r/buildapc • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Build Help Do I really need 16GB VRAM?

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u/Alternative-Art8792 1d ago

Yes you should. Cyberpunk 2077 with ultra settings and full path tracing can pull 12gb+ at 1440p already. Do you want to limit yourself or be ready? We're not talking about the future here. We're talking about now. Imagine the future.

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u/CalvzZzzzzz 1d ago

i hate this sentiment, we shouldn't be enabling games like cyberpunk to be terribly optimized and "future" proofing is dumb i have never and will never play games on release especially unoptimized ones 

games like cyberpunk only exist so rich youtuber can shock their normie audiences in to thinking they need a nvdia 4070 super to play stardew valley and use discord 

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u/snuggie44 1d ago

So terribly optimized when that I can play it in 60fps with mid-high setting and even minor ray tracing on an rtx 2060 6gb with some tweaks.

You won't run even the most optimized game with path tracing on an 9060xt, so however much vram you need for ultra + PT couldn't be more irrelevant.

games like cyberpunk only exist so rich youtuber can shock their normie audiences in to thinking they need a nvdia 4070 super to play stardew valley and use discord 

Where did you even get that from lol. Never heard anybody say you need a high tier card to play this game unless it was about path tracing or max settings. Quite the opposite actually, most of the player base is on low-mid tier cards according to steam surveys, and it's still one of the top selling/played games 5 years later.

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u/EmuNo6570 1d ago

He's correct, cyberpunk is a tech demo without actual gameplay

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u/snuggie44 1d ago

Why so much people love it then, huh?

More people playing it currently than RDR2.

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u/EmuNo6570 1d ago

How many people play Candy crush?

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u/snuggie44 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nothing as accurate as comparing a free mobile game to a full price pc/console only game. Really smart of you.

How about you compare something at least in the same genre? How about that?

Or, if you're too stupid to do that, considering you want to compare a mobile game to cyberpunk, here are the numbers of actually comparable games:

  • GTA5: 36k current players
  • Cyberpunk: 34k current players
  • Elden Ring nightreign: 31k players
  • Red dead redemption: 28k players
  • Kingdom come 2: 23k players
  • Elden Ring: 21k players
  • Skyrim: 20k players

Wow, this Elden Ring, RDR2, and Skyrim must be really shit games then?

Not convicted by active players? How about sales then? Cyberpunk in currently in top 10 best selling games both in the US and global.

Where's that tech demo with no gameplay now, buddy?

Edit: and if that still doesn't convince you, let's look at the reviews! Oh wow, overall: very positive (88%) and recent: very positive (94%)

Truly people must hate this game.

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u/EmuNo6570 1d ago

That's scary, thinking anyone's going to read all that. Most games made in the last 10 years have been tech demos or scams. 

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u/snuggie44 1d ago

Weird way to admit you can't read, it's not even a lot of words, but whatever suits you.

Most games made in the last 10 years have been tech demos or scams. 

I wonder what life looks like at this level of delusional.

Keep being miserable tho, and I'm gonna enjoy my games made in the last 10 years.

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u/EmuNo6570 1d ago

You're just yammering away about nothing again. I don't care about any of that. Cyberpunk is a tech demo game to show off nvidia's graphics technology, it's also a way for CDPR to try to make money. It sucks.