512MB Graphics Cards Buy one now or later?

[Solus 0]

My GeForce FX 5600 has 256mb of video ram and it is running fine for me. While the clock and memory speed is lacking, the textures never really end up using all my ram space. After playing games like Planetside, which lets you use VERY high detail textures and is a very ram hungry game, I'm sure that 512 won't make much of a difference, if any.

[IcedMetal 0]

I always have had top notch gpu's and the reason that I need them is not for gaming. Although I do play games occasionally the main reason I need alot of memory on my gpu is for modeling games. Ohh... and by the way Half Life 2 was made using 512 so it actually looks better when your have that much memory on your gpu. +