Insufficient VRAM is a plague, but things haven't gone out of control yet ...

Having more VRAM is good, but it does nothing for a weak GPU or PC ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's Neural Texture Compression (NTC) combined with Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing 1.2 significantly reduces VRAM usage by up to 90%, improving game performance and lowering hardware costs.

The VRAM crisis is complicated by a technological counter-force too: AI upscaling and Frame Generation. This introduces a fascinating paradox, a tug-of-war for memory space on the GPU. On the one hand ...

Graphics Cards Resident Evil Requiem is one of the few games to use GPU data decompression but it's a bit hit and miss as to whether your GPU will ever actually use it Hardware Valve clarifies what's ...

According to an insider, NVIDIA is planning to use the new 3GB GDDR7 memory dies on its entry-level GeForce RTX 5050, increasing the VRAM capacity by 1 GB.

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An Intel GPU partner is reportedly working on a custom Intel Arc B580 graphics card that chains two of the gaming GPUs together, like the old SLI graphics cards of yesteryear. Not only that, but it ...

A hot potato: Although Nvidia has caught the most flak for continuing to sell mid-range $400+ graphics cards with just 8GB of VRAM, AMD has also persisted with this approach in the budget-performance ...

If you are looking for a high-end GPU with plenty of video memory, the RX 7900XT from XFX is currently a great deal, as the graphics card is now available at an all-time low price. The Radeon RX 7000 ...

To truly grasp why your powerful new GPU is suddenly choking on VRAM, we must look at the convergence of five powerful technological and economic forces that have created this crisis simultaneously.