Will a 2gb card help?
I'm hoping to run 3d vision. I don't need to max out the settings or anything so I was looking at different 560's. My original thought was getting an overclocked EVGA or a Twin Frozr or something, but then I discovered that Palit makes a 2gb 560 ti. I heard that more memory will help things like running multiple monitors or 3D vision, but I couldn't find any comparisons between running 3D vision on a normal 1gb 560 verses the 2gb variety. Will the added memory help in the 3d experience?

a little about the rig I'm looking at.


CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155
MEMORY: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
MOTHERBOARD: MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) Intel P67 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI
PSU: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TX 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
I'm hoping to run 3d vision. I don't need to max out the settings or anything so I was looking at different 560's. My original thought was getting an overclocked EVGA or a Twin Frozr or something, but then I discovered that Palit makes a 2gb 560 ti. I heard that more memory will help things like running multiple monitors or 3D vision, but I couldn't find any comparisons between running 3D vision on a normal 1gb 560 verses the 2gb variety. Will the added memory help in the 3d experience?



a little about the rig I'm looking at.





CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

MEMORY: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

MOTHERBOARD: MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) Intel P67 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

PSU: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TX 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready

#1
Posted 04/14/2011 06:16 AM   
Generally, you won't notice a difference between the different memory sizes if you only plan on gaming on a single display @ 1080p. However, if you want to increase your AA and AF beyond 4x, extra memory can help. In GTA IV, the only way you can use high graffics settings is if you have a lot of VRAM, even though the GPU could run those settings with less VRAM. I cannot comment on whether 3D affects the required memory, but I know that if eventually you want to play in 2D/3D surround, you deffinitely want as much VRAM as possible. Tomshardware dot com recently did a review comparing the 2GB 6950's to the 1.25GB 570's and when you get into high resolutions with high AA thats when you need the VRAM. Otherwise it won't matter that much.
Generally, you won't notice a difference between the different memory sizes if you only plan on gaming on a single display @ 1080p. However, if you want to increase your AA and AF beyond 4x, extra memory can help. In GTA IV, the only way you can use high graffics settings is if you have a lot of VRAM, even though the GPU could run those settings with less VRAM. I cannot comment on whether 3D affects the required memory, but I know that if eventually you want to play in 2D/3D surround, you deffinitely want as much VRAM as possible. Tomshardware dot com recently did a review comparing the 2GB 6950's to the 1.25GB 570's and when you get into high resolutions with high AA thats when you need the VRAM. Otherwise it won't matter that much.

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#2
Posted 04/14/2011 01:32 PM   
I usually don't care too much about AA and until they make monitors without bezels, I'm gonna stick with my single display. What I was told is that 3D vision works kinda like running multiple monitors because it has to display two full resolution images simultaneously. For that, I think the extra VRAM will help, but I haven't been able to find any benchmarks or personal experiences that back up this theory and I know so little about hardware that I can't say that any of my guesses would be educated. Any other thoughts out there?
I usually don't care too much about AA and until they make monitors without bezels, I'm gonna stick with my single display. What I was told is that 3D vision works kinda like running multiple monitors because it has to display two full resolution images simultaneously. For that, I think the extra VRAM will help, but I haven't been able to find any benchmarks or personal experiences that back up this theory and I know so little about hardware that I can't say that any of my guesses would be educated. Any other thoughts out there?

#3
Posted 04/15/2011 05:01 AM   
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