16GB RAM vs. 32GB RAM Performance

[taytay]

for anyone using 16GB of RAM and those using 32GB of RAM, how's your performance? Are you using DDR4 or DDR5? If you have the software available to you to know, how much memory does MHWilds use normally when playing? I've seen where it's been reported that MHWilds wants a minimum of 24GB of memory, so I'm curious on what others have seen/think.

me personally, I'm using 16GB of DDR4 3200Mhz in Dual-Channel config, and my RAM seems to max out a majority of the time. it has me considering an upgrade to 32GB of DDR4 3200Mhz, hence why I'd like some feedback on any notable increases in stability or performance beforehand. thanks!

[Rapzure]

i went from having 16 ddr4 2400 to 32 ddr4 3200 and the game runs way better and doesn't crash anymore (but maybe that's because of recent updates)

[taytay]

Publicado originalmente por 1080Puktra:

There is no performance difference I already tried it it runs exactly the same, I upgraded from 16 to 32gb & nothing changed.
Save your money for a better GPU or CPU a upgrade that actually helps in a meaningful way that you'l notice.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jHErIrb0mY4&pp=ygUdTWggd2lsZHMgMTZHQiBSQU0gVlMgMzJHQiBSQU0%3D

thank you for the video, though my one question for the comparison is how well it translates to gameplay in the full release. i've tested the benchmark before, and i got noticeably better results there than i currently get in the same desert area in the full release with the same settings. but either way, it does seem like for the benchmark and the bit of gameplay during it, it doesn't seem to go beyond around 14GBs of usage, so that is good to know. i am currently planning on a new build in a few months, though i'm hoping by that point the game will have received some other optimizations.

[TwoFaceTony]

16gb of ram, the game runs great

[taytay]

Publicado originalmente por Rapzure:

i went from having 16 ddr4 2400 to 32 ddr4 3200 and the game runs way better and doesn't crash anymore (but maybe that's because of recent updates)

were both configs in dual channel? either way, the biggest difference was probably the jump from 2400Mhz to 3200Mhz, especially if you have a Ryzen CPU. even then, i do think having the 32GB of memory probably helps overall for giving overhead for other background applications to run while Wilds is running, or any other game for that matter. regardless of that, good to hear it made your experience noticeably better, thanks for sharing. (:

[Rapzure]

Publicado originalmente por taytay:

Publicado originalmente por Rapzure:

i went from having 16 ddr4 2400 to 32 ddr4 3200 and the game runs way better and doesn't crash anymore (but maybe that's because of recent updates)

were both configs in dual channel? either way, the biggest difference was probably the jump from 2400Mhz to 3200Mhz, especially if you have a Ryzen CPU. even then, i do think having the 32GB of memory probably helps overall for giving overhead for other background applications to run while Wilds is running, or any other game for that matter. regardless of that, good to hear it made your experience noticeably better, thanks for sharing. (:

You are welcome! and no, single channel, im thinking about buying another 32 in the future and like you said, the mhz was probably the biggest change.

[Cédric]

Hi, 16gb ram on my desktop pc. With an i5 13400f, RX7800XT, I get 45fps, my GPU and GPU are running at 60-70% usage but my ram is saturated.

On my laptop with an i5 10300h, RTX 3060 and 32gb ram, I have... Also 45fps but it's my cpu that bottleneck me here.

So I think 16GB DDR5 ram can be ok but on DDR4, you need at least those 24gb ram

[Kexa2heya]

Yello,
Currently havin' 32 GB DDR5 5600 MT at CL 36. Game runs fine taking 11.7 GB and the total system usage comes to 22 GB. CPU usage is roughly 64~84% and GPU from 80~99%. As for the performance itself I'm having around 42 up to 78 FPS.
Weirdly after setting up FPS cap, I'm getting overall better performance at 54~65 FPS.
The game is also more stable, better frame pacing, and it fixed artifacting for me.

Some system info:
R5 7600
RTX 4070s
DDR5 5600 MT CL36
NVMe SSD w3500/r3000

[Kiririn]

32GB of RAM should be considered the new "standard", especially if you are running Windows.

[Drak3]

Depends on what CPU you have.
Intel, you’re looking at insignificant differences between most configurations. Just make sure you have enough.

For AMD’s 5000 series specifically (assuming timings and tranfer rate is the same), 32GiB with 4x8GiB OR certain 2x16GiB (dual rank) performs better than 16GiB with 2x8GiB. It can be below 2% (insignificant) or pushing 10% (significant), depending on the game. It’s pretty unlikely anyone has tested it in MH, and personally, I wouldn’t worry about it.

[Danテディ]

More Ram doesn't improve the performance at all, you won't see any jumps.
But the more room you have. let's say it eats 10gb + your system in general sometimes it can go beyond the 16 even if its just for 1 sec or less you might notice a sort of microsutter.

All the additional room does is it to keep your 1% lows more balanced.
It's kinda similar to vram and 3d cache, its basically a sort of spider web that keeps your 1% lows on surface.

Example
16 (it goes beyond and frames drop from 100 to 60 which is quite a big jump
while 32 (which the game definitely never use, 100 to 80)

Not many games need more than 16 yet but if you plan to upgrade anyway go ahead, DDR4 is pretty cheap. DDR5 is a bit more expensive.

Just make sure that the timings are good and your CPU supports the xmp/expo profile (I'm assuming you're not deep in overclocking to boost it manually, so you should better go for a profile your CPU would like to have.


In the end: More Ram is just a bigger spider web to catch dropping frames (which can happen if your vram usage exceed the limit and sometimes other scenarios based on poor game designs.

[Kiririn]

Publicado originalmente por Drak3:

Depends on what CPU you have.
Intel, you’re looking at insignificant differences between most configurations. Just make sure you have enough.

For AMD’s 5000 series specifically (assuming timings and tranfer rate is the same), 32GiB with 4x8GiB OR certain 2x16GiB (dual rank) performs better than 16GiB with 2x8GiB. It can be below 2% (insignificant) or pushing 10% (significant), depending on the game. It’s pretty unlikely anyone has tested it in MH, and personally, I wouldn’t worry about it.

This is very true. You want 4 single rank sticks or 2 dual-rank sticks.

Keep in mind though that is harder on the IMC in comparison to 2 single rank sticks, so you will not be able to run insane speeds.

[Drak3]

Publicado originalmente por Kiririn:

Publicado originalmente por Drak3:

Depends on what CPU you have.
Intel, you’re looking at insignificant differences between most configurations. Just make sure you have enough.

For AMD’s 5000 series specifically (assuming timings and tranfer rate is the same), 32GiB with 4x8GiB OR certain 2x16GiB (dual rank) performs better than 16GiB with 2x8GiB. It can be below 2% (insignificant) or pushing 10% (significant), depending on the game. It’s pretty unlikely anyone has tested it in MH, and personally, I wouldn’t worry about it.

This is very true. You want 4 single rank sticks or 2 dual-rank sticks.

Keep in mind though that is harder on the IMC in comparison to 2 single rank sticks, so you will not be able to run insane speeds.

Due to infinity fabric clock limitations, going too high with RAM speed on Zen 3 (and older) drops the fabric clockrate and hurts overall performance in quite a few scenarios.

[Hardwenzen]

There is no reason why you wouldn't have 32gb in 2025.

[Drak3]

Just checked. 16GiB system RAM is both the minimum and recommended amout of RAM.

And unless you’re chasing AAA shovelware, 16GiB is still a perfectly decent amount of system ram when you have a dGPU.

[HulkSmash]

DDR4 16gb here - runs good