A few weeks ago, we deepen A test that wanted to analyze the scope of 8 GB GPUs in 2025. As revealed, titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 o Dragon’s Dogma 2 complicate these units, since 8 GB graphics cards do not allow squeezing the benefits of advanced features such as raytraction or dlss. However, the increase in interest around GPUs has caused, surprisingly, the 8 GB units begin to increase their price after several years living the opposite situation.
As a user points out in A REDDIT publicationhis search for a graphics card did not come out how he expected, since he found several units of 8 GB above 500 euros: “What are we doing? RX 580 already had 8 GB in 2017”. In this way, he not only shared his outrage, but encouraged other users to be part of a debate that continues to bring tail: the scope of the 8 GB GPUs in 2025. For him, as well as for the rest of the users who have participated in the Reddit thread, the answer is clear: the situation is going from our hands.
The real scope of an 8 GB GPU
Today, 8 GB of VRM is the acceptable minimum for modern AAA games, but aspects such as optimization influence the rate of 1080p to 1440p, since in most cases you will always have to opt for the first. In fact, in demanding titles such as Hogwarts Legacy o The Last of Us: Parte II The quality of the textures and the resolution must be lowered, an aspect to which we must add The impact of generative AI and language models. Therefore, although the 8 GB GPUs continue to perform, we talk about units that were revolutionary more than 10 years ago.
-In 2014, the date on which units such as the radeon R9 290x of AMD saw the light, the 8 GB GPUs were authentic beasts capable of squeezing the best titles of the time. In fact, this possibility remained intact for almost a five years, but The arrival of GPUs with more capacity caused that graphics cards with 8 GB began to lose the battle. Therefore, despite Speculation continues to make yoursmany users are bringing the hands to the head With the prices of the sector, since they do not understand how they get to pay more than 500 euros for units that maintain the benefits of a decade ago.
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