(03-05-2014, 08:24 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I consider myself a bit biased towards nvidia and even I hope physx dies soon.Proprietary software in general doesn't go down well with me, I'm more of an open-source person but it ain't the best place for gaming. Something like physx seems particularly pointless too: only there for the sake of exclusivity, just another marketing strategy.
(03-05-2014, 08:24 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: As always "it depends on the game". Right now there are only a few games on the market that can use close to 2GB (not gb) of vram at 1080p. For the most part 4GB is only needed for running the most demanding games at absurd resolutions (4K UHD or triple monitor 1080p). 2GB is still enough for almost any situation in almost any game. But that may change in the near future with the xbone/ps4 having just been released which will push game devs to make higher quality art assets and game engines that use more vram.Based on that, perhaps the 280X was the better choice, the 3GB vram one I mean. Room for improvement but not overkill.