Battlefield 3 maxed out at 1920 x 1080 doesn't use above 2GB under any scenario. I am sure of that.
It might be possible in skyrim with absurdly high resolution textures and shadow maps. But it still doesn't count since that's not a stock game. Almost any moddable game could in theory be modded to use almost any amount of vram. That doesn't really invalidate the statement that modern games don't use that much vram (which implies without modding). My 2GB card had no problem running with the highest resolution texture packs I could find. You need some pretty crazy mods/texture packs to get it above 2GB. 4GB of vram is not worth the extra money at this point in time.
Admin specifically stated without multi-monitor. The OP is not running a multi-monitor setup so it shouldn't factor into his decision.
Crazy amounts of SSAA like 9x or 16x could also do it but your wouldn't be capable of achieving playable performance (>15 fps) in a modern game without multiple GTX Titans in SLI anyways. Regardless of vram.
It might be possible in skyrim with absurdly high resolution textures and shadow maps. But it still doesn't count since that's not a stock game. Almost any moddable game could in theory be modded to use almost any amount of vram. That doesn't really invalidate the statement that modern games don't use that much vram (which implies without modding). My 2GB card had no problem running with the highest resolution texture packs I could find. You need some pretty crazy mods/texture packs to get it above 2GB. 4GB of vram is not worth the extra money at this point in time.
ThorhiantheUltimate Wrote:then you would know that hi res (as in ABOVE 1080P) with multi-monitor and AA can cripple cards with lesser amounts of VRAM
Admin specifically stated without multi-monitor. The OP is not running a multi-monitor setup so it shouldn't factor into his decision.
Crazy amounts of SSAA like 9x or 16x could also do it but your wouldn't be capable of achieving playable performance (>15 fps) in a modern game without multiple GTX Titans in SLI anyways. Regardless of vram.
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