Dual Monitor VRAM

Dhampire01 · Jul 4, 2014

I have a gtx 650,an e8400 and 6gb ddr2 ram.
I have a 5:4 17" monitor and now I am going to buy a second monitor 1080p 24".
Is 1gb VRAM enough for playing games on one monitor and surfing the web on the other one?
The games I play are cs:go and dota mainly.
I play all the others on my lovely ps4

Lightbulbie · Jul 4, 2014

I used two monitors with a GT 220. You'll be fine.

TechyInAZ · Jul 4, 2014

Yes it is.

I do the exact same thing with my 2 monitors which are connected to my laptop which has a GT 540M GPU.

kunthakenthe · Jul 4, 2014

1gb is enough but if you could upgrade your gpu to a 750ti or r9 270 for that matter with 2gb of ram you'll be better off with 3 but 2gb is good for now but is getting used all up now

pierrerock · Jul 4, 2014

1 Gb is enough for playing in 1080P High setting with 4XMSAA. Vram usage will depend of how many pixels is needed to be rendered while gaming. So playing with Anti-Aliasing activated will use more Vram than playing without. Check this article of Tom's http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-myths,3694-5.html

They play Skyrim in 1080P on windows 7 x64 with Aero off (windows normally automatically shut aero off when vram is fully loaded) at 4XMSAA and it take 970 MB of Vram memory while 8XMSAA takes 1130 MB.

So you should be good for a while with 1 GB as long as you dont try to play in 4K !

kunthakenthe · Jul 4, 2014

pierrerock :

yeah but the res kind of double with 2 monitors so for the gpu its like 2k and extra vram like 3gb is very good for that display. I have heard of skyrim with all mods and all settings maxed use more than 2gb vram

pierrerock · Jul 4, 2014

kunthakenthe :

Not at all if you read this article : windows without aero uses 99 MB in 1080P and since his second monitor is lower than 1080p, he will never uses more than 100 MB for browsing on the internet on his second monitor.

kunthakenthe · Jul 4, 2014

pierrerock :

kunthakenthe :

Not at all if you read this article : windows without aero uses 99 MB in 1080P and since his second monitor is lower than 1080p, he will never uses more than 100 MB for browsing on the internet on his second monitor.

but inst he playing games on both. He might be tempted and might use more vram. Also game like bf4 can use 3gb for all ultra

pierrerock · Jul 4, 2014

kunthakenthe :

pierrerock :

but inst he playing games on both. He might be tempted and might use more vram. Also game like bf4 can use 3gb for all ultra

he said he is playing counter strike and dota not BF4 he has a PS4 for this so not need so spend 300 $ on a GPU

kunthakenthe · Jul 4, 2014

so wait you think he should go for lesser graphics

pierrerock · Jul 4, 2014

kunthakenthe :

Yes, his actual graphic card is enough for what he ask. He will be playing other games on his PS4 so why would we suggest him to spend money for something he doesn't need ? we are not trying to make profit, we are trying to help him ! So keep your system just the way it is and everything will work just fine. If you are experiencing lag due to your card being overburden, then just buy one cheap card like an AMD R7 260X at 120 $ and you are good for games like dota 2, league of legends, counter strike, and world of warcraft.

this card can even play BF4 at medium quality at 60+ fps read this article http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-260-review,3736-3.html

kunthakenthe · Jul 4, 2014

wow i have xbone but want some pc games to i could never play

Lightbulbie · Jul 4, 2014

Thank you Pierrerock for clearing some of it up.

OP is playing games on ONE monitor, while browsing on the second. The only thing they would need is enough CPU power to hold the game and the browser at the same time, which in this case, probably so.

Aero uses just about 100MB MAX of Vram, OP does not need an upgraded GPU. They are completely fine with their current setup.

pierrerock · Jul 4, 2014

Lightbulbie :

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