Question Are 4GB (and maybe even 6GB) VRAM cards "worthless" these days, for "modern games", even @ 1080P (excluding Fortnite and Roblox)? (with poll)

[VirtualLarry]

Just curious what your thoughts were. With Poll.

Keeping in mind, AAA Console ports may have been written with certain minimum VRAM capability in mind too.

What brought this about was, Newegg had a 4GB GTX 1650 Super (refurb) on SS today for $259.99, and I almost bought one. But the fact that it still hadn't sold-out immediately, gave me pause too. I ultimately decided against it. Mostly, because brand-new RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 cards are becoming available @ $329-450.

I started to think, how much of a "dead-end" are 4GB GTX 1650-family cards? Then I started to think of them, basically as slightly-faster GTX 1050 ti 4GB cards.
Are they still in any way viable? Yeah, they'll play Fortnite and Roblox... but will they play much else?

 

[Magic Carpet]

isnt the reason for picking those because those are the greatest chance at you even getting a new gen gpu?
3090 and the 6900xt being so overpriced as it is, is probably the easiest cards to get with the lowest markup %.

Exactly, 3090 is the best overpriced card out there.

 

[Golgatha]

Exactly, 3090 is the best overpriced card out there.

With some of these 3080 Ti cards priced at $1500+, my 3090 at $1799 looks like a reasonable deal. Also in bizarro world, I paid about $200 more for my 3070 Ti than I did for my 3080 (edit) and both of those were purchased at MSRP, but one in Nov 2020 and the other June 2021.

 

[aigomorla]

I paid about $200 more for my 3070 Ti than I did for my 3080.

lol im still coughing out blood having to pay 439.99 dollars for a 1660
Well not my money, but it hurt pressing that buy.,

 

[rommelrommel]

I just moved on from a 980ti, it was quite adequate at 1080p even in an ancient 3770k. I think 4gb is getting redundant and 6 will be okay for a little while yet.

 

[Golgatha]

I just moved on from a 980ti, it was quite adequate at 1080p even in an ancient 3770k. I think 4gb is getting redundant and 6 will be okay for a little while yet.

I ran a 5820k@4.0Ghz through several upgrades over about 5 years, which ended with my 1080 Ti. Switched over to AMD only about 1.5 years ago, and AM4 has been a great upgrade path. It's amazing how long you can get by with a good CPU nowdays!