Is 8GB VRAM REALLY not enough in 2024?? RTX 3070 8GB vs RX 6750XT 12GB

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Hello Dear Viewers :D

Today, I am bringing a video that I have been wanting to release for quite some time, which is about VRAM capacity nowadays, how much VRAM do we need? For that I tested High and Ultra Textures, and with RT on and off!

As always, leave your experience in the comment section as it may help others.

00:00 - Intro (VRAM capacity, Game engines, etc.)
01:37 - Other things to consider (Bandwidth, Direct Storage)
02:48 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (High & Ultra)
03:39 - Returnal (RT On & Off)
04:13 - Hogwarts Legacy (RT On & Off)
05:12 - Resident Evil 4 (RT On & Off)
05:50 - Forza Horizon 5 (High & Ultra)
06:40 - The last of Us (High & Ultra)
07:29 - Spider-Man (RT On & Off)
08:27 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (RT On & Off)
09:25 - Alan Wake 2 (RT On & Off, Ray Reconstruction)
10:24 - Starfield (High & Ultra)

11:01 - Conclusion (Bandwidth, Direct Storage)
15:25 - Channel Members
15:45 - More Videos

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AMD AM4 PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Mars Gaming ML360
MB: Asus X570 Strix-F
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600MHz CL16)
SSD (Nvme): 500GB + 1TB
PSU: BitFenix Whisper 650W+ Gold
CASE: Bitfenix Nova Mesh SE TG

INTEL 10/11th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Artic Freezer Penta 33
MB: MSI Z490 Tomahawk
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3200 MHz CL14)
SSD: Kingston V300 120Gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2Tb 7200 rpm
PSU: Seasonic SIII 650W Bronze
CASE: Aerocool One Frost Edition

INTEL 12th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Mars Gaming ML360
MB: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus ELITE (DDR4)
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600 MHz CL16)
SSD: 240GB
SSD (Nvme): 500GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 rpm
PSU: Aerocool X-Strike 800W 80+ Silver Semi Modular
CASE: Phanteks P400A White

AMD AM5 PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Enermax Aquafusion 360
MB: Asrock B650E Taichi
RAM: 2 x 16GB - Flare X5 6000MHz CL32 (6000 MHz CL30)
SSD (Nvme): 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution D.F.X 1050W (80+ Gold)
CASE: Enermax StarryKnight SK30

My Main PC (used for GPU testing):

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (5.4GHz Static Overclock)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S
MB: MSI X670E Carbon Wifi
RAM: 2 x 16GB - Flare X5 6000MHz CL32 (6000 MHz CL30)
SSD (Nvme): 500GB + 2TB + 2TB + 4TB
PSU: Corsair RM750X (White) 750W 80+ Gold
CASE: Thermaltake View 51 TG

#AMDDrivers #vram #ancientgameplays

[AncientGameplays]

As some people didn't seem to understand what I meant with "bandwidth limitations".
The RTX 3070 does have more bandwidth than the RX 6750XT but the 6750XT has way more l3 cache to help in that scenario as well.
Also, the RTX 3070 needs more bandwidth to refresh the VRAM as it only has 8GB, the 6750XT barely needs it as it has 12GB (and once again way more cache). So, when you use bandwidth for VRAM refreshing, Ray tracing, Direct storage and some times even upscaling, things get bad. That's basically it.

[thatonedudesam]

This is why optimizing games is important

[sodapopinksi]

AMD Jesus looks like a Noctua fan today ❤

[djactivator]

you have read my mind! I wanted a video like this. Thank you!

[tyre]

price is everything
8GB doesn't belong on a card above $200 in 2024
cards above $500 should ALL come with 16GB+ or they are DOA

[Trick-Framed]

You can find an article from a few years ago whereas a man put 16GB onto a 3070 and although it barely raised it's max fps (~5%) it made the games WAY smoother and stabilized all of the issues you are highlighting here.

[Ladioz]

Having 12GB or 16GB VRAM is nice to have not because i want to play everything ultra and ray tracing but i just don't like giving games an excuse to stutter. With 8GB you're simply asking for it... risking it... especially on a game that was released unoptimized. I keep thinking about how Hogwarts and Last of Us struggled with VRAM issues, especially for people with 8GB cards

[AncientGameplays]

Do you think 8GB VRAM will suffice for much longer!

[olnnn]

I wish one of the larger benchmarkers would do another deep dive into this and revisit whether having less vram has some impact on how games end up loading textures and whether running the same benchmark on say a 8 vs 16 gb card actually gives the same image output in all games or whether it can end up falsely making lower vram cards look faster in some games because they load less textures or behave differently with different vram amounts and are not directly comparable.

[SULFURIOUS]

The day I broken my VRAM record, 20, 1GB VRAM used on Total War Warhammer 3 (late game) on 7900 XTX. :D

[redpokman]

Monster Hunter World, which is a 6 year old game, with high res texture pack, which was released 4-5 years ago for the game, constantly using more than 8GB VRAM at 1440p max and that game doesn't even have RT. Even if this is just 1 game (btw no, not the only one), this 8GB VRAM is not enough started long ago and Nvidia continued to ignore it for frickin 3 generation, there is just no excuse to this. This is why I went with AMD and keep recommend it everywhere in the low and mid tiers.

[AakashKale]

Ive got a 3070 and im quite happy with it. I game on 2k monitor on 4k DLSS performance

[Alis_Games]

Thanks, Fabio! I swapped my good old RX 570 4 Gb to Sapphire Pulse RX 7600 last september and despite 8 Gb of VRAM i can say this little card is great! AV1 encoding is stupidly fast and efficient, everything works smooth with no hiccups. For $310 (the onlу reasonably priced card in my country - basic RTX 4060 costs $400+), RX 7600 didn't disappointed me at all. Maybe because i didn't play latest-and-greatest AAA-releases... yet :D

[seamon]

As a 3070 owner ( bought used on ebay post cryp crash for a bargain price by haggling with a seller ), I can confirm that 8GB VRAM is definitely not enough. I've had to struggle for a year now to have decent texture quality ( something not looking like it came straight out of 2010 ) and performance in quite a few games.

[Soverax]

This video is proof that Fabio is one of a kind! Reads the vierwers' comments and releases videos to cater for their concerns and questions. Big up my man! :)

[solstice]

Thank you Fabio !
It was interesting to see two last gen. mid-range cards and how they are doing at the moment !

[KimBoKastekniv]

I like having the 7800 XT because I don't even have to think about VRAM when I play games.

[ksenchy]

I'm glad I sold 3070 and bought RX 7800 XT two weeks ago. I got rid of it at the correct time

[Innosos]

As an AMD fanboy I'd say 8 GB is clearly not enough
As an Nvidia fanboy I'd say 8 GB is plenty

As a low-budget gamer I'd say 8 GB is what I got
As an even lower budget gamer I'd say 8 GB is an upgrade
As a retro-gamer I'd say it does not matter
As a casual gamer I'd say what is a veeram?
As a mobile gamer I'd say holy moly that's a lot
As a console gamer I'd say is that a PC thing?

As a data scientist I'd say 8 GB won't even fit my data set
As a cryptobro I'd say 8 GB is enough, but what about bandwidth?
As a gaming elitist I'd say everything below 16 GB is not enough

[bigmakbm]

The biggest difference in VRAM performance I've seen is I think the Callisto Protocol or was it Dead Space? Big difference between the the 4060 8gb and 4060 16gb was pretty big, as in the frame rates were much faster on the 16gb. That and Halo with the low detail textures being swapped.