[quotemsg=20499637,0,551379][quotemsg=20499157,0,708622]It is a 1060 (the lesser GPU) and the cards it is outperforming, it outperforms on pretty much any game.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but GPU memory doesn't get reserved like system memory. If there is GPU memory usage, it is because it is actually being used by game assets copied from system memory.[/quotemsg]
Yes, but it shows that it isn't being hurt by having 3GB of VRAM. Because if it was, weaker cards with more VRAM would be catching up to it.
And I already made that correction before. VRAM does get pre-allocated.[/quotemsg]
I actually looked it up after I posted. It appears memory on a video card is *not* pre-allocated in any form meaningful to these benchmarks. What I mean is that the only pre-allocation happens immediately before something is trasnferred to the space. For all intents and purposes here, If memory is shown as used on a video card, it is because there is an asset stored, not because it's reserving the space.
Also, the average fps difference between the two different 1060 models isn't as big for most games as it is here, which points to memory being an issue.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2604-gtx-1060-3gb-vs-6gb-benchmark-review/page-4