Nvidia’s new VRAM trick sounds great, until you realize your RTX card can’t even use it
The problems surrounding insufficient VRAM rear their head whenever a new and demanding game fails to run properly on older or lower-end graphics cards. We blame everything from game optimization issues to Nvidia's habit of skimping on VRAM before going back to the status quo. The reason companies like Nvidia can keep selling GPUs with 8GB of VRAM is that gamers are forced to buy whatever they can in a terrible market. Another reason is that upscaling continues to improve, reducing the VRAM dependency on budget and mid-range cards. The latest reason 8GB VRAM GPUs aren't going anywhere is Neural Texture Compression, Nvidia's latest trick to drastically reduce VRAM usage in games. It promises astounding results, but only on Nvidia's most powerful GPUs. Older graphics cards don't have the hardware chops to adequately support this new technology, making it meaningless for the vast majority of RTX owners.
The problems surrounding insufficient VRAM rear their head whenever a new and demanding game fails to run properly on older or lower-end graphics cards. We blame everything from game optimization issues to Nvidia’s habit of skimping on VRAM before going back to the status quo. The reason companies like Nvidia can keep selling GPUs with 8GB of VRAM is that gamers are forced to buy whatever they can in a terrible market. Another reason is that upscaling continues to improve, reducing the VRAM dependency on budget and mid-range cards. The latest reason 8GB VRAM GPUs aren’t going anywhere is Neural Texture Compression, Nvidia’s latest trick to drastically reduce VRAM usage in games. It promises astounding results, but only on Nvidia’s most powerful GPUs. Older graphics cards don’t have the hardware chops to adequately support this new technology, making it meaningless for the vast majority of RTX owners.
Michael Johnson
Chicago
Chicago
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