Is 8GB or 10/12GB vram not enough?

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I thought I'd post a new version of this thread from AT over here since the original poster hasn't been around on AT for awhile.

People's thoughts for 2025 and beyond? How long will 10/12GB handle 1080p with the advertised bells and whistles that sell cards today?

A work in progress of the original links to videos proving the case that 8GB is too low of vram since 2021(original posted links below by BFG10K on AT):

8GB examples:

Dying Light 2, Battlefield 2042, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Starfield, Forza Horizon 5, Horizon Forbidden West, Alan Wake 2, The Last of Us, Tekken 8, FC 24, Detroit Become Human, Death Stranding, Alone in The Dark, Overwatch 2
3060 12GB higher 1% low than 4060 8GB
Cyberpunk 2077, Diablo 4, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Sim 2020, Witcher 3, Watch Dogs Legion skip to 4K + DLSS for each game
Ratchet & Clank, Plague Tale Requiem, Last Of Us, Jedi Survivor, Far Cry 6, Hogwarts Legacy, Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk 2077
Far Cry 6, Godfall, Hogwarts Legacy, Forza Horizon 5, Forspoken, Doom Eternal, Watchdogs Legion
Last Of Us, Resident Evil 4, Callisto Protocol, Plague Tale Requiem, Halo Infinite, Forspoken
Last Of Us, Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4, Forspoken, Plague Tale Requiem, Callisto Protocol https://youtu.be/Rh7kFgHe21k?t=288
Hogwarts Legacy, Last Of Us, Spider Man Remastered, Doom Eternal, Forza Horizon 5 https://youtu.be/R943CbDTq_s?t=1473
Horizon Forbidden West 4060 has issues @ 1080p + DLSS unless you switch off frame generation and reduce settings to high https://youtu.be/3AyKvI23VGw?t=233
Horizon Forbidden West 3070 requires reducing textures 2 notches https://youtu.be/xTwEGy6HHKo?t=351
Deathloop https://youtu.be/lu_XHyO-6zY?t=918
Ghost Recon Breakpoint https://youtu.be/iUGppQVpXzU?t=529
Resident Evil 2 https://youtu.be/Aa-gsgRjMII?t=796
Talos Principle 2 https://youtu.be/K6FATQAuEwI?t=337
Spider Man Remastered https://youtu.be/vRVR_plVSlc?t=1060
Witcher 3 https://youtu.be/vRVR_plVSlc?t=1240



10/12 examples:




Reasons why still shipping 8GB since 2014 isn't NV's fault:

  • It's the player's fault.
  • It's the reviewer's fault.
  • It's the developer's fault.
  • It's AMD's fault.
  • It's the game's fault.
  • It's the driver's fault.
  • It's a system configuration issue.
  • Wrong settings were tested.
  • Wrong area was tested.
  • Wrong games were tested.
  • 4K is irrelevant.
  • Texture quality is irrelevant as long as it matches a console's.
  • Detail levels are irrelevant as long as they match a console's.
  • There's no reason a game should use more than 8GB, because a random forum user said so.
  • It's completely acceptable for the more expensive 3070/3070TI/3080 to turn down settings while the cheaper 3060/6700XT has no issue.
  • It's an anomaly.
  • It's a console port.
  • It's a conspiracy against NV.
  • 8GB cards aren't meant for 4K / 1440p / 1080p / 720p gaming.
  • It's completely acceptable to disable ray tracing on NV while AMD has no issue.
  • Polls, hardware market share, and game title count are evidence 8GB is enough, but are totally ignored when they don't suit the ray tracing agenda.
 
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