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How much VRAM do you really need?

These aren’t without foundation. We first started seeing high-end graphics cards with 8GB of memory in 2013 with AMD’s R9 290/290X. Nvidia’s GTX 1070 and 1080 had 8GB as well in 2016, starting at $379 for the base model 1070 cards. Seeing a $399 graphics card like the RTX 4060 Ti that still uses 8GB creates concerns

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