- Oct 10, 2012
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2gb or 4gb of VRAM for 2D Surround?
Hello Anandtech forums,
I'm reaching the end of my two year video card upgrade cycle and am in a bit of a pickle. I currently have a 560ti and would like to get into 2D Surround gaming at a resolution of 5760x1080.
When the GTX 760s were announced, I felt like those would be the price-performance sweetspot. I figured that a pair of those in SLI would be just the ticket for my first foray into Surround gaming. However, in my research, I found that VRAM across the two cards does not stack and could be a limiting factor insofar as playable FPS. At least, that's the hypothetical case with the 2gb versions of the card. Should I wait for the 4gb version?
How serious of a concern would this be? With these two cards in SLI, I was hoping to be able to extend this next upgrade cycle out to 3-4 years. I would like to be able to play games at a mix of High and Ultra, skewing towards Ultra.
I tend to play games like BF3 (will be playing BF4), Skyrim (without texture mods), Tomb Raider, XCOM, SC2, Arkham Asylum/ City/ Origins, ARMA III, AC III, WARGAME AirLand Battle, etc.
Current build:
i5 2500k - stock clocked and cooled
MSI 560ti Twin Frozr II
8gb RAM
AsRock Z68 Pro Gen3 Fatal1ty
Corsair 850W PSU
Corsair Graphite 600t White Edition
GPU options:
MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC (preferred option, love Twin Frozr)
Gigabyte GV-N760OC-2GD
EVGA GTX 760 w/ ACX 4gb (when released)
No reference coolers if at all possible.
Hello Anandtech forums,
I'm reaching the end of my two year video card upgrade cycle and am in a bit of a pickle. I currently have a 560ti and would like to get into 2D Surround gaming at a resolution of 5760x1080.
When the GTX 760s were announced, I felt like those would be the price-performance sweetspot. I figured that a pair of those in SLI would be just the ticket for my first foray into Surround gaming. However, in my research, I found that VRAM across the two cards does not stack and could be a limiting factor insofar as playable FPS. At least, that's the hypothetical case with the 2gb versions of the card. Should I wait for the 4gb version?
How serious of a concern would this be? With these two cards in SLI, I was hoping to be able to extend this next upgrade cycle out to 3-4 years. I would like to be able to play games at a mix of High and Ultra, skewing towards Ultra.
I tend to play games like BF3 (will be playing BF4), Skyrim (without texture mods), Tomb Raider, XCOM, SC2, Arkham Asylum/ City/ Origins, ARMA III, AC III, WARGAME AirLand Battle, etc.
Current build:
i5 2500k - stock clocked and cooled
MSI 560ti Twin Frozr II
8gb RAM
AsRock Z68 Pro Gen3 Fatal1ty
Corsair 850W PSU
Corsair Graphite 600t White Edition
GPU options:
MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC (preferred option, love Twin Frozr)
Gigabyte GV-N760OC-2GD
EVGA GTX 760 w/ ACX 4gb (when released)
No reference coolers if at all possible.
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