Majority of 4K Gamers Have 16GB or Higher Video Memory: TechPowerUp Poll

[Prima.Vera]

I think the news should have started "39% of users DO NOT play in 4K"

 

[cvaldes]

I think the news should have started "A large number of incels..."

 

[Kyan]

More like a majority of reader have clicked on their VRAM without properly reading the poll because I don't think that 61% of people coming here have a 4K monitor behind their computer.

 

[Kapone33]

Well I am one of those people that Game at 4K.

 

[starfals]

I've been playing Half-life 1 in 4K too, that counts, right? Starcraft 2 too. I mean, the poll never asked for details... only if we play games in 4K and how much VRAM we got. 8GB@4K ftw!

More like a majority of reader have clicked on their VRAM without properly reading the poll because I don't think that 61% of people coming here have a 4K monitor behind their computer.

I have a 4K TV since 2015 and in fact, i still use it now. I reply to you from it in. It's great, colorful and sharp. 4K is great! I've been gaming in 4K for the last 9 years, close to 10. Not the newest games, of course(well duh lol) but still. It counts, i daily play games in that resolution. Idk why its soo shocking. Every TV after 2017-8 is 4K. It ain't hard to connect a TV to a PC either. Takes as long as a monitor.

 

[wolf]

As much as I genuinely love and cherish this site, the polls can be absolutely useless.

There is zero onus or burden of proof to back up anything you vote for or say, for all we know 99% of respondents don't own or game on a 4k monitor, or own cards with the VRAM amount they voted for. This seems more like a 4k VRAM wishlist than anything. Remember the DLSS poll, specifically asking RTX series card owners their preference, and how many members that don't even own RTX cards voted and had a say, let alone all of the transient traffic and readers that could vote and likely didn't even read the full 1st post queation... Somehow I don't think the result is worth anything beyond at best an interesting discussion.

I'll agree on what the biggest takeaway is though, it's what gamers think they need.

 

[Dragam1337]

I've been playing Half-life 1 in 4K too, that counts, right? Starcraft 2 too. I mean, the poll never asked for details... only if we play games in 4K and how much VRAM we got. 8GB@4K ftw!


I have a 4K TV since 2015 and in fact, i still use it now. I reply to you from it in. It's great, colorful and sharp. 4K is great! I've been gaming in 4K for the last 9 years, close to 10. Not the newest games, of course(well duh lol) but still. It counts, i daily play games in that resolution. Idk why its soo shocking. Every TV after 2017-8 is 4K. It ain't hard to connect a TV to a PC either. Takes as long as a monitor.

He didn't say that he didn't believe that YOU have a 4k monitor, but that he doesn't believe that 61% of tpu users does... and neither do i. And most people don't use their tv as their monitor.

 

[Kyan]

He didn't say that he didn't believe that YOU have a 4k monitor, but that he doesn't believe that 61% of tpu users does... and neither do i. And most people don't use their tv as their monitor.

It's hard to understand that 20 000 people aren't yourself you know

 

[Lycanwolfen]

Lol what...

Twin 1080Ti's in Nvlink SLI HB bridge. Been 4k gaming since. I have a 3070ti and from some old miners someone gave me. I tested it on my Gaming box with same settings I use with my Sli build with some games ya I did not like the 45 FPS vs the 120 FPS i get with twin in SLi. Now only card that can outperform my Sli is a 4090 but I do not want to spend 5 grand on a video card. I have a life and can do much more things with 5 grand.

 

[wolf]

Twin 1080Ti's in Nvlink SLI HB bridge. Been 4k gaming since. I have a 3070ti and from some old miners someone gave me. I tested it on my Gaming box with same settings I use with my Sli build with some games ya I did not like the 45 FPS vs the 120 FPS i get with twin in SLi. Now only card that can outperform my Sli is a 4090 but I do not want to spend 5 grand on a video card. I have a life and can do much more things with 5 grand.

I'd say it depends greatly what you're playing, virtually no games for years now launch with SLI support. I'd wager if you're savvy enough that you might be able to force it on in games, but your 45fps 3070Ti vs 120fps 1080Ti SLI example seems odd to me, unless it's a situation where the card was totally out of VRAM you should be getting considerably more than half of what 1080Ti SLI gets.