VRAM - Big Difference?

[Beans]

So have been wanting Far Cry 4 for a while now and finally got a good pc build but Im a bit worried as I found out that I am lacking 1gb of extra vram ( as I have 1 and I need 2 ) for me to fit in the recommended spot. My entire computer stats are listed here:

Video Card - GeForce GTX 580
CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Ram - 16 GB
OS - Windows 7 SP1
VRAM - 1536 MB ( is around 1GB )

Is the one GB of ram needed a big difference and can I run Far Cry 4 at High or Ultra and maintain a 60fps?

Thanks to all who will / have answers
GAME ON!!!

[Wenno]

With your current hardware you wouldn't be able to run FarCry 4 on ultra and still have a playable FPS. On high I would say you could run the game at around 30fps. It's mainly because the card is old that it wouldn't handle the game very well. If you really wanted to run the game on High/Ultra settings and remain on 60fps, I would recommend a Graphics Card upgrade. But yes, vram would be the problem with a game like FarCry.

As for your first question, newer games are needing more Vram because of the amnount of things that the card has to render. Take GTA V for example. 1.5gb of Vram is enough if you want to run games like Counter-Strike or other games where the game isn't an openworld making everything have to be rendered in at once. More Vram will allow you to run openworld games like Ark, GTA and FarCry at a reasonable FPS since your card won't be limited on its rendering speed.

~Not a hardware kinda guy so don't take any of this as facts.

[Beans]

Thanks, for that - thank you for telling this to me before I get the game, but could I play on Low or Medium or I cant play the game at a satisfactory frame limit ( 60fps)

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Deathwish_Fetish:

Thanks, for that - thank you for telling this to me before I get the game, but could I play on Low or Medium or I cant play the game at a satisfactory frame limit ( 60fps)

Considering I managed to play it on a 560 Ti back then, yes you could.

I think I ended up making a config change though

Here's what you do. Go to "My Documents," open up your "My Games" folder and find the Far Cry 4 folder. In there, you'll find your profile.xml file. (For me, my profile was located in another subfolder within the Far Cry 4 folder.) Then, make two changes: Change DisableLoadingMip0="0" to DisableLoadingMip0="1" and change GPUMaxBufferedFrames="0" to GPUMaxBufferedFrames="1".

[Stormfirebird]

Should definitely be playable, prolly only low though, especially texture quality related settings even 2GB Cards usually have some stuttering because of lacking Vram.

[Beans]

This meaning I cant play on Medium? because I am only 1 gb of vram off from recommened so wouldn't that make a little difference?

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WHY?

[Beans]

Why what?

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Deathwish_Fetish:

This meaning I cant play on Medium? because I am only 1 gb of vram off from recommened so wouldn't that make a little difference?

With the config file edit above, I managed to play it on my 560 Ti on some medium settings.

[Beans]

at how many frames?

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Deathwish_Fetish:

at how many frames?

I think around 50-60 ? It's been a long time and I've switched GPUs since so it's hard to compare now.

[Beans]

Is it worth it to get the game if I play at medium settings?

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Deathwish_Fetish:

Is it worth it to get the game if I play at medium settings?

If you don't consider the lack of proper vegetation ugly:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372621896

Then sure. (That was on 560 Ti)

[Beans]

thats medium?

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Deathwish_Fetish:

thats medium?

That's "playable on 560 Ti" setting which I believe was Medium, yes.

[Beans]

and is a 560 Ti better or worse than a GeForce GTX 570?