3 gigs worth it for gaming?

This may be a dumb question but I gotta ask before any purchase:
Will 3 GB (as opposed to 2 GB) of memory make a significant difference for gaming? That is, once the Radeon/GeForce's 256 MB of video memory is used up, will that system memory be utilized for additional video needs or be wasted?
It seems that - for an iMac gamer - the video card is the choke-point or bottleneck. Two GB of RAM seems like an obvious cost-efficient choice for all around use but that 3rd gig is spendy and I'm not sure if it helps in a significant way.
Hope I've explained myself sufficiently and thanks in advance for all help.
dingo

What kind of games are you playing? are the very high tech games?
i have 1 GB in my 20" and it can run most games pretty well. Not on max settings but they do run pretty high.
So yes i would say 2 GB is enough.
there is always that off chance that there will be a game that you need more one. But usually it's the video card then.

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