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Factorio that you can touch

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  1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
    Remember that Factorio does not release its 3D models. Everything in the game is a 2D render of a 3D model, which is why the game uses so much VRAM.
    1. Sohcahtoa82 · · focus · HN ↗
      ?

      The game doesn't consume that much VRAM. It plays on 4 GB GPUs just fine. The GPU only needs to keep resident what's currently on the screen. Even including every animation frame, that's 1 GB tops.

      Hell, the minimum requirements are a GeForce 750 Ti, or Radeon r7 360. Those are 2 GB GPUs.

      1. lucb1e · · focus · HN ↗
        > The game doesn't consume that much VRAM. It plays on 4 GB GPUs just fine.

        Not everyone bought a GPU to run LLMs on. That is quite a bit of VRAM, especially for non-desktops

        1. jamesgeck0 · · focus · HN ↗
          If you play video games, it's basically nothing. I bought a 6 GB VRAM card for ~$300 a decade ago. Many recent games require a minimum of 8 GB VRAM and can scale up to 16 GB VRAM on higher settings.
          1. lucb1e · · focus · HN ↗
            Sure I play video games, but not usually the ones from the current year. Besides the price of the game itself, it won't run well on laptop hardware anyway and there's such an enormous collection of great games from past years. Factorio is an exception for me, I've played it since not long after the initial release in 2016 and actually got entertainment for so many hours that I thought it fair to buy it a second time ^^'
            1. Sohcahtoa82 · · focus · HN ↗
              > Sure I play video games, but not usually the ones from the current year.

              So you're extrapolating "I bought a budget tier system in 2018 and it plays a 2016 game just fine" to "Nobody needs more than 4 GB of VRAM unless you're running an LLM"

              1. lucb1e · · focus · HN ↗
                Please point out where you took that quote from, or what statement I made that could even be remotely paraphrased to that, or stop accusing people of saying things that you've misunderstood
                1. Sohcahtoa82 · · focus · HN ↗
                  > > The game doesn't consume that much VRAM. It plays on 4 GB GPUs just fine.

                  > Not everyone bought a GPU to run LLMs on. That is quite a bit of VRAM, especially for non-desktops

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