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Is 8GB a lot? Depends on the context.
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Since when was 8GB RAM, let alone 8GB VRAM, a problem? Are you running ML models, video editing or some special games?? Or some weird poorly-written thing like Windows OS?
Nowadays even at 1080p 8GB of Vram doesn't cut it.
Doesn't cut what? Web browsing? Watching videos? Playing new games?
Playing new games at high settings. The card often does have raw performance to handle it but due to lack of VRAM results in terrible framerate or lack of detail
Ah, that makes sense. I rarely-if-ever play heavyweight games.
Run new games at 144fps at maxed settings in native 4k, which as we all know is completely necessary and extremely distinguishable from 60fps at medium settings with upscaling.
My 1060 would like a word, at 940*544 so it'll be blurry. But it would like to talk.
Software is a gas, it expands to use all available resources.
I have 32GB of RAM, and run out occasionally. At the moment I have two CAD programs, thousands of pages of datasheets and reference manuals, an IDE, and ~50 browser tabs open. I don't HAVE to have them all open at once, but it does save me a lot of time.
My next machine will have 128GB, and I expect that will run out of memory too.
Also, sometimes you need to use software that has a memory leak, so a bit of extra RAM gives you some more time before it crashes.
Photogrammetry can also get resource hungry.
Modern AAA games above 1440p and high settings usually can use that much VRAM.
8gb of ram is also not enough for anything particularly heavy.
Yes.
Satisfactory took 10gb for whatever reason. Playing 1440p at 90fps