GTX 970 8gb?

[The_Icon]

Anyone know when the cards will be shipping with 8GB VRAM, also any expected price point?

Thanks

 

[i7Baby]

End of this year according to http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/nvidia-to-reveal-geforce-gtx-970980-with-8gb-of-memory-in-november-of-december/

But I don't get it. You only need 8gb for multiple 4K screens. And gtx970 (even quad sli) wouldn't run multiple 4K screens anyway.

 

[The_Icon]

The way texture sizes are increasing, it won't be long before we cross 4GB. It i not about the frame buffer I am worried about, but the size of the textures when you into the ultra territory these days.

 

[i7Baby]

BF4 - 18 fps - http://www.techspot.com/review/898-geforce-gtx-970-sli-4k-gaming/page4.html

 

[The_Icon]

I am not worried about 4K, like i said not the frame buffer, but future texture sizes, I gauged that Shadow of Mordor already eats 3GB of VRAM on ultra texture pack. Anyways, gonna wait for 8GB VRAM version.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

What I don't understand is why Nvidia would put 8GB VRAM into the GTX 970 but only give it a 256-bit memory bus? That seems like a bottleneck to me.

 

[The_Icon]

Hope they go with 512bit, I heard it is something to do with their architecture as Maxwell and Hawaii chipsets operates memory deifferently.

 

[i7Baby]

They have a high bit count but a low Hz rate memory compared to nVidia.