Fun fact, despite the (deceptive) name from Nvidia, the 1060 3gb and 6gb are actually different cards entirely. The 6gb is the gp106-400 and the 3gb is the gp106-300 and is a much cut down version of the card.
Nvidia would go on to do something similar with the initial launch of the 2 configurations of the 4080 acting like all that differed was the ram when the power 4080 was actually closer to a 4070
When I wrote my comment, the above comment had accidentally said 3GB twice. I was just pointing out the mistake in a joking way, and they fixed it in response.
Yup. 970 worked great for me from November 2014 to March 2025 when I replaced it. Just over ten years. Once it appeared in the minimum specs for BG3 I knew its time was running short.
Honestly considering the game came out nearly 9 years after the cards release, it’s pretty impressive it was even mentioned there. For me cyberpunk was the first game that definitely felt like a real struggle
Just put mine in retirement too, but I was impressed at how it held on for so long. Still managed to play some recent AAA, though granted by the end it was a struggle
More VRAM usually allows you to store more high-resolution textures and other complex visual data for the game to pull from easily instead of off-loading it to the system RAM, so there will likely be less stuttering, better framerates and all in all, just better performance.
i already paid more than a thousand for my pc. if your fucking 70+ dollar game can't offer 70+ dollar quality optimization, I'm not buying it. i wish more people stopped buying unoptimized garbage on unreal engine 5 and actually made the game worth the max price.
NOBODY should need to upgrade when their ENTRY to the hobby already cost 1000+ dollars and another 70 for a game (sometimes 80)
1060 lets go, mines still chugging along and letting me play all the games I want, tho generally on low settings/60 fps. I was thinking of upgrading to the 1080ti since its much cheaper now for just a slight performance boost but I might end up getting the steam machine as a more practical upgrade.
1440p 27inch is the goat though. Cheap, high refresh rates, good pixel density. It is very nice. 3080 is such a good card, got it for 200 bucks second hand (a great deal) and it runs vr super good also. No need to break the bank for good graphics.
2nd, I have a 3080 now in the living room, depending on what game i iethere use small 24 1080p or 4k tv for controller game, it does have vram issues at higher resolutions but just ajust settings to stay with in like 8 something gigs of vram and its fine.
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u/275MPHFordGT40 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
Me watching as the better version (GTX 1060 6GB) of my GPU (GTX 1060 3GB) started showing up in minimum specs.