2GB vs 4GB

[ryanmm]

I'm having trouble deciding if I should get a GTX 1050ti or just a 1050.I would like to be able to run Rainbow Six Siege on high with 60fps.

 

[captaincharisma]

what resolutions are you trying to run it at? are you looking to do 1080P or 4K?

 

[The_Staplergun]

Go with the 4gb if that's the only deciding factor. More GDDR memory allows for more storage of textures, less loading, and less choppiness.

 

[ryanmm]

what resolutions are you trying to run it at? are you looking to do 1080P or 4K?

1080p

 

[ryanmm]

Go with the 4gb if that's the only deciding factor. More GDDR memory allows for more storage of textures, less loading, and less choppiness.

the only factor is im a highschool freshman with not a lot of money

 

[The_Staplergun]

Are you willing to part with an extra $20? If so, go with the 1050ti, if not go with the 1050. This is only if this is explicitly the card you want. There are other cards I'm sure people would like to suggest if you were to give a budget limit that might outperform either card.

 

[ryanmm]

Are you willing to part with an extra $20? If so, go with the 1050ti, if not go with the 1050. This is only if this is explicitly the card you want. There are other cards I'm sure people would like to suggest if you were to give a budget limit that might outperform either card.

id like to stay around 130, I have seen the RX 460 4GB, but im not sure if thats good or not. I may just get the 1050ti though

 

[The_Staplergun]

Here's your sticking point:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-RX-460-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

Go for the TI. You wont regret the $20 down the road for twice the memory.

 

[ryanmm]

Here's your sticking point:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-RX-460-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

Go for the TI. You wont regret the $20 down the road for twice the memory.

thanks man!

 

[ryanmm]

Here's your sticking point:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-RX-460-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

Go for the TI. You wont regret the $20 down the road for twice the memory.

do you have any recommended brands?

 

[The_Staplergun]

No problem.

 

[The_Staplergun]

ASUS, Gigabyte, Zotac, EVGA. At that point with a 1050ti just see which one you like that fits around your budget.

 

[geofelt]

Do you already have a pc and need a graphics card?
No doubt, the 4gb GTX1050 cards are a bit faster, not just because of vram.
VRAM has become a marketing issue.
My understanding is that vram is more of a performance issue than a functional issue.
A game needs to have most of the data in vram that it uses most of the time.
Somewhat like real ram.
If a game needs something not in vram, it needs to get it across the pcie boundary
hopefully from real ram and hopefully not from a hard drive.
It is not informative to know to what level the available vram is filled.
Possibly much of what is there is not needed.
What is not known is the rate of vram exchange.
Vram is managed by the Graphics card driver, and by the game. There may be differences in effectiveness between amd and nvidia cards.
And differences between games.
Here is an older performance test comparing 2gb with 4gb vram.
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Performance-2GB-vs-4GB-Memory-154/
Spoiler... not a significant difference.
A more current set of tests shows the same results:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1114-vram-comparison-test/page5.html

And... no game maker wants to limit their market by
requiring huge amounts of vram. The vram you see will be appropriate to the particular card.