Wednesday, May 15th 2024
Majority of 4K Gamers Have 16GB or Higher Video Memory: TechPowerUp Poll
A majority of TechPowerUp readers that play at the 4K Ultra HD resolution (3840 x 2160) say that they have graphics cards with 16 GB or higher video memory. In March, we ran a front-page poll asking our readers who play at the top 16:9 resolution how much video memory the graphics hardware in their machines had. Options included 6 GB or less, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, or more than 16 GB. There was also a control option just to gauge what percentage of the respondents do not play at 4K, which got 39.4% of the vote, and a technical majority, although not a part of our analysis. 32,296 responded to the poll.
What's interesting here, is that "More than 16 GB" and 16 GB take the #2 and #3 spots, respectively. So, 35.1% of our survey respondents say they have hardware with 16 GB or greater than 16 GB of video memory. 11% responded that their graphics card has 12 GB of memory; closely followed by 8 GB at 10.1%, and just 4.4% say their graphics cards have 6 GB or less amount of video memory. The biggest takeaway from this poll is the confirmation that 16 GB or more indeed is the video memory size today's gamers think they need to play the latest games at 4K.
What's interesting here, is that "More than 16 GB" and 16 GB take the #2 and #3 spots, respectively. So, 35.1% of our survey respondents say they have hardware with 16 GB or greater than 16 GB of video memory. 11% responded that their graphics card has 12 GB of memory; closely followed by 8 GB at 10.1%, and just 4.4% say their graphics cards have 6 GB or less amount of video memory. The biggest takeaway from this poll is the confirmation that 16 GB or more indeed is the video memory size today's gamers think they need to play the latest games at 4K.
34 Comments on Majority of 4K Gamers Have 16GB or Higher Video Memory: TechPowerUp Poll
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.