8 GB VRAM: still fine today, or already outdated? A look at the Legion Pro 5 16

[Redaktion]

Unlike the Ti version with 12 GB, Nvidia's RTX 5070 (non-Ti) only comes with 8 GB of VRAM — a spec that's sparked plenty of online debate about its future-proofing, and understandably, some concern. Our test unit, the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IAX10 with an RTX 5070, offers some useful insight into how much VRAM might actually be "enough."

https://www.notebookcheck.net/8-GB-VRAM-still-fine-today-or-already-outdated-A-look-at-the-Legion-Pro-5-16.1149053.0.html

[kazzy_kirya]

Feels like Ngreedia paid you to convince people that 8gigs is enough for a laptop costing $1500 which is only going to get worse going into 2026

[Hotz]

The reality is even more enraging....

The recent Intel-Nvidia cooperation talked about the new "NVLink interconnect", which allows GPU direct access to System-RAM, so there would never ever be a VRAM limit anymore. Great, right? But then you read that technology exists since 10 years, and already industrially proven since 2016 - just not for the common people.

Source: intuitionlabs.ai/articles/nvidia-nvlink-gpu-interconnect


So they've been fooling us all the years. Every 2 years they gave us minimal increments of VRAM, while they could have moved away from it long ago. What an a§§move. I think they're all in this scam: Intel, Nvidia, AMD, and all computer and notebook manufacturers. They must have known. But of course making GPUs with artificially limited VRAM was the best cashcow ever.