how much memory does my video card need?

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Andrewefaw

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I am looking for a gpu for my first Pc build. Is it worth to pay more for a 3 or 4 Gb to be more future proof or is 2 Gb good for many years to come
 
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yes those are good cards any of them will be great but the r9 280x is just a rebranded 7970ghz editon so just so you know if you see any of those for cheaper its the same card
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if you plan to upgrade your monitor beyond hd to one of the ultra hd monitors then yes otherwise not so much, and only for high end cards buying a low end card with 4 gigs is pointless it wont be strong enough for ultra hd anyways
 
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Will the 4gb gtx 760 or 3gb 7950 3gb r9 280x or the 3gb gtx 660
Class as pretty good budget/sweet spot
cards with more then 2gb of gddr5?
 
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Just two more quick questions... are there games that use more than 2 Gb of memory buffer in 1080p? And woudl you recommend the 770 2gb over the 760 4gb?
 
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yes definetly the gtx 770 would be better and no i personaly have seen games come close to something like 1,5- 1,7 gigs on 1080p it uses more memory if you put on the max aa but still never have i seen 2 gigs being exceeded
 
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Andrewefaw

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I think I will just use one of the ones I have listed and sli or crossfire inthe future
 
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