As modern video games become increasingly demanding, the amount of VRAM your GPU has can be a real problem. Without aggressive settings tweaks, some of the most demanding AAA PC titles — especially ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's Neural Texture Compression (NTC) combined with Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing 1.2 significantly reduces VRAM usage by up to 90%, improving game performance and lowering hardware costs.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Video random access memory (VRAM) plays an important part in the performance of your graphics card, and consequently, your entire PC.

Steve is testing at the town location, about 40min into the game. He said that it only takes around 200MB of textures to tip cards over the edge. There's no in-between - once the VRAM runs out, ...

Nvidia may relaunch the RTX 3060 as VRAM shortages impact gaming GPUs, offering a practical solution with higher memory despite its older architecture.

Valve engineer Natalie Vock found a GPU memory optimization for Linux that greatly improves memory handling on AMD GPUs. It's unclear how (if at all) the benefits could carry over to the upcoming ...

Some thermal testing of AMD's unreleased RX 9070 XT graphics card has yielded some worrying results, showing the memory temperature in excess of 90 degrees C at times. Although it's alarming to see ...

2023 was one of the most disastrous years for PC gaming I can remember. In terms of highlights, we had games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, and Starfield, ...

Don't let the most expensive component in your computer die without warning. Here is how to spot the hidden red flags of ...