I got thinking does Video Memory drastically help with FPS or am I wasting 300MB of Video Memory for Graphics 

So, modern graphics cards (such as mine, the 1080Ti) are built around an independent processor (the GPU). Much how your CPU, which processes information for execution, the GPU nearly exclusively processes graphical calculations.

 

The architecture of the modern GPU is designed so that it can run a multitude of very similar calculations, which is what is needed for graphics. In the same sense of needing more RAM to allow for your CPU to run at full capacity, your GPU needs enough video memory.

 

When it comes to reviewing your system as a whole, you'll need to upgrade it all in chunks to avoid bottle-necking. See the below videos.

 

https://youtu.be/Utv144XeHag

https://youtu.be/ZF4ys-XQTVw

 

What Willhelm has said above is exactly right and a great explanation too.

 

Generally speaking the lower you put your graphics settings, the better your performance will be. However there is usually a reasonable point between the two (nVidia's Geforce Experience would call this the "optimal" settings). In short this means you can get a certain quality of graphics out of your hardware without diminishing the performance beyond acceptable gameplay.

 

The more VRAM (Video Memory) you have, the higher you can obviously push the work your GPU does.

 

Side note, I've moved this thread to computers, tech and gaming as it's more suited to that section that it is GTA V 🙂

Ahh ok and sorry I put in the wrong section

On 3/30/2020 at 4:51 AM, Wilhelm said:

So, modern graphics cards (such as mine, the 1080Ti) are built around an independent processor (the GPU). Much how your CPU, which processes information for execution, the GPU nearly exclusively processes graphical calculations.

 

The architecture of the modern GPU is designed so that it can run a multitude of very similar calculations, which is what is needed for graphics. In the same sense of needing more RAM to allow for your CPU to run at full capacity, your GPU needs enough video memory.

 

When it comes to reviewing your system as a whole, you'll need to upgrade it all in chunks to avoid bottle-necking. See the below videos.

 

https://youtu.be/Utv144XeHag

https://youtu.be/ZF4ys-XQTVw

 

1080ti? nice i've got a 2080ti