How Much VRAM Do You REALLY Need for Gaming in 2024?

How much VRAM do you really need for gaming in the year 2024?

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:09 - Test Conditions
2:59 - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
4:12 - Optimizing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to Lower VRAM
6:23 - Cyberpunk 2077
7:26 - Optimizing Cyberpunk
9:25 - F1 23
10:11 - Optimize F1 23
12:14 - Forza Horizon 5
13:02 - Optimizing Forza Horizon 5
15:05 - Is 8GB of VRAM Enough in 2024?
16:35 - Outro

[nuzhmizafidi]

Me with 2GB GPU and still gaming: I'm just him.

[freedomdst]

12gb, there, in 3 secs, no need 17mins video with ads.

[Gnailgnuh]

12gb. Next jump is at least 2 generation of whatever that is. 16gb > X > ?. Not counting the GPU that cost thousands.

[heymelon]

It's going to actually matter for higher resolutions like 4k.

[aaronbenns]

I dont see the point of 4k on a desk sized moniter its makes more sense to set to 1440 and set the quality higher . 1440 is noticeably better than 1080 on a desk sized monitor 1440 to 4k not so much in fack it kinda makes everything look to small 4k on a large tv sized screen makes a big difference most people are wasting there time and fps with 4k

[hoffyc.h]

I would say 12gb+ vram is very good enough for a long while, but 8gb is too low at 1440p+ Gaming.
Same goes with 16gb Ram at 1440p Gaming 32gb Ram is needed for a long while now :)

at 1080p 8gb vram is enough and 16gb ram for most titels :)

[milifileoto]

1440p gaming is overated 1080p gaming is about same quality for better performance 8g all you need but 12g for if you wanna be fancy

[STRUGGLE]

*DO NOT go with an 8gb card in 2025. NO. it's pointless!*


games like ratchet & clank: a rift a part already show how 8gb vram is limiting performance in (AAA) games. and that is on 1080p!

8gb vram is NOT enough if you are buying a (new) card in 2025. no!

[Dracose]

More v ram is horrible for the gamers, but awesome for game devs. We need to stop this "the more the better" trend. The reason why games ar so horribly optimized and made is because game developers have the logic of "Blame everything on the gpu, my game isn't trash, it's just that ur gpu and cpu is trash"