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8GB vs 16GB vs 32GB ram for gaming?, Gaming ram requirement
TSSuperPirate
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Jul 23 2018, 06:25 PM, updated 4y ago
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Alot of new gaming systems comes with 8gb ram, the most 16gb ram for higher spec, not many go until 32gb ram.
To play the latest games and also future proof, whats the best ram amount requirement for gaming on windows 10 system, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB?
Does the same requirement also apply to laptop too?
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jmas
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Jul 23 2018, 06:35 PM
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8GB should be enough for most game, unless you run many things in background.
If want to be safe, 16GB will be more than enough, unless you running 1000 tabs chrome and gaming at the same time.
32GB is overkill for showoff.
(My pc running 24GB ram, bought wrong mem kit XD)
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efisherman
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Jul 23 2018, 06:43 PM
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Getting Started
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Setting up myself a dual channel 16gb rig, 2x 8gb ram.
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Baconateer
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Jul 23 2018, 06:45 PM
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16gb is the new minimum
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derthvadar
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Jul 23 2018, 07:18 PM
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8GB should be enough for casual gaming. Bare minimum.
This post has been edited by derthvadar: Jul 23 2018, 07:18 PM
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PzGman
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Jul 23 2018, 07:21 PM
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2x8GB is the sweet spot.
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Porie
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Jul 24 2018, 04:44 PM
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8gb is enough for games only
16gb is plenty, just to be safe and I believe is sweet spot
32gb is just too much, go for it for future proofing
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TristanX
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Jul 24 2018, 05:02 PM
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Where is my stars?
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Same goes here. 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended.
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goldfries
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Jul 24 2018, 05:30 PM
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40K Club
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Just to add, if you're using processors like AMD Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G with onboard graphics then the size is least of your concern.
You need it to be dual channel and of higher speed to get the best out of it.
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Doraku
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Jul 24 2018, 10:27 PM
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8GB is enough,But you can get 16GB for future proofing and heavy multitasking,32GB is overkill and you probably never use more than 16GB unless you are doing 3D/Video Editing,Etc
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Overlord118
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Jul 24 2018, 11:21 PM
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8gb is enough but you can always add more if you feel background apps is slowing your pc
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hihihehe
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Jul 24 2018, 11:31 PM
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8gb was not enough for me when running PUBG and android emulator together. so i just add up another 8 gb recently
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icp
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Jul 24 2018, 11:35 PM
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still running 8gb since 2015 no prob but im not heavy gamer so.... safe is 16gb
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ChairmanDrew
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Jul 25 2018, 08:27 AM
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8gb is still enough for me, never see my total ram usage go over 7gb while gaming. But if I was to buy a new build I'd put 16gb in it.
32gb isn't "future proofing". By the time you got to games using that much, your pc will be a potato.
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ave666
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Jul 25 2018, 11:27 AM
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I got audio and graphics stuttering with 8gb before. After put another 8gb no more problem
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ave666
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Jul 25 2018, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE(ChairmanDrew @ Jul 25 2018, 08:27 AM) 8gb is still enough for me, never see my total ram usage go over 7gb while gaming. But if I was to buy a new build I'd put 16gb in it. 32gb isn't "future proofing". By the time you got to games using that much, your pc will be a potato. Because it used swap file
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Najmods
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Aug 12 2018, 09:59 PM
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Just bumping this thread since I tried with only 8GB RAM, running some games at maxed like Doom 2016 nightmare setting 1080p is more than enough without it touching the swapfile. Funnily enough having bucketloads of tabs (more than 50) and multiple video streaming eats more RAM than any games I tried.
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HMMaster
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Aug 12 2018, 11:03 PM
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10K Club
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Running Just Cause 3 with 8GB ram, and it said not enough memory. (I've Firefox open in background)
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Unclockable
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Aug 12 2018, 11:36 PM
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8gb minimum requirement 16gb recommended
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Harold2009
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Aug 12 2018, 11:42 PM
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16 GB RAM is the minimum standard, especially in gaming segment with higher end GPU like GTX 1080 onward, maximum your graphics setting in game already easily use up 10 GB of RAM in modern titles games, that only limited on full HD setting, 4K gaming better pick 32GB, some games even easily passed 16GB of RAM, 32GB RAM more future proof.
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