I have a Radeon HD 7870 2GB with a few graphics mods installed (textures, lighting, etc), and it usually runs at 60FPS. I have 8GB ram. Sometimes though it feels a little sluggish though. So, does Skyrim take advantage of 2GB video cards, or not?
Does Skyrim take advantage of 2GB video cards
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Best Answer
VRAM usage will depend on display resolution, resolutions of textures, VSYNC (off, double, triple buffering in order of increasing VRAM demands), anti-aliasing and other features. If you're playing on a single monitor at 1080p, 1GB should be enough in most cases, whereas if you're gaming on 6 4k monitors you're going to need significantly more.
To summarize: can Skyrim use more than 2GB of VRAM? Yes. Does it do in your case? Depends on your configuration.
Some tools, such as GPU-Z, can measure VRAM usage. Learn more.