16 gb ram min?

[PandaSav]

Is this true?

[ListenFat]

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

[Kabaale]

Originally posted by ListenFat:

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

Maybe in your dream but that's it.
In the real world,16 Gb is enough for 1080p
Devs ask for 16 because of 8 is not enough and you are "forced" to have either 2,4,8,16,32,64,128 Gb so that's the only reason.

[PandaSav]

Baldurs gate 3 has insane graphics but min is 8GB, Unreal engine is so bad

[✠ SandMan]

Originally posted by ListenFat:

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

You're clueless, stop talking.

[Pineapplelord9k]

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

Originally posted by ListenFat:

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

You're clueless, stop talking.

not really, most games ask for 16 now n days and most prebuilt comps come with at least 16 if not usually 32.

just because your mad that your computer might not be able to handle it doesnt dismiss the facts of modern computers

[Spacebard]

Originally posted by T.TV/Pineappleoverlord9k:

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

You're clueless, stop talking.

not really, most games ask for 16 now n days and most prebuilt comps come with at least 16 if not usually 32.

just because your mad that your computer might not be able to handle it doesnt dismiss the facts of modern computers

facts. every low spec office pc is 8gb these days. if you're gaming your basement is 16gb, ideally you want 32+

[Knavenformed]

Originally posted by PandaSav:

Baldurs gate 3 has insane graphics but min is 8GB, Unreal engine is so bad

Baldur's Gate is also a wildly different game in pacing and processing power needed at any point of the game compared to a 3rd person shooter with enemy density just way higher than BG3.

[✠ SandMan]

Originally posted by T.TV/Pineappleoverlord9k:

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

You're clueless, stop talking.

not really, most games ask for 16 now n days and most prebuilt comps come with at least 16 if not usually 32.

just because your mad that your computer might not be able to handle it doesnt dismiss the facts of modern computers

Right, I'm still waiting for a game that requires more than 16gb RAM and I'm pretty sure Remnant 2 it's not the one.

[MerlinW]

Returnal, Ark: Survival Evolved, Star Citizen, Galactic Civilizations 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DCS all recommend 32GB RAM for max performance.

[MerlinW]

Originally posted by Mattc777:

Originally posted by MerlinW:

Returnal, Ark: Survival Evolved, Star Citizen, Galactic Civilizations 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DCS all recommend 32GB RAM for max performance.

And none of them actually needed it for maximum performance.

That's why it's in the recommended section and not in the minimal. Btw in DCS and FS you can feel/see the difference.

[FuscusNight]

It's both min and recommended, meaning they didn't want to put the min to 10 or 12GB because almost no one has a 10 or 12GB RAM Set Up.

Played plenty of newer games which have min and max ram recommend to 16GB and never ran out of RAM so far while gaming in 1080p. It becomes an issue if you're gaming in 4K though, then you will need 32GB to be safe. in 1440p it can depend on the game but i heard 1440p folk have been fairly fine with 16GB of RAM still, it's just 4K where it's not viable anymore at all.

[uptonogood]

Originally posted by FR Yuzu:

Originally posted by ListenFat:

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

Maybe in your dream but that's it.
In the real world,16 Gb is enough for 1080p
Devs ask for 16 because of 8 is not enough and you are "forced" to have either 2,4,8,16,32,64,128 Gb so that's the only reason.

The last thing you said is not true, I've had 24 and 48 gig setups before. But also any new games coming out need more than 16 to run efficiently, even at 1080p unless you keep key settings like textures and stuff on low.

[Roland]

Originally posted by ListenFat:

16 gigs is pretty much the min anywhere now days, especially with windows 10.
32 is the new middle of the road.

Imagine being so confident in something that's so very easy to prove wrong:

Below are the current minimum and recommended system requirements for Diablo IV on Windows®. Due to potential programming changes, these requirements may change over time.
Minimum Requirements

OS: 64-bit Windows® 10 version 1909 or newer
Processor: Intel® Core i5-2500K or AMD™ FX-8350
Memory: 8 GB RAM

Like A Dragon Isshin

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
OS: Windows 10.
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz.
Memory: 8 GB RAM.

Shadows Of Doubt:

OS: Windows 10 or newer
Processor: Intel 6th Gen i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 8 GB RAM

Starship Troopers: Extermination

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory: 12 GB RAM

Star Wars Jedi Survivor

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: 4 core / 8 threads | Intel Core i7-7700 | Ryzen 5 1400
Memory: 8 GB RAM

Sifu

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 8.1
Processor: AMD FX-4350 or Intel Core i5-3470 or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM

Deceive Inc

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: OS: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 64-bit
Processor: Core i5-6500 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
Memory: 8 GB RAM

Spider-Man Miles Morales

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit 1909
Processor: Intel Core i3-4160, 3.6 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM

All games that came out in the last year, and most of them came out in the last 6 months. None of them require 16 gigs. The closest any even come is ST:E requiring 12gigs (which fun fact: it doesn't even use 12 it uses about 10)

And I've played all of these and can confirm you do not even get close to running out of 16Gb, even in Spider-man with all it's got goin on.

[✠ SandMan]

Originally posted by uptonogood:

Originally posted by FR Yuzu:

Maybe in your dream but that's it.
In the real world,16 Gb is enough for 1080p
Devs ask for 16 because of 8 is not enough and you are "forced" to have either 2,4,8,16,32,64,128 Gb so that's the only reason.

The last thing you said is not true, I've had 24 and 48 gig setups before. But also any new games coming out need more than 16 to run efficiently, even at 1080p unless you keep key settings like textures and stuff on low.

Can you give us some examples?

[Roland]

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

Originally posted by uptonogood:

The last thing you said is not true, I've had 24 and 48 gig setups before. But also any new games coming out need more than 16 to run efficiently, even at 1080p unless you keep key settings like textures and stuff on low.

Can you give us some examples?

I just gave a bunch of examples that prove that wrong.
BUT the guy they corrected was wrong too because you can indeed have any combination of that 2,4,8,16,32, etc.
For example 2x8Gb sticks and 2x4Gb sticks is 24Gb. As long as your dual channels match, you're fine