General Computer Hardware Discussion.

Exactly what it sounds like.

 

(REPOST) My 4GB of VRAM is being rapidly left behind by the gaming landscape. What happened to the days when an Xbox 360 with 512 MB of VRAM was enough to do a whole crap load of a lot. Granted console games are more optimized for consoles, but in theory, you could play the same game with about 1 GB of VRAM. But nowadays you need at least 8GB to run about all of the AAA games, unless you want 40- fps on low settings. What happened to optimizing the graphics of modern games? Also, if you look back to the Xbox 360-era games vs modern games, there are no huge leaps and bounds in fidelity like in the 90s-2000s, only 4k support. But for those of us who don't need or want 4k, it looks the same. How come they can't optimize for lower-end PCs anymore? Why do you need to process every spark, drop of water, and leaf individually? I know there are limitations for 4 GB of VRAM, but holy crap the Xbox 360 had less than 1 GB!!! I know I'm salty because I can't afford anything better, but that still doesn't justify them making hugely unoptimized games for PC. Heck, I can't even get a decent framerate with the T-series and a trailer. Before I could do that just fine. In the push for "graphical fidelity," they leave behind anyone with a skinny wallet. It just gets old not being able to play games that look slightly better than their predecessors, but needing twice the VRAM for a half-decent experience.

Spoiler: Xbox 360 VS PC

Even the PS4 with approx 2GB of VRAM, still runs modern games at 75+ FPS. Granted with lower settings.

Spoiler: PS4 Performance