64MB Geforces.... gimmick/power

[WaterB]

Does the extra 32MB matter at all? or is this another way for companies to get more profit....

 

[Foru2ctoo]

Yes, the extra 32mb RAM does help a lot especially if it's DDR. This will allow more operations for the card and also speed them up. Although, like regulary system RAM, there is a limit on how much is enough to where the extra is just a waste of money and won't be used.

 

[Auric]

I think Anandtech and others have compared the two and essentially it is not worth spending any more for 64MB. Maybe if you are the Sultan of Brunei you wouldn't give it any thought but if you have to ask the question the answer is probably no. That's what AGP is for anyway. If you have less than 128MB of system RAM you are going to get the most bang for your buck by spending your money on that instead of extra video RAM. If you run Win2000, then the same applies if you have less than 256MB. Another way to look at it, especially if you have enough system RAM already, is you may as well save that extra money to buy the next 'best' video card 3-6 months from now instead. Compression also makes more than 32MB video RAM seem silly now too.

 

[torvus]

For today's games, 32 mb is more than enough. Especially since textures are realistically taking up 8 to 10 of that, 12 under extreme pressure. That amount of memory should be good enough for at least a card cycle or two. I believe sharkyextreme did something on this a while back and they didn't see any significant differences.