512MB's day has come? Call of Duty 2

[Jawed]

Found on TechReport

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=182&page=1

The X800XL 512MB does some spectacular things. Looking good for R520?

Jawed

 

[MistaPi]

Was not the CoD one of the first games that made use of 256MB vram?
I guess we will se alot more of this with multi-platform games (xbox360+PC).

 

[wireframe]

Found on TechReport

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=182&page=1

The X800XL 512MB does some spectacular things. Looking good for R520?

This would certainly go a long way in explaining the performance discrepancies people are seeing when running the demo (and discussed here[/url). I'd be hard pressed to offer an explanation as to why though because it does not look that fantastic IMO and the textures are the usual fare (good from far but far from good). Generally, I hope that 512MB will be the standard sooner rather than later. We've been hanging on to this ridiculously low 256MB level for too long.

Was not the CoD one of the first games that made use of 256MB vram?

It sure was or, more accurately, the first game to require more than 128MB using the highest texture settings.

 

[chroniceyestrain]

This is crazy considering the demo only allows you to set the character model detail to normal. Something is just not right, why is this game requiring so much memory?

 

[AlphaWolf]

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24046

Author of the article is participating in the one above, so it might be best just to lock this one.