Is my vram, connected to my graphics card?

[theringmaster55]

I really want to play the new Hogwarts Legacy game, as well as some other games, but I currently don't have enough Vram. I meet every other PC specs though. I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

If I was to change my gc for a better one, would that come with better Vram?

Love my PC gaming, but rubbish when understanding my PC graphics card.

Thanks

[Cathulhu]

Yes, the VRAM is soldered onto the videocard. Changing it also changes the VRAM.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Cathulhu:

Yes, the VRAM is soldered onto the videocard. Changing it also changes the VRAM.

Thank you. Will hopefully change it for a new one on my birthday.

[UserNotFound]

Just don't get any 8GB card when you're at it, go for 12GB VRAM card (or higher)....other than the RTX 3060 12GB which is too weak to reap the benefit of more VRAM buffer.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av UserNotFound:

Just don't get any 8GB card when you're at it, go for 12GB VRAM card (or higher)....other than the RTX 3060 12GB which is too weak to reap the benefit of more VRAM buffer.

So sorry, am I not to invest in a GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card or should I? Just the wording weak to reap, has confused me. Thanks

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You don't need to crank up the settings in the game. The 1660 ti will still be able to run the game just fine at a lowered quality.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You don't need to crank up the settings in the game. The 1660 ti will still be able to run the game just fine at a lowered quality.

:qr:

If you are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, I tried lowering the settings all the way, but it is still crashing.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You don't need to crank up the settings in the game. The 1660 ti will still be able to run the game just fine at a lowered quality.

If you are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, I tried lowering the settings all the way, but it is still crashing.

Crashing could be a symptom of something completely different.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

If you are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, I tried lowering the settings all the way, but it is still crashing.

Crashing could be a symptom of something completely different.

:qr:

It's hard to determine what is causing the crash to happen.

Before I start HL, it comes up with a message "know issues with graphics driver". I am very sceptical, when it comes to updating graphics drivers. I have had many PC blue screen of deaths happening, after updating my graphics driver, using Driver Booster on Steam, but also the main NVIDIA driver updater online.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Crashing could be a symptom of something completely different.

It's hard to determine what is causing the crash to happen.

Before I start HL, it comes up with a message "know issues with graphics driver". I am very sceptical, when it comes to updating graphics drivers. I have had many PC blue screen of deaths happening, after updating my graphics driver, using Driver Booster on Steam, but also the main NVIDIA driver updater online.

Get new drivers from Nvidia and install them.

[UserNotFound]

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

So sorry, am I not to invest in a GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card or should I? Just the wording weak to reap, has confused me. Thanks

I'm suggesting you don't buy an RTX 3060 12GB (avoid the RTX 3060 8GB version!) because it's not strong enough to make good use of the extra VRAM buffer (12GB). Cards that are actually good enough to make use of the extra VRAM buffer, like the RTX 3060 Ti/3070/3070 Ti have only 8GB VRAM instead.

Why? Blame nVidia for purposely putting 8GB on powerful card, and 12GB on a weaker card because they want owners of those more powerful cards to upgrade due to insufficient VRAM buffer for high res + High Texture + RT gaming. Enabling RT chews up a lot of VRAM, so does maxing out textures.

I also believe that the 12GB VRAM on the RTX 4070 Ti would soon prove insufficient at 1440P or higher at max ingame setting. Already they are games hitting that 12GB threshold, so the RTX 4070/4070 Ti 12GB are gonna be like the RTX 3060 Ti/3070/3070 Ti of the previous generation.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

It's hard to determine what is causing the crash to happen.

Before I start HL, it comes up with a message "know issues with graphics driver". I am very sceptical, when it comes to updating graphics drivers. I have had many PC blue screen of deaths happening, after updating my graphics driver, using Driver Booster on Steam, but also the main NVIDIA driver updater online.

Get new drivers from Nvidia and install them.

:qr:

I have had the new drivers from Nvidia installed in the past, but I had a BSOD happened shortly after installed the driver. It could be something else that was causing the BSOD to happen but i'm not really sure at the moment, knowing that I have already reset my PC quite a few times already. I might download the new drivers from the Geforce app, saving going online, but will see.

[_I_]

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

Ursprungligen skrivet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You don't need to crank up the settings in the game. The 1660 ti will still be able to run the game just fine at a lowered quality.

:qr:

If you are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, I tried lowering the settings all the way, but it is still crashing.

specs?

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

if the pc meets the min req, the game will run
even below it can still run, but may not be playable, but should not crash/bsod

crash/bsod is other problems

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av _I_:

Ursprungligen skrivet av the.ringmaster55:

If you are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, I tried lowering the settings all the way, but it is still crashing.

specs?

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

if the pc meets the min req, the game will run
even below it can still run, but may not be playable, but should not crash/bsod

crash/bsod is other problems

My specs are

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6GB Video Ram
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
16gb ram

[Haruspex]

The 1660 Ti has 6 GB of VRAM. I can say with certainty you have enough VRAM to at least play the game. Maybe you can't crank those texture details up to maximum, but you can play on medium-ish settings and have a good time. Both my wife and son have GPUs with only 4 GB of VRAM, and they've been playing the game with no problems at all.

[theringmaster55]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Harusp3x:

The 1660 Ti has 6 GB of VRAM. I can say with certainty you have enough VRAM to at least play the game. Maybe you can't crank those texture details up to maximum, but you can play on medium-ish settings and have a good time. Both my wife and son have GPUs with only 4 GB of VRAM, and they've been playing the game with no problems at all.

I have tried playing it on low settings but still crashes.