Should i buy a new graphic card with more VRAM?

[Stijn van Loo]

Hello community,

Some big pc games will be launched in the next couple of months. For example: Far Cry 4, Call of Duty advanced warfare, GTA 5 (PC), Assassins creed Unity, Dragon age inquisition. I cant wait for these games but i'm not sure if my graphic card has enough VRAM. When i run the "Can you run it" scan by System Requirements Lab the test results point out that i dont have enough Dedicated Video RAM. My graphics card (MSI Geforce GTX 770 with 2GB vram) only has 2gb of vram. Some games require at least 3 or 4gb VRAM. Will this cause any big problems for me while running these games in the future? I'm not an expert in these kind of things 😉.

My pc specs:
24inch samsung syncmaster 1920x1080
Inter core i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz (8 CPU's)
16gb RAM
MSI Geforce GTX 770 2GB OC edition.
Windows 7 professional.
(Sabertooth x79, Corsair CX500M)

I game at 1920x1080p.

Thank you in advance,

Stijn

 

[Stevemeister]

Your computer specifications are pretty good and you are only playing at 1920 x 1080 so a GTX770 should be okay - honestly I would buy the game and see how you make out with it before spending money to upgrade your graphics cards - a GTX970 or 980 would be a logical upgrade path but a cheaper solution would be to simply add another GTX770 in SLI . . . assuming your power supply is large enough to handle the additional card - did someone build the computer for you or is it shop bought?

 

[st3v30]

It will be fine,but if you can sell that card and get new one like GTX 970 or 290x(but for this one u will new need power supply) or GTX 980.

 

[Stevemeister]

Just noticed your PSU is a Corsair CX500 which would be a bit underrated for SLI - I usually like to see around 750W for SLI set-ups although graphics cards these days uses a lot less power than they used to so maybe 600W would be ok but if you need to buy another graphics card AND a new PSU then it is probably worth simply upgrading to a GTX970 as they give more performance AND use less power . . . that being said I wouldn't spend the money until you know you have problems.

 

[Markkk]

At 1080P your Current GFX card is fine no upgrade is currently required at present

But if you cant help yourself and want a faster GFX card and have spare cash to throw around by all means.
If you wait a month or two there will be a New GFX Card out with X Option and even More speed or the one your Looking at now may be 20% cheaper...

If all is working well and your happy with your performance stick with it - when that changes then upgrade

 

[Stijn van Loo]

Just noticed your PSU is a Corsair CX500 which would be a bit underrated for SLI - I usually like to see around 750W for SLI set-ups although graphics cards these days uses a lot less power than they used to so maybe 600W would be ok but if you need to buy another graphics card AND a new PSU then it is probably worth simply upgrading to a GTX970 as they give more performance AND use less power . . . that being said I wouldn't spend the money until you know you have problems.

Thanks man! My parents put this PC together at a local shop. I recently bought the GTX 770. When we bought it, it contained a GTX 650. When upgrading to SLI i also have to upgrade my PSU. im aware of that. i will wait untill the games come out and then decide if i have to upgrade. Thank you, all of you.