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  1. 10-06-2010, 06:31 PM #10
    zalbard
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontl1ne View Post
    Why is everyone so hung up about VRAM? The 5870 2GB version showed a 1 to 2 fps difference even at the highest resolutions. Pretty sure AMD's engineers wouldn't intentionally bottleneck their own card.
    Wrong.
    Just an example:



    More detailed research here.

    TL;DR: If you game at 2560x1600 or use Eyefinity it is a good idea to have over 1GB of VRAM.
    Last edited by zalbard; 10-06-2010 at 06:40 PM.
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