I can haz more GBs

[Phynaz]

A GTX550Ti with 4GB of DDR3.

Possibly the worlds most pointless video card.

http://www.pointofview-online.com/showroom.php?shop_mode=product_detail&product_id=273

 

[happy medium]

video editing masterpiece.

 

[waffleironhead]

Isn't the ddr3 out of spec for the 550ti?

 

[toyota]

Isn't the ddr3 out of spec for the 550ti?

dude that is SDDR3 ram though...

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

That is like the notebook GPU's with like 2GB of memory on something like a GTX 540m.

 

[notty22]

The webmaster has made some other mistakes, click on the gtx 590 and it shows both ddr3 and gddr5.http://www.pointofview-online.com/showroom.php?shop_mode=product_detail&product_id=234

 

[OCGuy]

in 4 two

 

[nenforcer]

seriously twisted point of view

 

[Cerb]

That is like the notebook GPU's with like 2GB of memory on something like a GTX 540m.

Aren't those typically lies (excuse me, TurboCache)? IE, 512MB-1GB, with the ability to use system RAM for more?

 

[toyota]

Aren't those typically lies (excuse me, TurboCache)? IE, 512MB-1GB, with the ability to use system RAM for more?

no, those have dedicated ram.

 

[Cerb]

no, those have dedicated ram.

Wow, what a waste.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

video editing masterpiece.

VRAM is that helpful for video editing?

 

[pandemonium]

Think about all those memory leaks for alpha and beta testing you won't have to worry about! Oh joyous day!

 

[ElFenix]

eh, gf6200 with 512 megs anyone?

 

[xBiffx]

With that much memory, why not just plug in the video card straight to the PSU and install the OS right to it. CPU/GPU, HD/RAM one stop shop. Just add USB connector.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

VRAM is that helpful for video editing?

not in my experience, it would be more helpful for other professional CUDA apps though, however the GPU is underpowered for such things anyway

 

[zebrax2]

They are preparing for euclideon

 

[Red Storm]

It's not pointless at all, this is the ultimate card to fool uninformed average Joe's into buying. I mean look at all those GBs!

 

[deimos3428]

A 2GB version might be useful for a budget SLI rig at higher resolutions, but 4GB does seem like overkill.

 

[3DVagabond]

Seems like something that's intended for OEM's. They can then put "4Gb VRAM" on the computer's spec sheet where their competition will be showing 1Gb.

 

[nonameo]

Seems like something that's intended for OEM's. They can then put "4Gb VRAM" on the computer's spec sheet where their competition will be showing 1Gb.

While ignoring shaders, clockspeeds, mem bandwidth, etc.

 

[3DVagabond]

While ignoring shaders, clockspeeds, mem bandwidth, etc.

Yes. Joe Consumer knows nothing of shaders, bandwidth, etc. He does know that "more ram is better" though.

 

[nonameo]

Yes. Joe Consumer knows nothing of shaders, bandwidth, etc. He does know that "more ram is better" though.

Well, I'm not so sure it's that so much as joe's logic is "bigger is better" and 2gb is bigger than 1gb.

Now, which is cheapest to make bigger?
Shaders? pfffttt no.
mem bandwidth? !@$^ naw
clockspeeds? maaayyybee but usually that's pretty fixed.

RAM? you betcha! especially when it's CHEAP, old ram. You'll almost never see GDDR5 get the supppaarrrr size ram treatment.