do i need more than 4gb of vram

Daniel__18 · Apr 5, 2016

I need a gpu wich will last me for at least 5 years from now with out needing an upgrade or sacrificeing quality settings
i was going to buy a gtx 970 but is 3.5 gb of vram enough for the coming years
Pls i do like amd's 390 with its 8gb ram buffer but i do like some of nvidias feature like fxaa, shadow play, and the driver come optimised on day one

SPgamer007 · Apr 5, 2016

I suggest you just wait a little more for new GPUs

RCFProd · Apr 5, 2016

Don't focus on future proofing for 5 years, focus on the performance you'll get now. Biggest nonsense is future proofing a GPU for long-term. Replace either the GTX 970 or R9 390 when they are no longer good enough in your head.

Husseo19 · Apr 5, 2016

wait for POLARIS from AMD and PASCALS from Nvidia, they are supposed to be revolutionary in game industry, twice-triple as powerful as 980ti, and at the same range of price. I recommend waiting a couple of months, since those gpus are the real "future proof".

guanyu210379 · Apr 5, 2016

Performance-wise:
GTX970 and R9 390 could be already crushed by the coming Pascal or Polaris.
5 years is too long for GPUs.

VRAM-wise:
it depends on the game and your settings (resolution, etc.), you would probably need more than 3.5GB.
In the next 5 years, perhaps even 8GB would no longer be enough.

simon12 · Apr 5, 2016

As other posters have said 5 years is to long to expect a graphics card to give decent performance ie 5 years ago a GTX 590 was the best card and is not great for much now (though will play all games at reasonable enough settings) but it would make more sense then to get a Radeon 6950 for 1/3rd the price and upgrade once or twice in the next 5 years.

Daniel__18 · Apr 5, 2016

I mostly will be playing at 1920×1080 and polaris and pascal sound good but its my budget i am worried about they will indefinitely will release at high prices and gpus arnt future proof only thing future proof is the case and the power supply when polaris and pascal release the current gpu will have a major price droop for a few week till the benchmark say the flagship card dosent beat the previous flagship card which is the titan x which will boost the prices more for the previous gen in chennal the gtx 780 is still more expensive than the 980 ti but has advantage over it what so ever

ALL JUST A PRICE WAR BETWEEN AMD AND NVIDIA
just like the fury and the titan series .polaris and pascal will be relevant to avenger gamer till the prices come down
Only for the true enthusiast who got the money

jimmyEatWord · Apr 5, 2016

yes you do , when i bought my 2gb r9 it was the utmost thing , well except those PNY cards that no one can afford , but it simply became obsolete with call of duty advanced warfare , 4gb is the new 2gb , less than a year from now .. it'll be for the second hand market and crossfire enthusiasts

Lee-m · Apr 5, 2016

If I was buying a new card today I would want more than 4GB vram in all honesty. I play Rise of the tomb raider on max gfx, and it uses all the 4GB vram on my gtx 980 @ 1080p. So going forward it looks like 6gb or so will become the norm for high end gaming.

As regards sticking with hardware for 5 years, pc gaming isnt the same as it was going back 5 to 10 years.
You can hang on to your CPU for 5 or 6 years these days if you got a good Intel, but your gfx card you will be looking to upgrade every 2-3 years if you want to keep up at the high end.

I think the advice to hang on for new offerings from nvidia is the way to go.

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