Question Is 4gb vram good enough for most games

[Groovyy]

hi ive just built an average pc, and my 4GB is on its way is it good enough for games like arma 3 and day z on fairly high settings? -Groovyy

 

[dragola901]

Should run Arma 3 fine (not sure about dayZ) but since you haven't specified your GPU I can't verify with any benchmarks. Most games run fine on 4GB depending on the settings but depends on how well the graphics can pump out the FPS. For example I have the GTX 970 and GTX 1050ti, the 970 is technically 3.5GB yet is over 50% more powerful then the 1050ti. You want enough memory but if the card can't handle it then the 4GB won't matter. Hope this helps!

 

[DSzymborski]

"4 GB graphics card" isn't a useful description of a GPU's performance level. It's like asking how fast people who are 5'10" can run. There will be some relationship since faster GPUs tend to have more VRAM, but GPUs with 4 GB of VRAM, can range between, for example, a GT 630, on which modern games will be nearly unplayable to an RX 580 which has more processing power than ten GT 630s.

 

[Groovyy]

Should run Arma 3 fine (not sure about dayZ) but since you haven't specified your GPU I can't verify with any benchmarks. Most games run fine on 4GB depending on the settings but depends on how well the graphics can pump out the FPS. For example I have the GTX 970 and GTX 1050ti, the 970 is technically 3.5GB yet is over 50% more powerful then the 1050ti. You want enough memory but if the card can't handle it then the 4GB won't matter. Hope this helps!

Hi ! im new to PCs and im using an older system of my dads which were slowly upgrading. I think i've got an AMD Athlon dual core processor with what should be 64 gb of ram but is only registering as 4gb hope this gives you a better insight ... not going to lie i don't know if it will ...... thanks for responding

 

[DSzymborski]

Hard to say. We're not at your PC and there's not much I can get from this description.

 

[ElectrO_90]

The only way you can help us understand what your computer is and what you have is maybe download a program called CPU-Z and run that
On each tab at the top of it, it will mention what the CPU is, what the Motherboard you are using and how much Ram you have in your machine and graphics card (GPU)
Also if you press Windows Key and PAUSE/BREAK button
This will also load up a screen that will tell you
CPU name/speed
Ram
and what Windows 10 you have - eg, 64 bit operating system, or a 32 bit operating system as well as telling us what windows you have Windows XP/7/8/10

 

[dontlistentome]

I'd say 4gb vram is 'enough' to both play and enjoy most games, assuming the rest of your system can keep up. If you're new to PC gaming then I want to advise you that just adding a fast videocard doesn't solve all performance problems. Some games also need a certain amount of CPU power. Some games can have performance issues due to poor optimization of the game itself, no matter what CPU and videocard you have.

Day Z minimum says an Intel i5 or equivalent, and a 2gb gaming videocard are suggested. Arma 3 is an older game so you should be able to run it with less. Arma 3 had a reputation as not being optimized well, I don't know if that's still true.

An Athlon dual core, even if it's an Athlon II, is not 'average' these days. It's very low performance. You might need to stick to less demanding games if that is what you have. Your motherboard will determine how much system ram you can use, and you'll need a 64 bit version of Windows to make use of more than 4gb system ram.

 

[dragola901]

Hi ! im new to PCs and im using an older system of my dads which were slowly upgrading. I think i've got an AMD Athlon dual core processor with what should be 64 gb of ram but is only registering as 4gb hope this gives you a better insight ... not going to lie i don't know if it will ...... thanks for responding

An athlon (especially a dual core) is not very powerful and will bottleneck you hard in games (arma 3 on my FX-8350 [4 core hyperthreaded] got between 20-50Fps with a GTX 750ti on low/very low at the time). 64GB of RAM and only 4Gb are usable? Sounds like your running 32-bit windows. You might be able to update to windows 64-bit but not sure if your cpu can run 64-bit operations. It sounds like you will need to upgrade the CPU to a decent one which will require new memory and a new motherboard.

Now putting all that aside are you simple trying to get the best performance out of the system or just asking if it's worth the hassle?

 

[geofelt]

Your processor does not support 64gb of ram.
I think you are a bit confused.
It is a 64 bit capable processor that has 4gb of ram.

As to Vram, do not use that as a selection criteria.
The amount of vram on a graphics card will be appropriate to the performance of the card.'

And... vram on amd cards vs. nvidia cards are used differently by the graphics drivers.

The Athlon dual core processors are no longer capable by today's standards.

If there is a game you want to play, look at the minimum and recommended specs for it.
Or... buy the game and see how you do.