Summary of IS 8GB VRAM ENOUGH? Testing RTX 3070 - MSI Afterburner and Special K VRAM monitoring.

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

The author tests the RTX 3070 using MSI Afterburner and Special K VRAM monitoring to see how much VRAM is used in different games. They find that 8GB of VRAM is enough for the current generation of games.

• 00:00:00 In this video, the author tests the RTX 3070 using MSI Afterburner and Special K to see how much VRAM is used in different games. They find that the VRAM usage is tracked based on the amount of vram the drivers allocates the game and MSI Afterburner is using a direct3d api called d3dkmt. Memory usage process appears to actually be closer to what gamers are interested in, while memory usage and process is based on allocation tracking. Kaldan says that dxei budgets and measuring usage and budgets are a better metric than msi afterburners method of measuring from allocation tracking in direct 3d apis.
• 00:05:00 In this video, the author tests the memory usage of different games with MSI Afterburner and Special K VRAM monitoring. It is interesting to see that 1440p with the Ultra preset on MSI Afterburner and Special K VRAM monitoring uses about 6.5 gigabytes of VRAM, while 4k with the same settings uses about 7.5 gigabytes. However, when trying to use 4k Ultra Nightmare settings, the game will send an error message saying there is not enough VRAM.
• 00:10:00 The author tests the RTX 3070 and finds that 8GB of VRAM is enough for the current generation of games. If you upgrade every generation, you will be fine.