DLSS frame gen uses Vram... VRAM that Nvidia doesnt give you at the mid-low range cards. thats a hell of an upsell trick lol.....

Biggest visual flaw with a 4 year old game was limiting textures to 8gb for 1080p should tell you all.

A "methodology video" in how you measure actual usage would be SO NICE. Allocation vs usage is always a hotly debated topic, so laying it bare for all to see would end a lot of debate.

RIP 3080 10gb . GPU performance would be still enough , but the vram is just too small now .

Nvidia VRAM professional says 6-8GB is more than enough until 2030 so buying an rtx5050 ti, 6050ti and 7050super ti with 4-8GB will be worth it at $400 to a fairly maximum price of $500+

I think it was Digital Foundry that said that Avatar manages textures based on available VRAM so it would make sense that its trying to use a lot of it if there is enough available. So VRAM usage should vary depending on what GPU you use.

With 8GB, 12GB and 16GB cards being mainstream you can expect low settings soon to be fir 8GB cards.