The summer has been dominated by mid-range and entry level GPU launches, from Nvidia’s RTX 5060 and 5050 to AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT. And many of these are rocking 8GB of video memory — the critical element of a card that allows for rendered graphics to be stored and used on-demand.
This is a capacity that has been around since 2016, and if you listen to people in high places, this is enough for all-round 1080p gaming. But games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (12GB of VRAM recommended) and Cyberpunk 2077 would beg to differ. Especially more so if you’re considering making the jump to 1440p gaming.
