I’ve got an 8GB GPU, and here’s what I’ve learned.
8GB ofvideo memoryisnt thebottleneckhere.
This even includes notorious system hogs such asCyberpunk 2077.
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The game runs fine for me at 1440p ultrawide with details on max and theDLSSQuality preset.
But I haven’t let that stop me.
In this instance, the game would just crash after it had filled my RTX 3070s memory buffer.
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Another example isThe Last of Us Part I, notorious for its high video memory requirements.
But thats because the testing only involved running the built-in benchmark.
Some of the games released in 2024 have a similar appetite for video memory.
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Ultimately, I had to settle for playing the game with medium textures.
At least I could set most other visual tweaks to ultra, aside from shadows.
When it comes to ray tracing, you’re free to forget about it in most cases.
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Some exclusions apply here, of course.
You’ll need to make compromises when playing the latest AAA games.
