Not enough Dedicated Video RAM ?

Question

So i was checking my specs for a game (Squad) , My whole system and everything on my Video Card passes except DVR. 

Pixel Shader required: 5.1 
I have: 5.1

Vertex Shader required: 5.1 
I have: 5.1 

Dedicated Video RAM required : 6 GB
I have 4.0 GB

How badly will this affect the game? is it unplayable?

Answer 1

game will run, it won't preform the greatest

Answer 2

Maybe play on low settings

Answer 3

Slow frame rate!

Answer 4

The high-resolution game does not play smoothly.

Answer 5

You didn't mention what video card you have. Squad won't run on a motherboard's dedicated graphics card if that's what you're using.

Answer 6

game will be unplayable .. yes.  may not even start

Answer 7

no it should be fine on minimum

Answer 8

You neglected to name your CPU, Graphics card, and RAM to provide you with more information, so you will have to do that yourself.

https://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=21245&game=Squad

Minimum to run is actually 2GB VRAM, Game spec'ed minimum 4GB, Recommended 6GB. Video ram is graphics output buffer. There are many factors that determine the needed amount of buffer.

  AMD Graphics needs more buffer than NVidia because of their algorithms of data compression. Higher resolution displays need more VRAM. Higher game graphics details settings need more VRAM. Higher FPS needs more VRAM. 



The game Squad is poorly optimized for PC according to user ratings.

Your graphics card needs to score at least 4700 G3D and much higher is recommended.

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php



Can't tell how well the game will play by only graphics buffer amount.

Answer 9

You will most likely need to lower the game's graphics settings a fair amount to get it to be playable. There's no way to know exactly how the game will run without trying it.