Is 8GB RAM enough to run space engineers?

[76561198157678995]

Specs:
Intel Core i7-8750H
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060
8GB RAM
SSD

[Kimmaz]

Probably. I reach 14.5/16gb used ram at maximum. But I have many chrome tabs and stuff open. But only 5-7gb of VRAM is used. so 8gb vram is plenty.

[SimpleMan]

3000 gigs of ram wont make this game work right.

[76561198157678995]

OOF, thanks for the info

[SimpleMan]

Np. Ive been a member of TAW in a few games over the years! Didnt even notice that in your post. Cheers!

[76561198157678995]

Originally posted by ChrisHansen13/f:

Np. Ive been a member of TAW in a few games over the years! Cheers!

Do you happen to be lordnives (however you spell the name)?

[SimpleMan]

no lol

[76561198157678995]

then what was your TAW name? i am wondering if i've ever met you before

[SimpleMan]

TAW has been around so long i cant even remember all the games ive played with them....i think cod black ops 1, arma....others i cant get straight right now.

[stoicboss101]

your system will run the game just fine.

your setup is pretty close to mine, minus the fact that most intel series H processors are laptops if i remember correctly, similar to the HQ but not low power. space engineers is less ram focused, but rather more processor speed. your specs should run the game just fine, but dont push the game's limits by crashing multiple massive objects. space engineers does support multi-threading (which your cpu should handle just fine) but still heavily relies on cpu clock speeds more. sadly i dont know if your cpu supports overclocking, and your cpu is a tad low at the given speeds. (2.2 GHz right?)

adding another 8 gigs of ram would definitely speed things up and make things feel a little more snappy and lag less when the cpu is under load, if you have the funds (not expensive).

with a gtx 1060 laptop edition, i assume its a 3GB and not the 6. you should run the game at about 60 FPS or better (planets vs space) at around medium to mid-high settings. if it happens to be the 6 gb version expect around 80 FPS planets and 100 space with ships present. obviously, your monitor will determine the number of frames your graphics card actually puts out at maximum.

for your comparison, my system:

M.2 drive boot drive
intel i5 6th gen overclocked to 4.3 GHz
16 gig DDR4
water cooled

if you dont have space engineers yet, you will not be disappointed if you enjoy space, sandbox and minecraft type games. happy engineering!

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

One of my rigs has a 1060, 8gb ram, and an ancient fx8350 processor 60 fps on planets no problem :)

[Skippy The Magnificent]

Agreed with others. My system is and I5 1060 3Gb with 8Gb ram and I am able to play with an average of 60 to 80fps on earth-like planet while also watching netflix on a 2nd monitor.

Some settings are turned way down, like grass is very low (but not off), but others are set to high or maxed out.

Now, keep in mind, by running the game AND netflix off of 8gb ram does just about max it out, but it is doable.

[Talavar]

I play on an AMD 8800k, 8 gigs of ram, and a 2 gig Nvidia GTX 660. Go get Memory cleaner from Koshyjohn.com. let it run in the background, and set its options to trim processes and clear system cache every 5 minutes. You'll be just fine then.. It's a god-sent. My mem caps out at about 7.2 gigs and hardly ever goes beyond even with 11 mods running. I can even run a browser in the background while I'm playing (albeit slowly).

[Buzzard]

8GB RAM will allow SE to run, but you'll want/need to shut off any other programs not needed at the time. Steam and Discord/Teamspeak/Vent are generally fine to have active while playing.
Adding more RAM will make you quite a bit happier in the long run.

[76561198157678995]

Ty all for the answers, i wish i could close this topic somehow

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

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