worth a DX11 card?

[JG27CaptStubing]

Originally Posted by Flyby

hey Cap'n why is a 2gig single GPU the way to? From What I've read around the web (and I may be a little out of date on this) 2gigs only really becomes a noticeable factor at resolutions higher than 1900x1200. I'm talking a 30 inch monitor here. So, I'd like to know your perspective. I will admit that I'd consider buying a 2gig single GPU card if it improves performance at lower resolutions. Like 1900x1080.
thanks!
Flyby out

Resolution does play a part in taking up more space in the memory on the Video card. Today's games are bumping up resolution on the textures themselves. Which means the more textures you can load into Memory the less swapping the card does across the bus which even at 16X is slow. That's what causes studders. It's only a matter of time when they will keep increasing the resolution of the textures. 1 gig is starting to become the norm now for Video Cards. That means my 512 will start to swap and studder a game.

The key to having more memory is if the Game actually us using higher end textures. ie... The new maps and cockpits in the mods are much higher resolution than the original game of IL2. That's why they look much nicer. Oleg and crew aren't going to be aiming at systems with 64megs or 128 megs of ram on the video card anymore. They will have some selection like they have now. Land detail = high and that may bump the res quite a bit.

Make sense?