#4633915

miffywiffy

2013-08-08 10:24

2GB just isn't enough, 4 needs to be standard.

#4633924

PhazeDelta1

2013-08-08 10:59

For the normal PC user, 2Gb is perfectly fine. But no one here is 'normal', so I'm gonna agree with you lol. 😀

#4633942

Undying

2013-08-08 12:03

2GB just isn't enough, 4 needs to be standard.

Not every one are using uber-high resolutions and 100 mods on their games. 2GB is just fine for casual gamer/user.

#4633977

NAMEk

2013-08-08 13:21

Looks really great; like snow in winter =)

#4634037

schmidtbag

2013-08-08 16:25

2GB just isn't enough, 4 needs to be standard.

For something this high-end, I think 3GB ought to be enough. I've come to notice that nvidia uses faster memory and overall better memory management than ATI/AMD, so 3 or 4GB is really only necessary if you're going beyond 1920x1200 (or if you're using multiple displays). Personally, I see AMD's choice of including more memory to be a better choice, because as long as the driver devs can focus on improving efficiency, that gives the GPUs a longer lifespan (as the extra memory can be used to store more textures or power more displays).

#4634039

Loophole35

2013-08-08 16:27

Really want more white PCB's.

#4634373

icedman

2013-08-09 06:15

did anyone notice 1 of the memory chips is not cooled on the backside of the card?

#4634483

Veteran

2013-08-09 13:05

I have a 2GB 690 and i have a 120hz monitor. The only game that maxes out my vram is skyrim with Custom flags. With normal ingame AA its fine. So for the majority of games 2GB is fine.

#4634523

schmidtbag

2013-08-09 15:05

did anyone notice 1 of the memory chips is not cooled on the backside of the card?

I'm not sure if that's actually a memory chip - seems kinda weird a 2GB card would only have a single memory chip on the back. You'd think there'd be at least 1 other paired with it or none at all. Besides, that's a picture with the heatsink removed. Memory chips don't get anywhere near as hot as the core chips. I have 2 HD5750s of different brands and neither of them have any of their memory chips cooled. At full speed, they definitely get hot to the point it's uncomfortable to leave a finger on it, but I wouldn't say hot enough to be really damaging to the chip.

#4634524

StewieTech

2013-08-09 15:11

I find the card unnapealing, especially the cooler. Outdated somehow. I do like the white color, i could use an all white GPU on a black build along with white cpu heatsink, white psu and white psu sleeving kit etc. That´s one of my ideas for the future, to do a white and black build.

#4634529

PhazeDelta1

2013-08-09 15:35

did anyone notice 1 of the memory chips is not cooled on the backside of the card?

It's not a memory chip. It's a Proadlizer IC