GTX 770 2Gb or 4Gb

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

Okay so the question on my mind is (drum roll please).
Whether I should go for a GTX 770 in 2Gb or 4Gb (title probably said that). But, here's the catch.
I am wondering whether I should get it in a 2Gb or 4Gb for the next 3-5 Years (probably 3 years, but let's leave some room for doubt)

I have been told that games have recently stepped it up a notch from the standard 2Gb (BF4 using 3Gb), and whether in the next few years, 2Gb will be just too hard to work with.

Also is there much of a performance difference between 2Gb and 4Gb anyway? How do you know what you need or might want?

Thank anyway

Novuake · Sep 9, 2014

Battlefield 4 only uses more than 2GB under the AMD MAntle API.

If you are planning to SLI and game at LARGER than 1080p resolution, then get the 4GB, otherwise, stick to 2GB.

Proofy · Sep 9, 2014

2GB if you use single 1080p monitor

4GB if you use more than 1 monitor or have resolution bigger than 1080p

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

I agree that 2Gb is probably the better option now, but what's the likelihood of needing more than that, in the next few years?

TopLuca · Sep 9, 2014

X Hatch :

We can't foresee the future.

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

TopLuca :

Thank you for your carefully planned and informative message. I agree with you, we cannot foresee the future, however it doesn't hurt to ask if people have a rough idea of whether games will need to utilise more Vram in the future.

laviniuc · Sep 9, 2014

if the price difference isn't that big get the 4gb version. won't help a lot now, but should be worth it in the long run.

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

Thanks, sounds smart enough. I'll see how my budget fits around it and whether I can stretch it or not. Well that may have cleared a few things up.

TopLuca · Sep 9, 2014

I wasn't being sarcastic , If I tell you something and it pans out to become wrong then I've given you bad advice and probably in the back of your head oneday you'll think that this guy was a fool or etc . I get the sarcasm behind your comment , it would have been easy for me to tell you yeah mate get the 4GB , more Vram is better and will come in handy bla bla bla . However I have no solid intel on whether you will need it or not.

I still have my old 6950 from 2011 and it only has 2GB of Vram which was enough for 3 years and running .

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

TopLuca :

Okay, I'm sorry. I will probably go for the 2Gb. And I do agree with you that you don't want to misinform, or give bad advice. But you know, a little more than just "we can't foresee the future" would be a tad more informative.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate your advice, and considering how your 6950 works fine from 2011, I will quite possibly stick with the 2Gb.

One last thing in that case (going out to everyone), what is the big difference in 2Gb and 4Gb, say in BattleField 4 (I know it's only a 3Gb Vram, but what's the big difference)?

TopLuca · Sep 9, 2014

X Hatch :

Alright I'll consider being more detailed in the future , adding the 6950 info in first place would have been a nice gesture from me . ( part of being lazy

)

Alright to explaining what does Vram do anyways. As you know the pixels on your screen is translated into data and that data is transferred into your pc so that's why the higher resolution is then the more pixels and hence more Vram is needed to transfer all the data incoming and outgoing . All of that is done in a split second so the Bandwidth also is very important so that's why a 1gb of GDDR5 is better than say 2GB of DDR3 when it comes to gaming and transferring data as it has higher bandwidth ( Hence it carries more data to display more frames per second ).

That's just the very basic explanation.

BF4 Myth : One of the more interesting results from [H]ard|OCP's testing with Battlefield 4 was the RAM usage they observed, cards with 3GB or more of VRAM used 2.25GB of RAM at most points, cards with less topped out at 1.75GB of usage.

Source : http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/BF4-and-3GB-VRAM-myth

Novuake · Sep 9, 2014

Jip, as TopLuca said, just because the results show more than 2GB of usage on the card, does not mean it NEEDS to use that and if it does not have more than 2GB available that it suffers in performance.

Remember, VRAM is just a buffer, the game does not necessarily NEED to buffer 2GB +, it just does because it can.

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

Well your responses work for me. Thanks TopLuca for a great response, sorry for being harsh in the first place. I should recognise that we are all decent human beings who help one another when we comment on these forums.
Also thanks to everyone else who helped out, will choose the 2Gb 770 unless my budget really can allow for 4Gb (probably not though).

Thanks again!

TopLuca · Sep 9, 2014

X Hatch :

Ahh , No problems at all mate !! We're all here to help also I'd like to thank Novuake on your behalf , He's a great guy !

X Hatch · Sep 9, 2014

Of course! Cheers guys!

Novuake · Sep 9, 2014

TopLuca :

X Hatch :

Ahh , No problems at all mate !! We're all here to help also I'd like to thank Novuake on your behalf , He's a great guy !

Thanks! You are too kind.

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