GAMING with only 256MB of VRAM?

[@JonGallon]

Congratulations, now you own a ryzen powered Playstation 3.

[@kidori121]

Playstation 2

[@Ozzianman]

@@kidori121 actually no, you can not compare a PS2 to computers simply because of how much it differs from computers, which is why the PS2 is so demanding to emulate.

[@Tofuuuuuu]

@@Ozzianman actually no, just buy a better CPU to have better emulation on PS2

[@pe_w]

@@Tofuuuuuu yea the GPU has to do like 0 work it's all the cpu

[@XantheFIN]

@@kidori121 4MB VRAM? Are you kidding? Sony says PS3 GPU (Nvidia Nvidia 7800GTX based of) is 1.8TFLOPS in their press specs... then Sony lists behind links only during release times PS4 GPU had 1.84TFLOPS. Tell me about progress there. PS2 is totally not there with 4MB VRAM to be said to be even close. The thing which separates PS3 of others is XDR Ram speed and IBM Cell cpu which power was passed only recently in raw power by Ryzen cpu's lately (if you knew how to use it).

[@bigpierogi]

Man, that card is freezing cold

[@MyNameIsBucket]

Need to get myself one of those tiny fan brushes.

[@natejennings5884]

My old laptop's Nvidia 3100M has only 256MB, and runs Left 4 Dead 2 and Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion pretty good.

[@insanitylol]

Man, that card is burning hot.. Says as hand is dissolving. Bruh

[@joyphobic]

Human eyes can't see beyond 256mb VRAM anyways

[@DyoKasparov]

Comment of the month lmao

[@insanitylol]

Human eyes can’t see beŷond 1gb vram and 8gb ram Or 3ghz Or 6 teraflops Or beyond x64 Or beyond windows 10 or Linux latest version kernel Or beyond 120fps (capped to 60) Or beyond 20 inch monitor or 40 inch tv Or..

[@axvellch11]

Imagine Having A Graphics Card -This Post Was Made by Integrated Graphics Gang

[@Nyx42112]

I feel ya... Lol

[@jugchugeat1110]

lmao same

[@doneunoss]

@Vyktory Knight vega 8 gang here 😬

[@bogdaybp4941]

Intel hd

[@fortnotegamer6449]

yes and i only have 128mb

[@araujo_jean]

When a 14 years old graphics card runs GTA V better than your computer ;-;

[@mxmobile5619]

;-; same but I have 4gb of vram

[@maaz451]

K&S Tech News what are your specs?

[@HOWLWOLF]

Hot damn, y'all are broke as shit

today my vega56 has died, now i use a gtx 275 with a ryzen 1800x

[@ChosenOneDan]

then you desperately need to upgrade rofl.... $100 prebuilt with a add in budget rx 470 or something would easily play this at 1080p high.

[@narwhal4304]

I'll be honest, I'm surprised some of these games launched successfully, let alone averaging 30+ FPS in HD.

[@hekoshi.0s]

When i had HD7770 i played gta 5 on 20 fps lowest without shadows 800x600

[@raresmacovei8382]

@@hekoshi.0s That's weird. 7770 is easily faster than a 2008 HD 4890 for example or GTX 285 and GTA 5 should've run much better than 20 fps on min settings at 800x600

[@hekoshi.0s]

@@raresmacovei8382 ikr, it was from xfx my dad brought it brand new several yrs ago, i will never buy xfx

[@tilburg8683]

I got a 512MB GT8800 and it ram the games I tested on it pretty decent, it's kinda like a GT730 but slightly better. If both cards can run the games that is.

[@narwhal4304]

@@hekoshi.0s What's your CPU? With low settings at a low resolution, you might have ran into a CPU bottleneck.

[@krazycharlie]

Back in 2012-2013, my brother-in-law gave me a Radeon 4550 HD with 512 MB of VRAM and I immediately paired it with my then current build: a Dual Core 5400E and 2 GBs of RAM. I was so happy that I could run Doom 3 BFG flawlessly with some tweaks here and there. Sure, drivers' support for the card are dead now, but I still love it for what it meant to me: the chance to play some of my favorite games without worrying too much about the lack of VRAM. I still have the card but I no longer use it, given that my old build died about 10 months ago. I currently use a laptop and I have the card only as an emergency display adapter for other builds. Have a good one, everyone!

[@scellyyt]

[laughs in 64kb]

[@RekzysTheTitan]

@Javascript required to display profile name laughs in homeless guy in the alley.

[@Miaaa_]

@@RekzysTheTitan Laughs in attack helicopter

[@Medstudent2024]

@@Miaaa_ laughs in white house bunker..

[@pikachu896]

@@IJoeAceJRI Laughs in moon base

[@Toni-kd3gz]

Laughs in no FUCKING PC

[@IW1LLEW0]

these vids never get old *unlike the cards*

[@ryanolsen294]

So true :)

[@Starcasm]

Take a shot everytime he says Vram

[@InferiorSerperior]

"Ends up dead drunk"

[@surrodox]

You'd looking around 30 pints

[@Class380Fan]

Hi from above

[@banguseater]

id fuckin puke 3 mins in lol

[@waynerowlinson6177]

I just stopped 2:41 into the video to say the same thing :-)

[@Silo1195]

Ooh! So that's how the Tesla's in nVidia's servers look like.

[@dormanricha]

Yeah, nVidia must've partnered with Elon Musk to make all those servers.

[@luminumlx2604]

@@dormanricha dude i'm gonna kill myself bye

[@Petar321_GT]

477 likes 0 dislikes *"i love democracy"*

[@yobama5288]

FOR THE REPUBLIC!

[@dabrastic6863]

Fix microsoft rewards it sucks

[@zer0366]

god damn cool gpu literally... it runs at 0c on full load

[@yannisl8259]

Really?

[@zer0366]

@@yannisl8259 yes, rly. He is cooling it with polar bear blood

[@Villager_U]

@@yannisl8259 it's a joke

[@yannisl8259]

@@Villager_U don't get it

[@enderdragon4663]

“runs at 0c on full load” thats what she said 😏

[@AmartharDrakestone]

"Sometimes VRAM isn't as important as people like to point out." - Thank you. That's what I thought when I bought my RX580 4GB.

[@ChosenOneDan]

I wouldn't want a 4gb vram card in 2020 personally. its still fine today but the 8gb cards are a safer bet if you're planning to keep it for another couple of years.

[@TheRealWALLABI]

@@ChosenOneDan 3-4 gb of vram is completely fine as long as you're not planning to go over 1080p.

[@ChosenOneDan]

@@TheRealWALLABI it "depends" theres games now at 1080p that can use 5gb.

[@raresmacovei8382]

I personally still believe people were insane in 2014 for buying GTX 970/980 with only 4 GBs VRAM instead of R9 390/390X with 8 GB of ram. It's been clear for a few years now which has been the smarter buy.

[@badvideoproductions3512]

@@TheRealWALLABI not really, today i was playing SOTTR on my RX570 8GB at 1080p and the vram usage would go up to 7GB sometimes

[@VectraQS]

256MB? I have a card that comes with 256K, I upgraded it to 512K after sorting through several bad DIP RAM chips... the best it can do is 1024x768x16. Interlaced. A CRT is a must.

[@Stoney3K]

Nothing beats good old VESA mode 0x13! Just blasting pixels straight across the bus into your VRAM chips, no fancy "Graphics API's" that get in your way...

[@caromac_]

What's it paired to?

[@B.E.3.R]

Almost makes me regret selling my Core 2 Duo + 9600 GT (512MB) system in 2013...ALMOST. Fascinating to see just how much you can stretch old parts.

[@luisar5755]

I still have a 9600GT , i tought it was impossible to run gta5 with it..

[@chillhour6155]

I still have mine with a Zalman cooler,was an amazing, just a pity that vram limitation becomes such a big problem, maybe one day when system memory speeds catch up to vram we can put them back to use

[@rianheroking]

He was using a Ryzen 7 in the video, and the Ryzen 7 has a very good integrated graphics, probably this GPU doesnt was being used by the system.

[@showerss]

@@rianheroking the cpu doesn't have integrated graphics

[@nicholaskimbrough2147]

Hello Budget Builds Official 👋👋

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Heyo

[@mooseyexists]

Budget-Builds Official give me this card I want to study it please jk dont

[@Linuxavak]

3:56 front case fan very dusty ^^

[@WouterVerbruggen]

3:54 OMG clean that intake fan 😂

[@MochiWiz]

3:20 watching that polish up was strangely satisfying

[@Deeposito]

I thought GT 210 was bad and I was right

[@Sheovion]

GT 210 with a cheap fan strapped on: GTA V at 20 FPS 8800GT with 256MB: GTA V 30 - 40 FPS yes, GT 210 is worst than 8800

[@abiez4018]

@@Sheovion LOL u compared 125W tdp to 31W tdp And 64Bit WIth 256Bit

[@SwissDewd]

Well done review as always. However, i know 2 things which could improve the specsheet in the beginning of the video: - Add core and memory clockspeeds (also shader clock if it's an older card). - Add the buswidth to the memorytype. This would be a good indicator of the card's memory bandwidth.

[@codykamminga9667]

Had something similar, but the 512 mb, which i must say was much more stable in framerate

[@FullyBuffered]

Neat test! GTA V continues to impress with just how little hardware it needs to run, although I really wasn't expecting CS:GO and BeamNG to do as well as they did!

[@abhay17381]

I know this is not related to the video but your voice is extremely calming compared to other tech-tubers. Also, keep up the awesome content!!

[@nikolaislater705]

*cough* Linus *cough*

[@Zenefor]

Your narration skills are top notch, just as always.

[@filenotfound__3871]

pls try the first card ever shown in ur channel in 2020

[@kennyj4366]

Thank you for the wonderful example of what's possible with older hardware.

[@MyNameIsBucket]

"8800GT" "budget card" My 7300LE would like a word with you.

[@SanderSander88]

Good old times! Nice video! I had the 8800GTS 512mb, 65nm 112 shaders. a beast it was! even my stepbrother used it later on in his computer.

[@hindel6141]

Hmm.. seems that card has enough power for some android gaming. How about trying it out on some android emulator like Blue Stacks or hell even on freshly installed x86 android OS?

[@andreifabricio4461]

android x86 will not start, as it would not be compatible with the gpu. tested it with a gt 8400 gs and it didn't work

[@DGdescendant22]

Me and my mrs go crazy when you upload. Youre doing a fine job sir.

[@leadster2256]

Hey Budget Builds Official.I love your videos :)/ .Watching them since 2017.I have an request.Can you test Palit 9800GT 1gb version?

[@fabian731]

Man times flying. As a young boy I could dream of the 8800GT , I only had money for the 8600GT and it got me trough some serious long nights of Modern Warfare and even Crysis.

[@DJGioGio]

My teacher's pc specs in a nutshell

[@LSK2K]

R7 paired with a 2006 GPU?

[@rodrigoacosta9708]

@@LSK2K hahaha yeah, put all the money on cpu, run out of money when had to buy gpu

[@beefcactus5705]

Still my favorite youtuber, keep up the good work

[@Karek53]

3:57 Please do a vid cleaning your PC.

[@dude86264]

yeah that case fan is dirty.

[@outtheredude]

Here you are, dropping a 256MB card video today, just where I am also currently using a 256MB card, an XFX 6600 GT AGP one, with a Pentium 4 3.2E Prescott and Windows XP, as of my birthday today in 2020.

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

In 2030: gaming on only 11gb of vram?

[@MyNameIsBucket]

In 3020: "how did people even exist without the augmented reality gaming planet"

[@dayone3363]

In 3021: **ded**

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

Sub Zero in 3022 hUmAns GeTpUt intO aUgMenTed ReALitY

[@SolidRaiden2655]

2040: gaming on a 25GB vram card

[@KARAOTI23]

Always enjoy your pc hardware videos. Coming to think of it, I've never had a 256MB graphics card. Only 128MB or lower (mostly FX cards) and only 512MB or more... I recently bought an HD3850 AGP 512MB though and it really kicks ass in Windows XP/Vista era of games.

[@zdanee]

"I run games on a 4GB GPU!" "Well, I run on only 2GB, and it's integrated into an APU!" "Amateurs" "What did you say?" "I said *amateurs!* "

[@jvccr7533]

tfw you're 8GB -master- peasantrace

[@robertmsrs123]

well i run warcraft 2, diablo hellfire and 4d boxing with dosbox with 2X nvidia titan X gpus 😁. doesn't have fps drop 😂

[@dayone3363]

Well I have a little bit burned gtx 680 2gb xD

[@jvccr7533]

@Don't ask about my pfp ok?

[@H.EL-Othemany]

This is better than a GPU integrated into an APU

[@DuckZ_Gamer-gf1si]

Budget Builds Officials I love your videos!! Please keep up the good work!!

[@arviddz]

That Ryzen is like: 'nice day out doing almost nothing'

[@iamnotjcook]

I remember having a 9800 and moving from my 360 to that PC I remember feeling so cool and that my PC was so strong lol. That was when I moved to it in 2013 so it was DATED already

[@enderdragon4663]

HAAAAH YOU FOOL I USE A 64MB INTEL HD 610!!!!! (I get 2 fps with any 1080p :(. )

[@pinkglowcat9175]

Ender Dragon ouch. at least I have 128mb of vram

[@aleksandur240]

lights off, earbuds at 30%, watching budget builds. best time of the day

[@WannaBe90sGamer]

dang, I was early

[@zeberto1986]

I had a PC with 2 8800GTXs in SLI, each with 768mb of RAM. Back then my pc was a beast as it also had 2gb of system ram and an intel qx6700.

[@VEKTOR_87]

Better than my gt 710🤣

[@olli_ster3562]

No, its not

[@interferret901]

Actually reassured me a bit, because I ordered a Dell XPS M1530 just yesterday with a similarly spec'd Geforce 8600GS, so I know what to expect when it arrives. Amazing video as always, love you man and keep up the good work!

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

8600GS is much weaker than the 8800GT Unfortunately. Where this can handle GTA V in 720p...Thats more of a 480p No Shadows style job

[@interferret901]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial Really? I must've been misinformed. Thank you for letting me know. Atleast retro-gaming is still on the table!

[@jonathanm.ollerjr.6486]

It is really awesome to see a gaming capable video card with a 256mb that still rocks like from the PS3's RSX Reality. Awesome tech history Budget Builds Video. I wanted to see more of these kinds of videos. 😁👍

[@melangeken]

I had an 9600gt 512mb, same asus model as this with blue pcb and same cooler. I have fond memories of this card. I still have it laying around.

[@_GreenBoy_]

WOW! Finally competition for my garbage A8-9600's iGPU (I can't even give it more VRAM, cause I have an a320 mobo and I wasn't able to find an option for it in the BIOS. I don't think it would increase my FPS by a lot, even if I could change it)

[@ChosenOneDan]

bro just replace that garbage and go ryzen already. those A8 cpus are a big yikes... can find r5 1600s / 2600s secondhand for cheap. used rx 470 / 570s are cheap too

[@sonkei5273]

I love the smell of old pc's in the afternoon

[@trinity1516]

it's 3:50 am here and hey why not? Really love your video mate 🤙

[@iainbeith01]

I see you like MK2 Astra's👍 I had a 1.3, 1.4, and a gte8v back in the day. I have two brand new front wings up my loft for like 20yrs lol

[@CaveyMoth]

3:52 I think it's about time that case fan took a trip to the garden for a cleaning.

[@hairybaals4657]

I’ve been hyped all day

[@MrRobot-ry7ky]

Imagine the good old days, rocking this GPU in your high-end system, playing MW2 (like all the cool kids), with a red bull and some doritos by your side.Those were the days. I miss those days :*(

[@Trusteft]

I would like to see proper racing games tested on these gpus. The first time I remember having more than 256MB of VRAM was a good thing, was with Doom 3. Where having IIRC 512MB of VRAM allowed you some extra good textures.

[@rodrigoacosta9708]

I was remembering exactly that, when in the graphics options you could activate some ultra textures and it said somethig about 512mb required, but I activated ot anyways with 256 and had cero problems and it was a really good experience (gts 8600)

[@maxsoto5296]

Love my 8800 GT 512mb it was my first Graphics card ever purchased it off Craigslist in 2015 and used it up to 2017, I have it packed away the card still works but i plan on keeping it forever.

[@MapleMilk]

Dude my Laptop had double VRAM Finally, a channel that makes me feel like that thing isn't a complete potato

[@MLWJ1993]

I guess 8x the VRAM would make mine godly then... Yet it performs on par with a 750Ti which is just plain bad as well. :|

[@moccagringo2311]

Man, that was the total amount of my once amd k6-400 ram.. Early 1998... Even at that time, it still stuttering badly when playing starlancer.. Windows 98 SE.. Nvidia's Riva 128, 32mb of vram..

[@MainAvel]

VRAM *is* important. The *kind* of VRAM is important, too. A fast but small pool of VRAM can often outperform a vaster but slower pool of VRAM - other things being equal.

[@ThePizzaByte]

Oh yes! The mighty Poundland LCD Cleaner brush! Such a handy thing, I actually have a couple :D

[@Ryann1908]

It makes it seems so absurd with "Only that little", but here am I with 32mb of VRAM. Thankfully I will soon get an RX570 4gb at least this year or the next one.

[@MrJazzclazz]

hey dude, I like your channel. Thanks!

[@LastOneLeft99]

I had the 8800 with 320 megs of RAM. Great card for its time.

[@Zach-xi7tt]

Nice to see your csgo skills are getting better!

[@airmicrobe]

This is reminding me that I got through the game king kong gamers edition with hd 4350 256mb. Hd 4350 os performs as same as hd 4550 panting gasping really add the thrilled atmosphere and does not affect the hiccups. Micro stuttering only gives more realistic feelings in jugles. Os was windows 7 32bit and 2gig ram e7200 cpu. Via sound. It rock.

[@rarb1992]

Nicely done as always.

[@sandrogrzelj7841]

That termal paste so good the card doesnt even warm up

[@SinisterPuppy]

Funny you came the conclusion early in the video that it compares close to an Intel HD 520. I came into possession of a system with a HD 530; after running it through it's paces found it's close to a 2007-2009 card. Some benchmarks land it a bit below the AMD HD 4830, others close to the 2006 8xxx line you're looking at today. :) Kind of neat that we've seen 10x perf per watt improvement the past decade. The fact the HD 530 can run games that used to take a 105w+ card to is impressive to me.

[@AppaTheRottweiler]

Ayee great stuff my dude! You have some great vids honestly just keep the grind up and you'll be super successful I know you will! Cheers! 😁

[@Wushu-viking]

I remember exactly 12 years ago, I bought a new 8800 GT with 1 GB VRAM. (Didn't think I'll ever need that much, but price was the same as the 512 at that deal). Would have been fun to test it today with 1 GB. Should eliminate the huge FPS drops. VRAM is really working primerely as a framebuffer in games, so when you need to acces system RAM, the latency on the platform (Card>PCIE>MB>CPU>RAM>PCIE>Card) is a lot higher then on the card itself. Hence the lags.

[@wendy5256]

Rediscovered this channel

[@MrSzero13]

YES I LOVE REWATCHING Budget builds lol, and i just noticed.. DID you use cologne to clean the the card ?? lol @ 2:20

[@ItsPikablu]

The problem is that lower VRAM cards are sometimes actually made worse, such as the 1060 3GB vs 6GB. The 3GB version was specifically given less CUDA cores, meaning its easy for people to think a lower VRAM is a worse card.

[@nilz5909]

6:44 Screw you for not letting us see it hit the floor

[@Rambo454]

Man I used to play TF2, CS:GO and Overwatch years ago on my HD 4670m 256Mb. Those were the times...

[@ondrejbrandejsky5592]

I Know it doesnt have anything to do with this video, but for the people running Q6600 and similar cpu's under windows 10 read this: Today i installed windows 10 on my old q6600 optiplex and the Cinebench r15 score was much lower than in Windows 7 (232 compared to 301) and i found out that core 2 cpu's are also affected by Meltdown patches, so i downloaded an app called inSpectre and disabled the patches with that and now the performance is back to normal. Made a huge difference Edit: if the scores seem too high to you the cpu is BSEL modded so its at 3GHz

[@-Duck-]

This is the content i enjoy. Heres a sub :)

[@ScienceAlliance]

so guys we did it, 256 thousand subscribers and still growing

[@SummonerArthur]

I like that you had to go off your way *and went* just to run and test beamng drive. It would be interesting to see more about this compatibility thing steam has. I didnt even knew it exists. Oh, and If you ever dive deeper on the explanations of vram amount, could you also show how vram speed and technology (i.e. gddr5 vs gddr4) would affect it?

[@mesterak]

Nice job dude!

[@catriona_drummond]

The 8000 series had a VRAM bug that caused the VRAM to not bbe cleared properly and overflow. Nvidia promised to fix it witha driver but never did.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

My first 64mb video card was MX 440, My first 128mb card was a ATI 9600, My first 256mb card was a ATI 9800 pro, My first 512mb card was a ATI 3850, My only 640mb card was a 8800 gts, My first 768mb card was a 8800 gtx, My first 1gb card was a ATI 4890, My first 2gb card was a gtx 285, My first 3gb card was a gtx 660, My first 4gb card was a rx 570, My first 6gb card was a gtx 1060, My first 8gb card was a rtx 2070 (My current card.)

[@Mineav]

Will you do more videos on cards with 512MB? I'm interested in how the AMD HD4xxx series holds up.

[@MustaphaCM]

great video as always

[@ye-sc2bz]

Budget Builds Official: uses 256MB of VRAM as a challenge Me: *cries with 64MB of VRAM*

[@airmicrobe]

This is why 768mb vram is enough for gaming thank you. By the way i3 2100 plus hd 6770 is the well matched rig according to game-debate web and I got that by chance.

[@lsnderick]

I use Quadro 2000 in my "Ultimate Windows XP PC" I prefer nVidia, but their drivers newer than v285.58 start having some visual bugs in some games (texture flickering e.t.c.)(Tomb Raider III, Turok 2, Far Cry) So the most powerful GPU's supported by this driver use Fermi architecture. This PC also uses pretty weak PSU, that"s why I needed to use a card without external power connectors, and Quadro 2000 is the perfect choice - it is the most powerful Fermi without the connector! :)

[@jeronstevens8491]

Nice video man

[@luismanuelvera7848]

Great job to THE developer of Equlinox, my boy Thin Matrix is a great solo developer, made the game by himself, better checkout his newer projects!

[@bringersbob]

same with cards like the gtx 960 2gb vs 4gb. if you use all the vram the card will render slower as its working more. dont really need 4gb on a gtx 960 is what I mean here. using around 2gb yeilds the best balance of detail/framerates

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

Awesomness to relax to on wonderful evening.

[@nfs1346]

Good video showing that 256MB VRAM can be somewhat viable these days. But I also have a suggestion on trying out the 7100 GS or 6100 which is possibly the worst DX9 supporting GPU in my experience but its slightly better than the Geforce 2 mx400 card you reviewed years ago.

[@nfs1346]

I bought my friend a 610 as an upgrade for his PC for 5 euros or a few pounds. Userbenchmark said it was a 30000% improvement

[@rodrigoacosta9708]

Very good my friend, I have an old gt 8600 with 256mb vram and I was wondering lately if that card would work on my ryzen system. I'm not gonna do it on purpose, but if my gtx 1060 for some unknown reason stops working one day at least with the old one I will be able to keep using my pc untill I find a replacement. Really nice!!!

[@LocoMe4u]

So it's the 1060 3gb of 2006?

[@Arockalypsse]

Just yesterday I've watched that 2 years old video