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Is 4GB in Sapphire R9 270x 4gb OC important?

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August 23, 2014 8:06:56 PM

What is the relevance of that 4GB in gaming experience?
What specific area in gaming does it affect?
If i get 2gb R9 270x against 1gb R9 270x, is the former better?
Or it's just a marketing strategy like my friend said?

Note: This isn't RAM as Kingston, Corsair or Gskill.

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August 23, 2014 8:10:29 PM

It comes down to games and resolution.
Games such as heavily modded skyrim will use more than 2GB of Vram, and resolutions over 1080p will start to use over 2GB as well. The other benefit is for Xfire setups, so you arent limited on Vram.

Overall, if you game at 1080p the card will run out of horsepower before you need more Vram, so there is no real need to get it unless you plan to go straight into crossfire.

To answer your signature as well, I would say its possible. Its still a fairly good mid rage card, 30FPS on medium is possible by all means.
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August 23, 2014 8:11:28 PM

on a 270x its pretty much entirely pointless. more vram is mostly used when increasing resolutions, but a 270x couldnt handle those anyways
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