How much VRAM do you need? - Tech Tips

Time to put this one to bed. How many gigabytes of graphics memory (VRAM) do you REALLY need?
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Host: Linus Sebastian
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[@Lottofatto]

I find it funny that you guys think the picture of the person at 3:00 is an actual gamer

[@sizor3ds]

he did say fool

[@eifersucht14c]

I mean she is but hey go with ignorance it's easier.

[@Lottofatto]

eifersucht14c there is video evidence of her saying that she is not a gamer

[@nik4456]

I think it's funny that you think being a "fake gamer" is a thing.

[@SWOgottaGO]

She's not a gamer. She's a con artist. She's a scam. That's what she is.

[@cheeseofblack]

1) get a job 2) get a 1080 3) quit job 4) any game at high settings :)

[@joshuacardenas7956]

Vroom速い 100 yrs later “200k looks SO GOOD” “You do realize we are already on 2000k right?”

[@stoppls1709]

@@joshuacardenas7956 lmaiooio

[@kenbee1957]

Genius

[@CommandoMaster]

2080ti is the best! Get one asap if ur not poor.

[@stoppls1709]

@@CommandoMaster the ones who aren't probably have that so idk what u talkin bout😂😂😂

[@superme29-19]

He looks like linus from linus tech tips

[@champnotchicken4318]

SuperMe29 - I hope this is sarcasm.

[@khaos481]

he IS linus from linus tech tips, this is his second channel

[@FatherManus]

@@khaos481 This isn't his second channel, this is NCIX. He used to work for NCIX before going solo. Good thing too since NCIX is defunct.

[@RelyksJ]

R/woosh

[@superme29-19]

Stop bullying me you meanie😤 or i would tell my mama

[@curiousspud1011]

Ah, the simple days when 3-4gb VRAM was considered high end.

[@CollyDoo]

And my 1080ti is still the MVP in 2022👌😅

[@beataoo]

@@CollyDoo crys in intel hd 128mb vram

[@hampterboi]

@@beataoo ... just watch an tutorial to increase it

[@beataoo]

@@hampterboi it doesn't increase it.. it just changes the number in display adapter

[@x_pogboy5082]

@@beataoo mine with 64 😐

[@domojim]

2 GB for 1080p Gaming 4 GB for 1440p Gaming 8 GB for 4K Gaming

[@StandardsFtw]

lmao, no. No games uses 8GB at 4k right now. Even MGS:GZ wasn't even using 3 at 4k.

[@AlexRolandHuszar]

Standards if you looked the new Galax 980 review in LTT channel you'd not that it is not always the case, the 8gb 290x was only 2-4 fps behind at 4k the 980 classified and the galay 980 and that is half the price and the power of it is clearly less, the only thing it has is more vram

[@Aelfraed26]

Depends on the games you play. You can play old games like Half-Life 2 at 1080p and it will run fine with 1 GB and maybe even with 512 MB. There are even games today that aren't very demanding and won't need 2 GB to run properly on at 1080p.

[@StandardsFtw]

***** 8GB of VRAM has nothing to do with the 290x's performance. The 290x 4GB has been right behind the 980 for a while now. You fell prey to an idea that was even explained in this video. More VRAM =/= More FPS. *Not a single game* out right now will even come CLOSE to efficiently utilizing anything close to 8GB unless you're playing 4k and somehow using SSAA x10. Games like SoM with a recommended "6" were running fine on cards with 3 like my 780s and other's 780tis. Raw performance > VRAM, and we'll likely need far stronger cards before we even come close to utilizing the 8GB on new cards.

[@AlexRolandHuszar]

Standards if you read carefully what I wrote than you'd know I specificity said at 4k, and now you telling me that it has nothing to with the more ram unless it's 4k, so you are basically saying the same, or if not the same at least it is not a contradiction

[@Bdmaurice]

I wish I could run something at 4k by accident...

[@iamoctonate]

lol

[@shadymedhat270]

lol

[@renski8976]

+Brian Maurice If I did that, my house would burn down.

[@singlehotmominyourarea926]

+Brian Maurice *8K

[@thomashaugland6953]

+Brian Maurice if i did that... i would have 60fps+ (980ti) :P

[@iyappansriram9854]

7:31 OK so the question is answered now.....

[@zackprime315]

Carefully he's a hero

[@ianpatrickwijaya2657]

You have saved 7 minutes of my life

[@danielcraft1584]

ThERe iS nO ClEaR aNswEr

[@awakenedmemories9]

Thx 🙏

[@charlesjsescoto]

actually its 5:57

[@amalsankar8522]

*Lemme download some VRAM*

[@ReviewGuru2]

Vitual Ram😈

[@bikesuperstars7773]

Epic

[@ElicitDaG]

Virtual ram!

[@prawnk1ng]

Takes me back to my win95 days. You could buy a cd for £20 that just increased your swap file size. 🤦‍♂️

[@ThatLithuanianGuyy]

How much i need? 1TB i think will be ok for light gaming.

[@st-]

You will need at least a petabyte, c'mon dude that's common sense!

[@typeelite9283]

Wtf

[@insanemoments1257]

Can ANY of you take a joke?

[@albabhuzaifa6853]

Drunk Driver 1788 yup you are drunk alright

[@ProGamings2NDchannelMM]

Yes but it will need a bit of upgrade in a year or two mate might get a few frame drops on minecraft

[@Damguy]

if i had 12 hours to take whatever i wanted from their office, catch me with a fucking 50k setup

[@FerrariTeddy]

nice meme freeze TBI! (Tech Bureau of Investigations)

[@thefaker9739]

for me 10 min would be anougf

[@trapdoor954]

i would just go for their data and then sell it back to them and go out and buy new stuff ;)

[@bombardier6033]

[B]

[@dafuqmr13]

okay guys i had a plan, gmail me, we can do this together

[@AmriteshGaniger]

This guy is really good, I bet that one day he will have his own channel and hit 10 million subscribers and make us all cry with him.

[@Seif_Morsi]

Yeah but MKBHD would hit 10M before him 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@realkennyg3714]

he did before your comment. His channel is Linus Tech Tips

[@G-C-G]

@@realkennyg3714 Wow, he did too!

[@0spidey1]

It's impressive how well written the episode is, most of the stuff in this video are still applicable (besides the multi-GPU detour and NCIX existing).

[@tomkingslayer8375]

i give the gtx 970 a 3.5/4

[@toijben7555]

No it has 4 gb of vram just the 500mb is 1/8 the speed of the other 3.5gb :P

[@Aeradom2000]

+TomKingslayer Okay, I've seen this multiple places now, what is this all about?

[@Aeradom2000]

TomKingslayer Funny enough, after watching this video, I did manage to find what this was all about. Do appreciate you responding though.

[@Chevifier]

+TomKingslayer I just bought this card upgrading from my 660 ti 3gb. So im roughly getting an extra 500 meg lol. But the chipset is a lot better though. did my research

[@boyrocky6362]

+ChevyGC Assassin's Creed Syndicate Ultra need more than 4GB VRAM. 2016's AAA game will also need that much VRAM to run on Ultra, so your invest is a little bit too late. Why don't get a R9 390 8GB if you already research.

[@sebastianungerer8525]

When u want to play skyrim with a shit ton of graphics mods u need MUCH Vram

[@sebastianungerer8525]

The Time Prince hahaha 260 mods active without any loadorder xDDD

[@Birkolator]

Sebastian Ungerer is 4gb or vram good enough for Skyrim?

[@peckapuder]

Birk Albert It's time you learn how to use the Internet bfy.tw/8cUo

[@sebastianungerer8525]

Birk Albert yes

[@benjamink2398]

Unfortunately, if you play on Windows 10, it limits Skyrim to 4GB of Ram TOTAL usable. Which really sucks.

[@MilenaSimsic]

This video is like the answer to the universe in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." You ask a question, wait a long time, and then get an answer that doesn't answer anything.

[@edcrespo1722]

Genuine Peach pretty much this guys whole channel

[@mardogaming1999]

2015: OMG 980 2018: GTX 1050 ti sucks

[@rhinoexile6092]

MarioxGaming729 It sucks for 4K and VR but its good for 1080 at high FPS

[@ssjbroly8735]

Lynx Stinks I agree

[@Amazinglyultra]

@@rhinoexile6092 *do You mean 30 fps is high?*

[@CLP97]

@@Amazinglyultra no , it pumps out 60

[@troymyjam9866]

you know the 980 is slightly better than the 1060 6gb...

[@Noum77]

Came here in search of answers. 7:38 : there is "no clear answer" :'(

[@ftxhavok2487]

Nomentsoa 2-4 gb is okay :)

[@scott6_]

2gb is not enough.

[@oceanbytez847]

Nomentsoa if you want the best video then get the biggest baddest card out there even if it is more than the rest of the system combined. if not settle for a decent cost and dont demend absolute 4K perfection.

[@FreakFixtional]

Thank you

[@calimods4256]

Get the 1070 it has 8gb if you game.

[@itsTyrion]

If games would not be optimized as shit 2 GB could be enough for 1080p or 1440p.

[@itsTyrion]

just look at games like The Witcher 3. Even with highest settings in 4K it doesn't even reach 3 GB.(about 2.3/2.4) And then play Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Division, Black Ops III... in 4k. 6 GB are not enough. Just why?! Black Ops 3, lowest settings, 720p, FXAA, about 1 GB! In medium settings, 720p it goes over 2 GB. I didn't test 1080p highest settings since I have a 2 GB 750Ti. The other values are from a friends PC

[@dnd6379]

games use as much vram as possible to run smooth, if you have more vram its gona use more to run smoother

[@ile141]

+Naruto Uzumaki If you watched the video, it was exactly the opposite lol.

[@pastalavista03]

You are right , whith my old gtx 660 games like The Witcher 3 , Crysis 3 maxed out 1080p did not used more the 1.8 gb. But now I have changed my gpu with rx 480 8gb and : Rise of the Tomb Rider used more than 6gb Call of Duty Infinite Warfare used up to 8gb of vram in some cases , but with an average around 7.5-7.8gb Dishonored used more than 5gb Titanfall also over 6gb In conclusion sh*t optimization.

[@dnd6379]

Alin Vl no thats fine it means its working as it should, the more vram it uses the better the graphics will appear

[@paulbeaudoin2521]

I come from the future we now have RTX 2080ti with 11 GB GDDR6 VRAM and RAY tracing

[@mrvlatkovic]

And it can't run shit! :D

[@clockworklegionaire2135]

@@mrvlatkovic I have a 680 and a big ol dick.

[@paulo8001]

So like, you're from next week dude.

[@meekmeads]

$100,000?

[@brotothewilliams9890]

@@meekmeads no just bought a PC with a 2080ti and it cost 2,800

[@alexmihai22]

One of the best episodes ever, perfectly done.

[@pumkin160]

WAIT SO MY 4 TITAN X'S DON'T GIVE ME 48GB OF VRAM???

[@soberbard]

+Mutahar Farooq and if it was amd cards.

[@flyingbox2765]

+Mutahar Farooq Thats not really how it works. Considering most games are console ports and dont use SLI, games wont be coded to use it. Either way, you cant buy more GPU vRAM lol youre stuck with what you got.

[@flyingbox2765]

Mutahar Farooq I know. Thats not related to the vRAM were talking about lol. The vRAM can't be pooled together unless the game is coded to do so, which is unlikely. What did you mean by "... more ram with directx 12 instead of buying more from an untrusted company" though?

[@flyingbox2765]

Mutahar Farooq You dont make sense, but AMD's R9 380 can be found cheaper than a 960 and performs better....

[@flyingbox2765]

Mutahar Farooq AMD has Freesync (same as gsync) crossfire (sli) their own recording software (like shadow play).... Nvidia and AMD don't offer many new features. AMD is offering better perfiamnce at cheaper prices, albeit using some more power.

[@KaptainCnucklz]

Using my CPU's integrated graphics right now. It's like having a 512 MB card basically. Anything more intensive than CS:GO on the lowest settings is a NO:GO. RIP gaming hopes and dreams.

[@potatoonastick2239]

+Khan-Shei™ Well why did you not just buy a decent graphics card?

[@mikeduels]

+Potato on a stick lolwut

[@Justsomerandomguy]

+Khan-Shei™ Intergrated Graphics use your actual RAM so, in most cases, you can change that in the BIOS.

[@KaptainCnucklz]

Potato on a stick Not a lot of spare money and I live in a populated town, so jobs go as soon as they're open.

[@Henry_Jr_Watsson]

+Khan-Shei™ Integraded GPU's such as the Intel HD5000 series or better can actually run CS:GO easily and even games such as BattleField 4 at low settings without a hinche

[@JMT34237]

I watched all that to hear “ask some dude on a forum”

[@xesberto937]

same smh

[@Hasi_era]

Lot of useful things learnt within few minutes as usual . thank you!

[@WellBeSerious12]

Can I run 6 4K monitors on Ultra settings maxed out with a potato, or do I have to save up for a baked potato?

[@alikhoobiary6595]

There is no clear answer

[@WellBeSerious12]

Damnit!

[@nav6215]

I'd save up for some french fries in SLI as well

[@destroyerofbothworlds8607]

WellBeSerious12 Good question. But I would probably save up for a baked potato.

[@vibodhj349]

Sarcasm at 1 Terrahertz!

[@bowserfromsonic5517]

everyone knows you need 8gb gddr5x for minecraft

[@seanb3516]

I use all 8Gb for running my SNES emulator. I get 60 fps!

[@takarlor12]

Struggling at minesweeper with 12 GB

[@butterturtle56]

+Lock JR still can't open notepad with 64gb of ram

[@seanb3516]

Clorox bleach You get NotePad? Lucky b'tard. :)

[@CGFUN829]

Damn those gamers who play cs go with high end rig. and still check there graphic option when the fps drop below 60 fps. i bet they dont enjoy gaming. real gaming is Rise of tomb rider at 30 fps ..800+600 windowed at low setting. :)

[@cdchase6116]

you are very helpful and i always leave having learned something...thank you!

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

Old but still relevant. Thanks.

[@weweebert]

You taught me something today , i was honestly already aware that adding another GPU in crossfire or SLi did not double the VRM ram , but i did think the 290X2 did have 8gig of usable VRAM. Thank you Linus , you saved me a costly mistake

[@crimson3859]

Yes, they are sneaky little fucks aren't they?

[@vincent6845]

I wasnt sure still i think maybe a 290x+270x 4gb edition is better option since your wont use more then 70% of the 2º gpu (maybe there is no 270x 4gb edition abd maybe im completly wrong but still until anybody explain me otherwise....)

[@3rdGenGuy]

vincent metzker WTF? sli and CFX use 99% on both GPUs depending on the game.

[@SeridianPulse]

vincent metzker You can't crossfire a 290X and 270X , they have different architectures.

[@3rdGenGuy]

Christian Louise Didn't catch that thought he said 2x 290x what a noob lol

[@user-gd3rv8ll5u]

So what you're saying is I need all the VRAM?

[@napaboy101]

there is never enough VRAM bud

[@HenriqueAraujo174]

well it depends

[@akimbojimbo6590]

for added future proofing, put them all in quad sli.

[@oceanbytez847]

Jimmie Ervin or simply dont expect 4k in every game 4 yrs down the road. Your system should be "future proof" in a sense that you will likely be able to run most stuff for the next decade if you built a super beast now. yes it will not always be top of the line but if you do not demand perfection then the hardware should last quite a while.

[@akimbojimbo6590]

kappa, bro

[@benbrooks566]

“...3GB of vram” Quadro 8000: *laughs in future...*

[@maddymuhat8079]

Thanks for this helpful tips

[@guy1524]

But Linux, what about my Intel HD 3000? (:

[@guy1524]

***** Take a joke.

[@johnjohnny1673]

***** Then no, back to my original comment: fuck off.

[@johnjohnny1673]

***** Only after I have planted my seed in you.

[@johnjohnny1673]

***** This is boring. You lose, bitch. Bye bye.

[@nathanpaimo4745]

+ESL H0neck3r You lost.

[@riteshhasija]

3:52 there's no gtx 770 with 3gb vram, it comes in 2gb vram and a much more expensive 4gb vram options. get your facts straight linus. we don't expect these shenanigans from you.

[@Yolinstrun4e182]

it. was. just. an. example. Linus knows this.

[@riteshhasija]

Chris H. You're wrong

[@BoogleBros]

i have a 3gb gtx 770 windforce lol

[@Hakaan256]

***** What is 4K then? Any sensible person will tell you 3840x2160...

[@crappiefisher1331]

***** so what else is 4k? 4k is 3840x2160 or 4096x2304 both are 4k. if it comes to movies/TV it is 3840x2160 so saying 3480x2160 is 4k isnt wrong

[@cosmosorigin9572]

Thanks for sharing yr knowledge dude

[@antistat8756]

Thanks alot Linus you've been great last couple years, that I've been watching I mean.

[@ProPcGaming1]

Can a GTX 980 with 8 GB VRAM run Minecraft at lowest graphics at 800x600 res while looking at the sky ???

[@SentientTent]

***** You need a motherboard, a cpu. Power supply helps. Just a gtx 980 isn't enough.

[@Terrorstanius]

ProPcGamer 30 fps if you're lucky

[@ProtatoYT]

ProPcGamer idk bro. I heard even the Titan cannot handle the extreme graphics.

[@RetroSmoo]

Intel hd graphics can run minecraft at 800x600 reso lol

[@KitChen5548]

***** how old are you

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

Was that Anita Sarkeesian?

[@kennysteele7844]

RADIOACTIVEBUNY Yes.

[@EagleOfDestiny1]

+Lazarus Nazareth I'll pay for your anger management class.

[@calebkelly813]

+EagleOD1 lmao ikr

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

yes she is a true "gamer girl", look at her sitting next to all those games! I bet there's oppression and misogyny in each one Kappa

[@kennysteele7844]

john smith kappa pride m8

[@offchopsmediaphotography4672]

Love your videos dude but fuck at 6:15 you scared the life out of me with my 3d surround headphones i thought something huge was dropping, keep up the good work and informational vids though man, theyre really appreciated

[@greatgamer6219]

I like how he presents the video

[@HuevoDuro702]

GTX 770 was never available in 3gb variation only in 2gb and 4gb just like the GTX 680

[@HuevoDuro702]

And don't ask Keys for help for GPU's

[@hugsanddrugs]

This.

[@HuevoDuro702]

***** huh?

[@josephlamarche5791]

i have the evega ftw 4 gig lol so is it really 3 gigs???

[@andrewskaterrr]

Joseph Lamarche no it's 4

[@MrSushi456]

"4GB" GTX 970 right?

[@CombatArmsReviews9]

MrSushi i rate this card 3.5/4

[@renehartung6836]

AmishTurtle xD but it actually have 4GB vRAM.. But the last 500mb are running at 32bit so they are useless as fuck

[@littlemang69]

+AmishTurtle haha lol i get the joke

[@joemash929]

+MrSushi is the GTX 970 better than playstation tho?

[@CombatArmsReviews9]

joe mash by a longshot buddy

[@sairaamanat3005]

Thanks bro you helped me a lot

[@albertn872]

Very nice and informative video, speaking of Shadow of Mordor, I recently tried to run it with my Geforce GTX 1060 3GB and I experience short lapses of stuttering on a regular basis, not to the point where it is unplayable but it can definitely get annoying. The game has so far been set to the standard user settings. I was wondering if this problem for the most part has to do with the capabilities of my GPU or my CPU which is a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500?

[@rosskopeekoracing]

I spent over a month deciding what GPU to choose and I settled with the gigabyte 1060 windforce OC edition. most ppl said it was a wrong move but playing every game on ultra at 1080p around the 60fps mark. its a solid card.

[@rosskopeekoracing]

6gb with a boost clock just shy of 1800mhz

[@aceflamez00]

6 gb is fine

[@andok3135]

wise choice I one the other hand got myself a gtx 1070 8gb ram and bought a 1080p and 60Hz monitor with it like an idiot. Cri everytime

[@rosskopeekoracing]

i was considering a 1070 but at the time budget didn't allow it. also im running a super weak fx4100 cpu so its killing me on heavy visual games. bf1 still runs 50fps on ultra with a 125% upscale. but it foes get a bit of stutter when conquest is busy but never drops below 35. so have a i5 6400 on order :D

[@andok3135]

yep, the 6400 should handle it. still it's kinda impressiv that the fx4100 can still run that good

[@kylowatt]

watch linus at 0.5 speed lOL

[@kylowatt]

POPLOPUK ikr

[@SupahtrippX]

+★ CodeLeak ★ That is scary and amazing

[@kylowatt]

Supahtripp X ikr lol

[@pnepaul87]

+★ CodeLeak ★ Its like stage 2 of tripping balls on 21 jump street

[@PenguinODoom]

+★ CodeLeak ★ 1.25 is pretty entertaining

[@MoritzMoo]

7:33 massive voice crack lol

[@danielsgrunge]

Gotta love ol vids

[@techman9634]

Can you do a newer version of this for 2016/2017

[@Awgez24]

When he says the '9' in 970, replace it with a '10'.

[@PurpleHeartVR]

Like he said, it's based on what you have, your screen resolution, what games you play.... i had dual gtx 580's that could max out BF4 but I got consistent stuttering cause I was hitting the 1.5 gb vram limit then though it had enough power to push out 60 frames with that power.

[@mrnarason]

Same ideas apply.

[@CaptainScorpio24]

Nicholas Murphy older Cod advanced warfare and ghost games hover around 4gb of vram of 1050 ti in my 900p lg ips monitor with ultra settings and AA maxed. so 6gb is recommended for 900p and 8gb for 1080p atleast if I tell yuh seriously I can show the photos of screen taken I play battlefield 1 and 4 farcry 4 farcry primal gta 4 and 5 rocket league call of duty :-advanced warfare black ops ghost cpu :g4560 Ram :- hyper x 12gb msi b250 board

[@hangmanhands5826]

Linus tech tips

[@uaabd7430]

This video should be titled "What is V-Ram?"

[@xesberto937]

ikr

[@Whiskeyagogo519]

You did a great job explaining vram and. Sli and cross fire ..

[@lepuzki]

This video was 12 years ago.. Sli and crossfire are dead

[@realIncognitoTGT]

The successor to this channel is considered Techquickie

[@shivershajj7044]

To be clear, sometimes, some gpu may have more vram than they can use,ex: i have a laptoo equipped with radeon R7 M440 dedicated graphics, the card holds 4GB of Vram, yet the gpu is so weak that it can barely get 1.5gb of ram usefull, the only advantage of the 2 additional gigs is that instead of getting 2 fps on high end game and high graphics, i get 8fps

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

All I know is that my GPU (GTX 550 Ti 1 GB) can play Alien: Isolation on max settings on my 1600 x 900 display. Not 1080p, etc. but gotta use what I got and can afford, lol.

[@epicdiabetic1]

Define "can play"

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

epicdiabetic1 As in, a playable frame rate. No stuttering, etc. 30-40 fps tops. However, recording the game takes a hit on the frame rate regardless of the settings for the game, but it's still more than playable. However, the default settings look pretty good, so I use them instead to record the game. I have 11 gameplay videos on my channel.

[@andrewskaterrr]

epicdiabetic1 apparently you've never seen how optimized alien isolation is and technically is a medium level graphics game, everything is pulled from the ps4 version but will slightly better lighting and AA

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

Andrew Russell Although, like many games, the fire, etc. seems very over-saturated. So in Premiere, I applied the FilmConvert effect to my 2-3 latest gameplay videos to bring the saturation down a little bit and also make it mimic a certain camera and film type.

[@3rdGenGuy]

My mom also has a 900P screen

[@ZenoLycurgus]

Thanks Linus

[@PhilORourke]

WELL INFORMED.

[@apezih5650]

Him: How much VRAM you need? Me: **Laughs in integrated graphics**

[@oscarruorochmolinacansino5907]

Amen, my integrated graphics brother!

[@Whiskeyagogo519]

I play star citizen with a 1060 6 gb and 16 gb ddr4 off of a ssd with a 17 7700 kadylake. The game runs pretty good !

[@iceman8075]

Found your 3rd channel Linus! Damn, after I read comments I found that you have 4 channels now!

[@realIncognitoTGT]

Remember the fact ncix is bankrupt

[@hughadams9703]

You make their channel better

[@ZardozSpeaksToYou.]

Studdering.... smh

[@Bluemoondm1]

I winced.

[@ricojes]

I thought it was deliberate.

[@420BulletSponge]

ricojes It wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was.

[@3rdGenGuy]

fuck you,

[@erzzion]

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Studdering -A group of girls on a hormone high searching for some studders (studs or hot guys). Hormone high girl #1: What are you doing tonight? Hormone high girl #2: Studdering, want to come? #grammarnazi ...

[@tickoschannel]

Talking to people is the hardest part.

[@lkledu2]

god bless you, this video helped me a lot

[@zanderxu4113]

Why did KZbin recommend me this now... Good job.

[@Luka_3D]

"Only 2 GB of vram" yeah Linus. Do you know that my card has only 512 mb? EDIT: I upgraded to 2 GB now and it'senough to run all the games I play at high settings.

[@indowinftw]

RIP

[@vivekts7783]

finally someone who understands it. Had it on my old pc...

[@Luka_3D]

+DevPre P. (DevPre) 512 mb

[@orbit462]

I have 32mb of vram pray for me

[@jaydenramirez1763]

+Astronaut Orbit how?

[@DavidStumpGrinder]

3:00 Ayy lmao, you should stop being a misogynist linus :^)

[@Potato-fb8zw]

David? Didn't I date you?

[@DavidStumpGrinder]

Potato who the fuck are you?

[@Potato-fb8zw]

You dont remember the meat?

[@DavidStumpGrinder]

Potato nope

[@AsianRage98]

I knew it! He is a believer in the horrendous patriarchy!

[@ZeldaGames852]

I have a 2GB video card but I a ton of research and found a card that supported Vulkan. That is one thing that will really help you on game that support vulkan. And it was pretty much the best 2GB ram card I could find. My card works pretty fast it is not the fastest card but I like it.

[@johndiso698]

well explained!

[@xavierferreira3851]

For anyone seeing this video in 2023 , well good luck with the VRAM 😂

[@ProtoMario]

2 GB is minimum these days but 3-4 is the sweet spot.

[@MrPiikkipallo]

It really depends on what resolution you're playing your games at, for example I can run BF4 no problem with my 512mb gpu @ 720p.

[@icklenuke6181]

***** The R9 270X with 4GB of VRAM came in around £155 on Amazon :)

[@Web720]

MrPiikkipallo Well yeah. But I believe he was inferring to 1080P w/ probably AA and higher texture quality.

[@confusedflourbeetle4734]

that's easy it would be just £33

[@who23809]

Jeez this was 5 years ago

[@Sas_HeatherC]

holy crap, thank you, flippin finally someone who has the nuts to put the facts without the fluff.

[@RebelStateSovereign]

5 years later, I am still watching this video and wishing you would build me a system :-)

[@DerrickRG]

I play at 1080p with my GTX970. So even with the VRAM issue goin' around, I've had no issues. People need to realize, this card was built for 1440p, not 4k.

[@DerrickRG]

EMPiiRE SLI changes that a bit however.

[@MeWasReloading]

guido van der wal No, don't sli 970 for 4k, maybe the 980 but I have seen games use more than 4 gb of vram on 4k, gtx 980ti and titan x is your best bet.

[@n063098]

Lol so basically fuck it, just go with the highest amount you can afford.

[@kennethmiguel6850]

S S

[@CaptainScorpio24]

N7-Spectre older Cod advanced warfare and ghost games hover around 4gb of vram of 1050 ti in my 900p lg ips monitor with ultra settings and AA maxed. so 6gb is recommended for 900p and 8gb for 1080p atleast if I tell yuh seriously I can show the photos of screen taken I play battlefield 1 and 4 farcry 4 farcry primal gta 4 and 5 rocket league call of duty :-advanced warfare black ops ghost cpu :g4560 Ram :- hyper x 12gb msi b250 board

[@depth386]

I like to run a little known program called Space Engine and it loves VRAM. It’s not a game it’s more of a hobbyist renderer but you can move the camera around as you wish, then stop and crank up settings for a beautiful screenshot

[@PlasmaHDroid]

I think the real answer, is not stating it depends, but building a chart. For people that play different games. It’s a beautiful learning curve I essay. Such as for each video giving suggestions for Old School Runescape needs, League of Legends, CSGO, Fortnite, Overwatch, and other high end preferences. It would greatly leap my understanding of the meaningless values we noobs get bombarded with. It’s like the annoying Cº only or Fº only descriptions for cooling I’m always wasting time converting, which would be better for the content creator to do but these are just my three cents.

[@youtubasoarus]

Linux, this video needs more Gigabytes. :)

[@martonmolnar9643]

Linux XD

[@BewareWinterIsComing]

***** Aren't you the dude that gave me spiders?

[@SkyDragonTeamStefan]

Gta iv, launched on April 29, 2008 uses 1.4Gb vram on max out settings 1080p. That is 6 yo game...

[@runescapefan0001]

That is a console port

[@Ichibuns]

runescapefan0001 One of the shittiest at that

[@Mattscreative]

with mods it uses 3.6gb's

[@3rdGenGuy]

Call of duty Advanced warfare 1080P used 3gb V-ram looked like shit, yet used all the ram.

[@andruhaivashin9874]

Sanic The graphics are amazing.

[@tokarikure253]

really help full

[@nicholireyes5533]

why was I surprised seeing Linus on a different tech tips

[@EsteBandido_YT]

I just watched this in 2018. who get's the paycheck this time? PS: does Linus ever age?

[@carlhartley8749]

nop an neither does my titan .... hes a pro m8

[@DaRyteJuan]

EsteBandido4444 No. And his voice never changes either; he’s still going through puberty.

[@jonomoth2581]

Not till 2020. Damn that beard is sexy.

[@Gelonyrum]

Strange times has come, nowadays the less vRAM GPU have, the better it is for gamers (because damn miners won't buy it)

[@HaloDaycare]

rest in peace miners (miners translate as "losers" by the way)

[@roxy3272]

Meanwhile, 1 year later, 8gb vram minimum

[@beesong2450]

thank you sir!

[@RabbitElite]

dam linus ur video quality went soo far in last 2 years

[@themarkedone715]

I found a website that allows me to download ram. Saves me a lot of money!

[@capcom23]

Martijn Hoekstra chicken chaser

[@madscientist5786]

Unless this is a troll, you are an idiot. You can't download ram. It's physical hardware that you put in your pc. That's just like me saying I found a site to download a CPU. I also think it has a virus in it.

[@HDDolphinGaming]

Alex Fotouhi You literally fell for one of the oldest forms of bait on the internet.

[@themarkedone715]

Moo Snuckle Haha yepp :')

[@swedneck]

+Martijn Hoekstra The thing is, those sites only offer regular DRAM, not VRAM.

[@overlordprincekhan]

Tip 1, lower your resolutions to the lowest Tip 2, find your screen size and multiply it with 4x frame rate. That's how much VRAM your GC is using. Buy the GC according to it.

[@evuwehe7775]

You're shitting me right?

[@roxy3272]

Ah, yes, the Amd fsr strategy

[@abymohanan2043]

Thank you so much for this video 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻

[@wtfman1217]

I'm still rocking the gtx 680 in sli with 2 gig vram and play all games including doom or gta5 on high settings with vsync on 1080p I future proofed my rig and I recon I can still get another 2 years easy out of it! built it in 2013. I say more is always better PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlhartley8749]

keep rockin dude ... hi

[@Algorithm_Poison]

I had an interesting thought while watching this video: why do graphic processors and vram come in a single unit? How come they aren't separate like a CPU and RAM? Of course this would completely change how mother boards are designed and probably lead to the splitting of Mobo market but could be an interesting concept. I'm guessing that in the early days of gpu it's was easier to design these cards for connecting to a pci but in an alternative history what if the standard for PC's was two sockets. One for a CPU and the other for a gpu with seprate ram ports one set for cpu and the other for GPU.

[@Adama.1]

He says in the video. The closer the memory, the faster it is to access. Like, physically closer. So the ram has to be on the card itself.

[@CommandoMaster]

VRAM is memory for graphics rendering. Depends on the game. Higher end gpus will have more VRAM, so typically just buy the GPU and not worry too much about how much VRAM it has.

[@punkm0nk]

Dude

[@CommandoMaster]

@@punkm0nk Gotta do some daygame

[@kannankichu1997]

I watched this video at 2X speed and it seems like I will need 30 minutes to grasp everything Linus just went over. Damn it

[@bryansmith1920]

Thankyou if this is forward time travel

[@leaderofthefreeworld2700]

lol.... only two years and midrange cards (RX 480) have versions with more VRAM than enthusiast grade GPUs...

[@-TK-]

ary karu more vram is not as good as high bandwidth memory . Take the r9 fury x for instance.it has 4 gb of it but can destroy the rx 480's 8gb.

[@codyfournellcsrf5164]

Troll King i have a fury x and im debatinf weather or not to add it in my loop or just upgradr to a 390x with 8 gb.

[@CaptainScorpio24]

ary karu older Cod advanced warfare and ghost games hover around 4gb of vram of 1050 ti in my 900p lg ips monitor with ultra settings and AA maxed. so 6gb is recommended for 900p and 8gb for 1080p atleast if I tell yuh seriously I can show the photos of screen taken I play battlefield 1 and 4 farcry 4 farcry primal gta 4 and 5 rocket league call of duty :-advanced warfare black ops ghost cpu :g4560 Ram :- hyper x 12gb msi b250 board

[@letmein7921]

Nishant Kumar You're so wrong lol

[@jelleposthuma8786]

@@CaptainScorpio24 4gb is plenty for 1080p

[@agentx114567]

honest, one question... how do I download more vram?

[@meatman1235]

Scratch Beat go to redtube shows You how

[@pkgang699]

He gonna mame a ten min video to download vram and then at the end hes gonna say just buy gpu

[@kchaousaad8159]

downloadvram.com

[@aprinaleko]

it comes from the sky

[@Diamondragan]

Watched and listened at 2x speed. Having things go by so fast seems to make me focus on what he's saying more. So I can watch the video, write a comment, and still have two minutes to spare! :D

[@YoshiFan190]

Incredible, that this video is still as relevant as it was 4 years ago.

[@metalnat27]

5 years now : P

[@adeelabbasi7375]

i have had a my gaming gpu :D which was intel hd 2000 with wich i ended COD MW3 in ultra low setting and ended farcry3 on super low manually edited profile. nothing more than that runs on it :D i colleted money for life and baught another second hand laptop which i 2011 model. has a core i5 series processor 2nd gen and nvidia GT 540M. now i am playing low setting battlefiled 3. these are my lives dreams.. the games you throw now. i will reach them in 7 years with struggle :D :D but i will.. i love games more now that i have bast doctor of veterinary medicine degree and looking for scholarship for M.phill.

[@Nightwalk444]

Should've went for English lessons instead.

[@Aentismik]

Well this didn't help at all.

[@davidw6479]

Aentismik well for someone new (like me) it helps.

[@LiLBrotato]

DUM DUM HEY XD

[@nxibba]

2-4 gb range

[@fedortereshchenko4112]

Nice video i learned alot 😉👌🏻

[@02500Xigrid]

Baby Linus