VRAM — video memory — is what your graphics card uses to store textures, lighting data, shadows, reflections, and all the other visual assets that make your PC games look the way they should. That ...

There's one sentiment that's been consistent among PC gamers for nearly two years: 8GB graphics cards just don't cut it for a modern gaming rig. Games have gotten more demanding, and even at 1080p, ...

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.

There’s no such thing as too much RAM—ask anyone who’s trying to find a good deal on an Nvidia graphics card. But you might not need to drop a month’s rent on a new GPU to free up some VRAM! Just wait ...

Realistic graphics with high-quality textures can consume significant amounts of graphics memory. While having a powerful graphics card is one solution, optimization is also a way to reduce VRAM ...

NVIDIA has officially launched its DLSS Transformer model as part of the 310.3.0 SDK, significantly advancing upscaling while reducing video memory requirements. This new approach directly tackles a ...

Something to look forward to: High-resolution textures are a primary factor behind the growing install sizes and VRAM usage in modern blockbuster games. Nvidia proposed a neural-network-based method ...

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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, ...