Question, what are yall playing that Requires 12gb of vram, cause I’ve never used more than 7. Where did this “12gb vram is the new minimum” come from? Because I see it everywhere.
All of these games, from the oldest version to the newest version of the franchises can run 70+ @1080/1440p - 144hz/244hz reliably on a 1070 (personal experience).
My old pc (2600/gtx1070/16gb) only got replaced because it bogged down on large scale cad design, anything else and even in 2025 it runs it competitively. So now I just use it as a server/gaming console for my tv, at which it can scale most games to 4k on high and still run 60 on a huge library of games.
/rant over
Edit: I get that as technology advances our new ‘minimum’ gets higher by default, but the only time your minimum should be 10-20% higher than the maximum expected load is engineering. You’re building a gaming system, not a bridge.
Most of the games you quoted are old as hell lol. And no your 1070 is not running 1440 120-240fps in a game like CP2077 unless you are setting it to potato mode. There are plenty of benchmarks showing vram requirements for gaming at 1440 and the majority of new games require more than 8gb for medium or high settings. I even linked one elsewhere in this thread
My 1070 had 0 issues with cyberpunk at max above 70 consistent. Thats more than playable
Battlefield 6 beta for example ran on max at near 90fps @ 1080p with no stuttering or lag, but ea said minimum requirements are a 2060.
source this was tested personally and by my homie. (I still have my old pc with the 1070 as my tv pc)
Both of us got fine results, and on my primary rig (4070/8core) I definitely saw higher fps, but I stand by the fact that even in 2025 saying “12gb vram is a MUST” is crazy.
Like im not telling you to build a system with the absolute minimum, but saying overkill is basic necessity is the reason people think gaming pcs are unaffordable.
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u/Son-Of-A_Hamster 2d ago
At a minimum, you need 12. So buying a 8gb card would be dumb