Well they do provide you with the full source code.

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Just wondering, isn't Amazon's lumberyard engine open source and would allow for streaming services with it? Seems that would be a better option for devs to use if they need it. Not sure when Vulkan support will drop for it however, sometime soon hopefully.

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Quoting: mylkabut thats the point
by the time games need more than 8GB, u need a new card anyway because even the 2080TI will be to slow

GTAV uses I think 10GB or so at 4k on max settings, its pretty old. So certainly games use that vram today.

In saying that 8GB would be just fine for AMD if they use their VRAM caching tech whatever it was. Unfortunately they need 4 chips to get the bus speed needed.. HBM2 does not come in 2GB modules, which is quite unfortunate.

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The vram usage is largely dependent on your resolution, allot of people still playing at 1080p.

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DLSS is the magic bullet for the RTX, being able to boost your FPS by up to %50 without any major penalties is a plus. There are small issues with it atm with flickering and subliminal face details, see how it evolves.

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8GB + RT + DLSS Is a much better proposition, because not only will we see RT becoming into its own but also DLSS for 4k users is pretty nice, once games support it. Also 8GB memory means they CAN budge on price in the future.

AMD's 16GB HBM2 is $385 by itself, they can't budge, it will likely be expensive long after the 2080RTX drops in price!!!

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First week of feb we should see reviews. Thats not far away, but its a 300W GPU at a 2080RTX pricetag, I don't see any value in it. Starting to look like Vega all over again.

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If its truly at 2080 performance then maybe its ok. But I really don't want 16GB of HBM2 due to the price of it all.

Plus is this card meant to beat the 1080TI under Linux? I would be very surprised if it does.

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If it happens I'll probably haft to crack open the good old EDID editor and change my monitor freesync range from 48-62 to 35-62.

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Overall proton running games have been pretty good, I do however wish Kingdom Come ran better with it, under windows I get 60-65fps at 4k (start town) and under Proton its like 45-50, tad low.

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