Bumping up texture quality has no noticable effect on framerate in 99% of games unless you hit your card's VRAM limits. The fallacy that you're not going to be using the extra VRAM on a card like this is baffling, frankly. Even if you keep every other setting the same, you'll be able to crank texture quality up on a 4GB card for an image quality boost at basically no performance hit, whereas doing the same on a 2GB card would introduce stuttering.
And that's even before considering some of the more awful PC ports which can barely run on a 2GB card at all, such as Arkham Knight and AC: Unity. Digital Foundry just posted a video on the updated Arkham Knight that shows it to be basically unplayable on a 2GB 285 (which the 380 is a rebrand of), but runs reasonably on the 4GB version.
In before "Can't rewind time!"
Seriously, not a good price though. Better to wait for another £120 one to come around
ahmadalkhaddar
2 Nov 15#2
Thats 2gb edition... and its the lower end version of MSI Cooler...
das5665
2 Nov 152#3
Fair enough about it being 2GB but you dont really need more than 2GB for 1080p on 99% of games. And for higher resolutions you wont use a 380.
And paying £60 more for a "Strix Edition" doesn't really justify itself. 2 or 3 degrees cooler isnt worth £60 more in my opinion
ahmadalkhaddar
2 Nov 154#4
Yes but to future proof you will want 4gb, games are starting to need more than 2gb e.g. GTA 5
das5665
2 Nov 151#5
GTA doesn't require more than 2GB for high. It may for ultra but you wont be getting decent fps on a 380 with 1080p ultra
emodan
2 Nov 152#6
A few 1080p games need more than 2gb ram to run at max and it's only going to increase so worth buying the 4gb for that reason unless you don't mind running at lower settings
das5665 to emodan
2 Nov 152#7
But at max the 380 wont keep up with the new releases atleast not at 1080p 60fps. And when its bumped down for performance it wont require more than 2GB
ahmadalkhaddar
2 Nov 151#8
Games will start to require more VRAM in the future so i would get this to future proof
P.S. You probs wont get a £120 deal for quite a while
das5665 to ahmadalkhaddar
2 Nov 15#9
Yes they will require more. But only at max settings in which the 380 wont keep up.
Aretak
2 Nov 154#10
Bumping up texture quality has no noticable effect on framerate in 99% of games unless you hit your card's VRAM limits. The fallacy that you're not going to be using the extra VRAM on a card like this is baffling, frankly. Even if you keep every other setting the same, you'll be able to crank texture quality up on a 4GB card for an image quality boost at basically no performance hit, whereas doing the same on a 2GB card would introduce stuttering.
And that's even before considering some of the more awful PC ports which can barely run on a 2GB card at all, such as Arkham Knight and AC: Unity. Digital Foundry just posted a video on the updated Arkham Knight that shows it to be basically unplayable on a 2GB 285 (which the 380 is a rebrand of), but runs reasonably on the 4GB version.
I agree, even at 1080P I wouldn't recommend a sub-4GB card for a £140+ budget any more, particularly for an AMD card where insufficient VRAM has a more pronounced effect, but using Arkham Knight as an example? ARKHAM KNIGHT? Arkham... Knight?
That's like basing the Daily Planet's employee healthcare insurance coverage entirely on the physical fitness of Mr C. Kent.
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And that's even before considering some of the more awful PC ports which can barely run on a 2GB card at all, such as Arkham Knight and AC: Unity. Digital Foundry just posted a video on the updated Arkham Knight that shows it to be basically unplayable on a 2GB 285 (which the 380 is a rebrand of), but runs reasonably on the 4GB version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHnM6mMbEc
In before "Can't rewind time!"
Seriously, not a good price though. Better to wait for another £120 one to come around
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In before "Can't rewind time!"
Seriously, not a good price though. Better to wait for another £120 one to come around
And paying £60 more for a "Strix Edition" doesn't really justify itself. 2 or 3 degrees cooler isnt worth £60 more in my opinion
P.S. You probs wont get a £120 deal for quite a while
And that's even before considering some of the more awful PC ports which can barely run on a 2GB card at all, such as Arkham Knight and AC: Unity. Digital Foundry just posted a video on the updated Arkham Knight that shows it to be basically unplayable on a 2GB 285 (which the 380 is a rebrand of), but runs reasonably on the 4GB version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHnM6mMbEc
Exactly What he said ^^
That's like basing the Daily Planet's employee healthcare insurance coverage entirely on the physical fitness of Mr C. Kent.