A hot potato: Although Nvidia has caught the most Flak to continue selling graphics cards from $ 400 to mid-range with only 8 GB of VRAM, AMD also persisted with this approach in the budget-performance segment. Although the independent reference data reveal the current quality and performance sacrifices associated with smaller true pools, Team Red continues to defend its lower level products with declarations which, although technically exact, obscure the real value proposals of modern GPUs.
Frank Azor D’AMD recently defended the company’s decision to sell a variant of 8 GB of the Radeon RX 9060 XT in the middle of the growing criticism of mid -range and traditional graphics cards with limited true. Although Nvidia is more often guilty of this trend and AMD cards often offer more memory, the most affordable and popular products of the two companies suffer from the same problem.
After a Calpex unveiling of the RX 9060 XT, which offers configurations of 8 GB and 16 GB, Azor answered a question concerning the cheaper version by affirming that 8 GB of VRAM is sufficient for 1080p, the most popular PC game resolution.
The majority of players still play 1080p and have no use for more than 8 GB of memory. Most WW games are mainly Esports Games. We did not build it if there was no market for this. If 8 GB does not suit you, there are 16 GB. Even GPU, no compromise, just memory …
– Frank Azor (@azorfrank) May 22, 2025
Our criticisms of similar GPUs like RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB and 5060 from Nvidia reveal that, although this is true, the weak cards weak with disabilities compared to similar equipment with more memory.
Although practically all titles in 2025 are playable with 8 GB of true graphic parameters, the size of the Pool VRAM can always have a significant impact on the user experience. The comparison of the 8 GB and 16 GB versions of the RTX 5060 Ti reveals that if the medium image frequencies are often similar, the manuscript can considerably worsen the stockings to one percent, leading to a notable stuttering. Some games work less well in the 8 GB model, and others – like Indiana Jones and the large circle – are acquired in the parameters where the 16 GB GPU is going well.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 highlights a different problem. The two cards offer image frequencies almost identical to ultra parameters with the 4K texture pack activated, but the 8 GB version is struggling to make textures high resolution.
In another reference, the 8 GB RTX 5060 Ti even takes behind the Intel B580 arc – a 12 GB card which costs more than $ 100 less and targets a lower performance level. These problems can occur even at 1080p, a resolution still used by 55% of vapor users questioned.
Azor has also noted that the GPU consumer market largely aimed at ESPORT actors, who probably represent the largest user segment. Steam’s most popular games – ESPORTS TAPS like Counter -Strike 2, Marvel Rivals, Dota 2 and Apex Legends – can always reach high image frequencies on 8 GB cards.
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However, as GPUs become more expensive, many users turn to budgetary equipment to play demanding AAA titles, that benchmarks show that they can manage surprisingly well. With enough VRAM and scaling technology, traditional GPUs are perfectly capable of 4K games.
NVIDIA’s approach to 8 GB GPU exams also suggests that manufacturers are aware of the shortcomings. The company has retained 8 GB RTX 5060 TA Examination of independent points of sale units and restricted access to the RTX 5060 drivers for examinators that are not willing to compare the card under favorable conditions.
Such a condition constituted the generation of quadruple frames, a characteristic which deforms the measures of raw performance and consumes additional true. Meanwhile, tracing rays – an NVIDIA characteristic frequently markets as a central advantage – is in particular greedy.
The first 8 GB card of AMD, the Radeon RX 480, launched almost nine years ago at $ 229. It is remarkable that manufacturers always sell GPUs with the same VRAM capacity for more than $ 300. Apart from esports, these products should age badly, especially if new generation consoles, which should have more than 20 GB of memory, launch out in the life of these cards.
