Question How much vram is too much vram ?

[marees]

This is a joke thread !!

Please don't comment 🤪🙏

Need a thread for how much vram is too much vram 😉

 

[marees]

Timestamped. AMD will launch a 16gb or 24gb budget card
& can go upto 64gb on budget cards

 

[marees]

Lpddr6 / lpddr5x for 'budget' gpus to be shared with medusa halo & medusa premium

 

[marees]

Still 2 years out for the release. Fingers crossed. In Lisa Su we trust

(AMD has had spectacular failures previously such as bulldozer)

 

[marees]

If you had these 3 options (for an entry level GPU) then which one are you buying 🤔

• 10050xt 32gb = $350 (~9060xt 16gb)
• 10050xt 24gb = $300 (~9060)
• 10040xt 16gb = $250 (~3060 12gb in raster)

My revised estimations / guesstimates (no LLMs used)

Imagine this line-up (in 2027)

• AT0
  • 10090xt+ — Multiple models starting at $1500 plus and huge vram like Radeon VII or titan
• AT1
  • 10080xt — scrapped (Lisa Su took her toys & went home)
• AT2 (gddr7)
  • 10070 xtx 24gb = $700 (~5080)
  • 10070 xt 20gb = $600 (~5070 ti)
  • 10070 gre 16gb = $500 (~5070 super)
• AT3 (lpddr6)
  • 10060 xt 24gb = $450 (~5070)
  • 10060 16gb = $400 (~5060ti 16gb)
• AT4 (lpddr6/lpddr5x)
  • 10050xt 32gb = $350 (~9060xt 16gb)
  • 10050xt 24gb = $300 (~9060)
  • 10040xt 16gb = $250 (~3060 12gb in raster)

 

[marees]

Good point below. Let us see what happens 🤔

I know what you are thinking of. But does that work today as good as in the past? Anybody can pull out ChatGPT to ask for the better GPU (and might get the correct answer - or not).
For example, the megapixel race has pretty much ended. Many new phones and cameras get released with fewer pixels than their predecessor. People either gained more knowledge (more pixels != more quality), simply don't care because good enough or are not interested in technical details.

Higher VRAM amounts on lower end parts make the more expensive ones less attractive as well.

 

[SamMaster]

To be honest, manufacturers have been giving less and less performance difference between tiers and generations in comparison to past releases, so really they are manufacturing their own problem, and performance of lower end cards has reached a point that 8GB is artificially limiting them.

 

[Mopetar]

How much is too much? Whatever amount makes the PC too large to fit under my desk.

Of course I could always get a bigger desk 🤔