- NVIDIA and AMD 8 GB GPUS -SALE NUMBERS ARE LOVE AT A GERMAN RETAILS
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 TI and AMD RADEON RX 9060 XT 16 GB models have sold significantly higher
- It’s a strong indication that players prefer GPUs with more Vram
We are now deep inside NVIDIA and AMD’s new GPU launches, where the former recently released the new Low-end RTX 5050 8 GB GP. However, a dealer has made it alarmingly clear that consumers are looking elsewhere for games GPUs.
As reported by WCCFTECH, a German retailer, Mindfactory, has a low number of devices sold on NVIDIA RTX 5060 TI (8 GB), and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (8 GB), noticeably less than their 16 GB resistance – this is thanks to the retailer showing how many units have been sold on each product.
Essentially, it is an indication that PC players do not want 8 GB GPUs, or at least a large majority prefer GPUs with multiple VRAM capacities. Although it could also be a proposal for low accessibility, it has not been a problem for these lower GPUs in most regions recently, with inflated prices throwing consumers off.
It’s not a secret that games become more vram-hungry and while 8 GB is not complete Useless (it’s still relevant for 1080p games), it’s not the best option for games today. Frameworking, which would help performance significantly with 8GB GPUs, where needed, the VRAM consumption increases – and that’s the last thing these GPUs need.
Analysis: Hopefully this is the last generation of 8 GB GPUs …
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So far, Intel seems to be the only one among the three big tech giants to give up 8 GB GPUs. AMD and NVIDIA have stuck with 8GB configurations for their new GPUs, and if I’m honest, I see no advantage of it.
Again, I do not suggest that 8 GB GPUs are meaningless; There are certainly a significant number of PC players on a budget that doesn’t need mid-to high level hardware, and this is where an 8 GB card would make sense. However, the current trend of poor performance in PC games combined with inflated prices of GPUs over their retail price, these graphics cards for a hard sale.
The only place I would tolerate 8 GB GPUs used is in low-end and affordable game-laptop. Laptop GPUs do not match discreet desktop GPUS performance, so expectations of decent image speeds are expected. But it’s not the same case when you build a desktoprigg where you expect a smell for your buck – and I don’t think 8 GB of Vram can achieve it.
However, it is all for that point, as the simple case of several Vram-hungry games should be enough to stop 8 GB of cards. I’m just hopeful that this generation will be the last we see of them …
