VRAM Survey (September 2011)

[guym-p]

If the amount of VRAM in your computer is not the same as the list, please enter the nearest one DOWN from yours. It's not a boasting contest, but a survey to help establish what level of detail most users are able to support.

Guy.

[ARTIK]

Greater than 2GB? Do you mean workstation $>3k cards? Ok consumer ATI 6990 have 4GB total but it's just typical 2GB per processor... it's a little misleading because the X-Plane can't use the multiple GPUs.

[guym-p]

No, I didn't check any manufacturer's web sites before writing this poll, I just thought I'd better put "or greater" because every time I look I'm amazed by how things have moved on. I was gobsmacked by the availability of 1GB graphics cards, and within days of noticing that I saw 2GB cards for sale. Anyway, it's only a poll. I'm fascinated. Nothing depends on it.

[ARTIK]

Unfortunately 2GB per GPU seems to be a barrier for consumer market actually (also X-Plane is still 32bit app). I think it would be good idea to separate the 2GB cards and add 4GB (for one GPU) on the survey because the 2GB cards are quite popular nowadays (and very helpful in 1GPU multimonitor X-Plane setups).

[guym-p]

I think 2GB is fine for this year, and anyway the poll is running. From the sound of things, 4GB cards are not mainstream. Why not make a note in the diary to make another poll this time next year and see what's changed?