AMD Product Marketing Specialist Emphasizes “Game Beyond 4 GB” for 1080p Gaming

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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VRAM has increasingly become a contentious detail for entry-level PC Gaming over the last ten years. How much do you really need? When is it too much and essentially left unused? Well, that question usually depends on what resolution you are gaming at, along with the settings being used. For a while now, 4 GB of VRAM has been the standard for 1080P gaming. That does seem to be changing in 2020. Those looking for budget-oriented GPUs may need to put greater consideration into 6 GB or 8 GB solutions, going forward. AMD Product Marketing Specialist Adit Bhutani recently posted “Game Beyond 4 GB” on the AMD blog.



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[Brian_B]

Remember when 4G was enough for 4K gaming (referring to AMD marketing when they were pushing HBM on Fury)

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Remember when 4G was enough for 4K gaming (referring to AMD marketing when they were pushing HBM on Fury)

Well, to be fair I remember something about 4K gaming being mentioned on the boxes of my GTX970's and we all know how that worked out.

 

[Grimlakin]

At those times they wanted each frame to have enough time on screen that it could be artfully appreciated. Sure you might refer to it as a slide show... but to them it was simply an game slowed down enough to let you appreciate every frame!

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Remember when 4G was enough for 4K gaming (referring to AMD marketing when they were pushing HBM on Fury)

Oh lord that trash

 

[Grimlakin]

Well, to be fair I remember something about 4K gaming being mentioned on the boxes of my GTX970's and we all know how that worked out.

Remember when GTX 970's had 4gb of ram.... yea me either...

 

[Uvilla]

So I take it 4gb cards will be nearly gone from the line up? Id imagine this is in preparation of the future prices.
My guess would be AMD will be aiming at eliminating the under 150$ bracket with APUs. I think by the time for ddr5 it will be a forgone conclusion.