WYP
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If this is true, Nvidia's RTX 40 series is going to be weird.
Read more about Nvidia's rumoured 12GB and 16GB RTX 4080 plans.
Read more about Nvidia's rumoured 12GB and 16GB RTX 4080 plans.
Nvidia's reportedly creating 12GB and 16GB RTX 4080 variants
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Oh great, Even more segmentation.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
I actually kinda like the idea. Segmentation has its negatives for sure, but speaking for myself, if I were buying a 4080 for 1440p/165Hz gaming (I'm not but a man can dream) and I had a choice between a hypothetical €850 16GB version and a €750 version with 12GB, I'd buy the cheaper one. In spite of Alien's best efforts to convince me
12GB is enough for 1440p gaming. Of course, why would anyone buy a 4080 for 1440p gaming? Because they prefer gaming at 165 FPS with one tiny setting turned down and saving €100 than playing with 90 FPS at 4k with all the settings at their max (when visually it's borderline impossible to tell the difference) and pay an extra €100 for it. Segmentation is just choice. Again it has its drawbacks, but it is still just choice.I actually kinda like the idea. Segmentation has its negatives for sure, but speaking for myself, if I were buying a 4080 for 1440p/165Hz gaming (I'm not but a man can dream) and I had a choice between a hypothetical €850 16GB version and a €750 version with 12GB, I'd buy the cheaper one. In spite of Alien's best efforts to convince me
I think we're missing the point here, given the leaked performamve gap I can see 4060s being powerful enough for 4k gaming... If rhe 4080 comes with 12 or 16GB of VRAM then thr 4070 surelly will have 10-12GB and the 4060 probably 8GB? This is shameful... But kinda expected to be fair... NVIDIA always just gave gamera the exact amount of VRAM they needed and apparetly this will not change.
Avet
Active member
4k gaming is just a marketing stunt and it is sooo overrated. Consoles don't do 4k. They never have. What is the point of 4k 70fps gaming? 1440p 120+fps is the sweetspot for a long time, and for a reason. 1080p is still the dominant resolution and we are so far away from 4k ever being mainstream. No reason to give it any thought.
12GB and 16GB models are good IMO because if you need a card only for gaming 12GB is more than neough. 100 coins less is a lot of beer, or a CPU tier higher which can make a difference with a 4080. But if you need a GPU for editing and stuff 16GB is so nice to have.
12GB and 16GB models are good IMO because if you need a card only for gaming 12GB is more than neough. 100 coins less is a lot of beer, or a CPU tier higher which can make a difference with a 4080. But if you need a GPU for editing and stuff 16GB is so nice to have.
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It's all about pushing technology in order to have a selling point for new products. We dont need 8K Tvs, but we have them. We don't need 500hz monitors, but we have them.
Innovation is needed to move forward and eventually bring costs down for that technology which will allow it to potentially be adopted for mainstream use. I agree on the sweetspot though. I have a 200hz monitor, but I never set it to 200 as 120hz with 10bit or 12bit HDR is much more pleasant.
