Gaming Laptops are in Trouble - VRAM Testing w/ @Hardwareunboxed

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Is 8GB Enough VRAM for gaming laptops in 2025 and beyond? I’ve teamed up with Steve from @Hardwareunboxed to compare an RTX 5070 Laptop GPU against a simulated 16GB version to find out.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Jarrod Gets Help From The King of VRAM
0:46 Test System Specs for VRAM Comparison
1:14 Fairly Comparing a 5070 8GB and “5070 16GB”
1:37 Establishing a Baseline - Both Systems Get Same FPS
2:07 Spider-Man 2 - Very High Settings - Big Oof
2:38 Spider-Man 2 - High Settings - A Slight Improvement
2:55 Spider-Man 2 - Frame Generation Makes It Worse
3:13 Spider-Man 2 - Ray Tracing + Very High Settings
3:37 Spider-Man 2 - RTX 5070 Ti’s VRAM Fixes the Problem
3:54 Horizon Forbidden West - Very High Settings
4:08 Horizon Forbidden West - DLSS Balanced = Less VRAM?
4:18 Horizon Forbidden West - High Settings + Frame Generation
4:34 Horizon Forbidden West - Medium Settings + Frame Generation
4:48 Huge Difference in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
5:11 Indiana Jones - High Settings
5:31 Indiana Jones - 16GB Max Textures vs 8GB Lowest Textures
5:53 “But You Shouldn’t Expect Max Settings on a Laptop!”
6:05 Indiana Jones - Frame Generation
6:17 Ratchet and Clank - Very High - Similar FPS
6:26 Ratchet and Clank - Very High + RT Med = RIP 8GB
6:48 Ratchet and Clank - Max Settings Fine on 16GB, 8GB Struggles
7:13 Cyberpunk 2077 - Ultra
7:21 Cyberpunk 2077 - RT Medium, Ok on 16GB, 8GB Unusable
7:34 Stellar Blade
7:51 Forza Horizon 5 and Misleading Benchmark Tools
8:13 8GB VRAM is Actually Fine for Most Games (For Now)
8:36 What’s the Solution to the VRAM Problem?
8:53 Option 1 To Fix This Problem
9:03 Is RTX 5070 Ti 12GB Enough?
9:13 Option 2 To Fix This Problem
9:52 Why The 8GB 5070 is a Sad Situation
10:04 This Will Only Get Worse Over Time
10:17 VRAM Problems are Worse for Laptop than Desktop
11:04 Expensive Premium Gaming Laptops Can Still be VRAM Limited
11:50 Nvidia Confirms They Know 8GB VRAM is the Minimum
12:17 Crazy VRAM Stagnation with Nvidia 70 Class GPUs
12:28 Is The RTX 5070 Good for 1080p Gaming?
12:44 2560 x 1600 Resolution is Becoming Normal
12:59 Either Way You Have to Compromise Thanks to Nvidia
13:18 Thanks to VRAM Unboxed
13:29 Options With More VRAM - RTX 5070 Ti vs 5080 Comparison

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