VRam Size, is RTX3080 with 10GB enough?

[COLDFusion]

My Setup

Resolution 3440x1440
Intel i9 10900k
Rtx 3080 10GB
with DLSS Quality 59FPS
everything Ultra Settings


My VRam is just arround 7-8GB. Thats really good. So i think Nvidia was right as they sayed 10GB VRam is enough for the next years. How much VRam usage do you have at your Setups?

[Mentally Unstable]

We don't really have a lot of choices. If 10gb of vram is not "enough", what other options do we have? Get a 3090 or 6800xt? It's not like we can just add more sticks of vram like we do ram.

As for the usage, something seems to be up with the game. Many are reporting less than 50% usage, lowest I have seen someone mentioning is 4%

[Scottx125]

From a future proof standpoint, 10GB is a little low, 12GB would be better, 16GB is perfect.

[Shin_Hell]

I have 8 and I'm playing fine

[Zebedee]

I have 8gb vram, and so far as I've been watching the game hasn't gone above 6.8gb running at ultra at 1440p.

[Sкiткj3ll]

I have a RTX2060 6GB and run it fine.

[Blorend]

Got a rx 6800xt 16GB

[Speedbump]

Originally posted by swiitcHuculeti:

My Setup

Resolution 3440x1440
Intel i9 10900k
Rtx 3080 10GB
with DLSS Quality 59FPS
everything Ultra Settings


My VRam is just arround 7-8GB. Thats really good. So i think Nvidia was right as they sayed 10GB VRam is enough for the next years. How much VRam usage do you have at your Setups?

said*

It's not enough really. Maybe for two years for the lower resolutions. Your resolution has 4,953,600 pixels, 4k has 8,294,400. That's 67.4% more pixels. You're already using a lot of the vram, and there are already games that have been out for a few years that use more than 10. Technically RDR2 can can hit over 20.

[evil tomatoes]

Originally posted by swiitcHuculeti:

My Setup

Resolution 3440x1440
Intel i9 10900k
Rtx 3080 10GB
with DLSS Quality 59FPS
everything Ultra Settings


My VRam is just arround 7-8GB. Thats really good. So i think Nvidia was right as they sayed 10GB VRam is enough for the next years. How much VRam usage do you have at your Setups?

i got a 1080Ti and on my skyrim running at 1440p with mods it runs at about 9GB. i ain't going for the 3080 because it only has 10GB.

[Zephyrus]

wait for the 6080's with 32gb ram

[COLDFusion]

Originally posted by Zephyrus:

wait for the 6080's with 32gb ram

32gb GDDR13xx VRam. UVP 3299€

[Spooky Cat 🐾💕]

Originally posted by Zephyrus:

wait for the 6080's with 32gb ram

By the time those become a thing, they're likely going to be like the 3080 is to us now.

[GajoTnT]

I have a 6800xt after playing arround for a while and if i turn on Raytracing it can go up to 10gb vram.
But even without RT, it goes above 8gb quite often, using afterburner with Memory and Memory-process...

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Remember that VRAM allocation is not actual VRAM utilization. There are utilities that distinguish between the two, but most standard fps and benchmark apps do not. The amount of VRAM actually utlized by the vast majority of games - including this one - even at 4K where the frame buffer is being hit as hard as it possibly can be (short of 8K of course,) is much lower than many assume. Unless you're playing something like MSFS20 which is an outlier of course.

At 4K with RT enabled, Cyberpunk doesn't consume a full 10GB of allocation, and without RT it doesn't even reach 8GB.

[Sid]

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:

We don't really have a lot of choices. If 10gb of vram is not "enough", what other options do we have? Get a 3090 or 6800xt? It's not like we can just add more sticks of vram like we do ram.

As for the usage, something seems to be up with the game. Many are reporting less than 50% usage, lowest I have seen someone mentioning is 4%

For many people this issue was resolved by clean install of newest drivers.

[Jac]

I think we are approaching the point where 8GB could start to limit things on high end cards. If you are running high resolutions like 4K or even higher and running RT then 12GB will start to offer actual benefits. Still I doubt that 8GB is going to render anything unplayable for a long time.