2560x1080 and VRAM.

[PCMau5]

Hello,

Soon i will be buying a GTX 770 and i was wondering how much VRAM is needed to play good looking games at 2560x1080 as I will be getting a monitor of this resolution later this year.

I am really stretching my budget with a 2GB 770 so I don't think the 4GB card is an option unless i wait a few months, and I really don't like AMD's available cards at the moment.

Thanks!

 

[Zac Lloyd-Jones]

Looking at the benchmarks you should be fine with 2GB. Its not a mega huge resolution like a 3 FHD monitor set up or anything. I just bought a GTX 770 and at 1920x1080 it smashing BF3 at the highest settings. No overclocks and floating around the 80-100FPS mark.

 

[PCMau5]

Looking at the benchmarks you should be fine with 2GB. Its not a mega huge resolution like a 3 FHD monitor set up or anything. I just bought a GTX 770 and at 1920x1080 it smashing BF3 at the highest settings. No overclocks and floating around the 80-100FPS mark.

Great because playing BF3 with this resolution would be a great experience!

 

[PCMau5]

A GTX770 is just fine for running a single monitor at 2560x1080. However, you will need more VRAM buffer for higher resolutions, but only IF you decide to run the newer games with all graphical settings maxed. And for that, you will need another GTX770 to run in SLI in order to achieve playable frame rates. A few examples of games that will require more than one GTX770 a 2560x1080 with all the eye candy maxed out: BF3, BF4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, and so on. Also, two or more GTX770s will be required if you decide to game with a surround monitor setup in the future.

I hope this information helps you make an informed decision!

Ok thanks for the helpful info!

 

[loosescrews]

Why are you going to get a 2560x1080 monitor? 2560x1440 monitors cost about the same.

Video cards with extra video ram are usually sold for multi-GPU configurations. If you aren't planning to do SLi, you don't need the 4GB version.

 

[PCMau5]

Why are you going to get a 2560x1080 monitor? 2560x1440 monitors cost about the same.

Video cards with extra video ram are usually sold for multi-GPU configurations. If you aren't planning to do SLi, you don't need the 4GB version.

I love the aspect ratio when i first saw it, I played about on a few games at PCWorld (Sigh. Hate the shop.)
The resolution is also less taxing on the GPU compared to 1440p/1600p

 

[sam_p_lay]

If you want to make performance estimates based on 1080p benchmarks, expect about 20-25% more muscle needed to achieve the same framerates (or alternatively about 80% of the speed a GTX770 will achieve at 1080p). What monitor is it? Just for my curiosity

 

[PCMau5]

If you want to make performance estimates based on 1080p benchmarks, expect about 20-25% more muscle needed to achieve the same framerates (or alternatively about 80% of the speed a GTX770 will achieve at 1080p). What monitor is it? Just for my curiosity

Ok!

Here's the monitor; LG 29EA93-P IPS UltraWide 29" LED HD Monitor 2560x1080.

Going to purchase from here: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/29-lg-29ea93-p-ips-led-ultrawide-219-performance-full-hd-hdmi-displayport-dvi-2560x1080-300cd-m2-50m

 

[sam_p_lay]

Wow that's a sleek design! Good that it's IPS too (course being so wide it would need to be!). Big fan of Scan too - always had good experiences with them.

 

[PCMau5]

Yeah, it's where i got my motherboard and CPU, always a reliable seller.

 

[Travellerr25]

Hello,

Soon i will be buying a GTX 770 and i was wondering how much VRAM is needed to play good looking games at 2560x1080 as I will be getting a monitor of this resolution later this year.

I am really stretching my budget with a 2GB 770 so I don't think the 4GB card is an option unless i wait a few months, and I really don't like AMD's available cards at the moment.

Thanks!

Hey I was just wondering if you ever ended up getting a 770 with 4gb of vram and how you have been handling games on 2560 x 1080 resolution? because I currently have a ultra wide monitor with games being ran on high to ultra via 2x 650ti boost s.c.(evga) and though the cards have been great, and that I could just buy another at the time when I got this monitor to play my games was a plus. But I would rather a single more powerful card and want it to be able to handle more taxing games at the native resolution, games such as bioshock infinite, crysis 2, farcry 3, neverwinter, counterstrike go, skyrim, metro 2033, etc.. So please let me know if you went with this graphic card and how it is at this resolution.

 

[zacRupnow]

A GTX770 is just fine for running a single monitor at 2560x1080. However, you will need more VRAM buffer for higher resolutions, but only IF you decide to run the newer games with all graphical settings maxed. And for that, you will need another GTX770 to run in SLI in order to achieve playable frame rates. A few examples of games that will require more than one GTX770 a 2560x1080 with all the eye candy maxed out: BF3, BF4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, and so on. Also, two or more GTX770s will be required if you decide to game with a surround monitor setup in the future.

I hope this information helps you make an informed decision!

Ok thanks for the helpful info!

A single 770 can max out BioShock Infinite at 4k and still keep between 40-60 fps.

 

[Kekoh]

Hello,

Soon i will be buying a GTX 770 and i was wondering how much VRAM is needed to play good looking games at 2560x1080 as I will be getting a monitor of this resolution later this year.

I am really stretching my budget with a 2GB 770 so I don't think the 4GB card is an option unless i wait a few months, and I really don't like AMD's available cards at the moment.

Thanks!

Hey I was just wondering if you ever ended up getting a 770 with 4gb of vram and how you have been handling games on 2560 x 1080 resolution? because I currently have a ultra wide monitor with games being ran on high to ultra via 2x 650ti boost s.c.(evga) and though the cards have been great, and that I could just buy another at the time when I got this monitor to play my games was a plus. But I would rather a single more powerful card and want it to be able to handle more taxing games at the native resolution, games such as bioshock infinite, crysis 2, farcry 3, neverwinter, counterstrike go, skyrim, metro 2033, etc.. So please let me know if you went with this graphic card and how it is at this resolution.

The 770 w/ 4GB is pointless unless you SLI it with another 770 w/ 4GB. It can't utilize the 4GB on it's own because it's not fast enough, but it can in SLI. The FPS difference between a single 770 2GB and a single 770 4GB is slim to none.

 

[Kekoh]

A GTX770 is just fine for running a single monitor at 2560x1080. However, you will need more VRAM buffer for higher resolutions, but only IF you decide to run the newer games with all graphical settings maxed. And for that, you will need another GTX770 to run in SLI in order to achieve playable frame rates. A few examples of games that will require more than one GTX770 a 2560x1080 with all the eye candy maxed out: BF3, BF4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, and so on. Also, two or more GTX770s will be required if you decide to game with a surround monitor setup in the future.

I hope this information helps you make an informed decision!

Ok thanks for the helpful info!

A single 770 can max out BioShock Infinite at 4k and still keep between 40-60 fps.

Are you crazy?? There's NO WAY a single 770 can max out ANY modern game at 4K... not even close!!! I don't know where you got that information from, but it's incredibly wrong. It takes $1400+ worth of GPU to be able to play over 40fps @ 4K.

 

[marc79]

Get a 780 for that resolution, faster card, and comes with 3GB Vram.

 

[Ninjawithagun]

A single 770 can max out BioShock Infinite at 4k and still keep between 40-60 fps.

You are smoking the cheap stuff...lmao. There is no way a single GTX770 can play any game 'maxed out' at 4K resolution.

 

[Ninjawithagun]

The 770 w/ 4GB is pointless unless you SLI it with another 770 w/ 4GB. It can't utilize the 4GB on it's own because it's not fast enough, but it can in SLI. The FPS difference between a single 770 2GB and a single 770 4GB is slim to none.

Not true. The card's overall GPU and memory speeds have nothing to do with whether or not the VRAM buffer can be utilized. Also, VRAM is NOT SHARED between two or more cards in an SLI or Crossfire configuration. The VRAM buffers handle rendering based upon alternating frames or split screens. That means only a percentage of the total graphics work is done by each of the cards, regardless of buffer size. Higher amounts of VRAM are only required for very high resolutions; i.e. 4K and 5760 x 1080 surround mode are two perfect examples where more than 3GB of VRAM is required for SOME games - not all.

If you really want to know how much VRAM is used during gaming at different resolutions, FRAPS provides an onscreen diagnostic that gives this information in realtime as you are playing the game or when the benchmark is being ran.

 

[RobCrezz]

Bioshock isnt a very demanding game, but at 4k on high a single GTX Titan averages 60fps, SLI 770s average 77fps, so I would say a single 770 would run around 40fps average.


http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pq321q-4k-gaming,review-32782-5.html

 

[RobCrezz]

The 770 w/ 4GB is pointless unless you SLI it with another 770 w/ 4GB. It can't utilize the 4GB on it's own because it's not fast enough, but it can in SLI. The FPS difference between a single 770 2GB and a single 770 4GB is slim to none.

Not true. The card's overall GPU and memory speeds have nothing to do with whether or not the VRAM buffer can be utilized. Also, VRAM is NOT SHARED between two or more cards in an SLI or Crossfire configuration. The VRAM buffers handle rendering based upon alternating frames or split screens. That means only a percentage of the total graphics work is done by each of the cards, regardless of buffer size. Higher amounts of VRAM are only required for very high resolutions; i.e. 4K and 5760 x 1080 surround mode are two perfect examples where more than 3GB of VRAM is required for SOME games - not all.

If you really want to know how much VRAM is used during gaming at different resolutions, FRAPS provides an onscreen diagnostic that gives this information in realtime as you are playing the game or when the benchmark is being ran.

I think you are misunderstanding. I believe his point was that a single gtx 770 simply doesnt have the power to take advantage of the extra vram, whereas SLI 770s would (because the vram doesnt stack but you essentially have 2x the power).

 

[Kekoh]

Thanks Rob. I do believe he misunderstood me.

 

[mohit9206]

Well according to AnandTech if when buying a gpu worth more than $400,its a good idea to get one with atleast 3gb of ram even if you only play at 1080p or 1440p so I would go with what they say.2gb of ram is only fine for $300 or less graphics cards.

 

[mohit9206]

Oh and those that say 770 is not powerful enough to use more than 2gb,know that 7950 and 7970 did make use of more than 2gb ram so considering 770 is more powerful it can use more than 2gb especially if you plan on playing Watch Dogs at 1440p Ultra quality settings and in future also.

 

[RobCrezz]

Oh and those that say 770 is not powerful enough to use more than 2gb,know that 7950 and 7970 did make use of more than 2gb ram so considering 770 is more powerful it can use more than 2gb especially if you plan on playing Watch Dogs at 1440p Ultra quality settings and in future also.

Do you have any benchmarks or data to prove this?

Have a look at this:
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/