How much RAM is needed these days?

I have 32GB DDR5. Always have a 4GB ramdisk on. Despite that usage rarely ever exceeds 10GB while not gaming.

Is it possible to run the entire OS on memory to speed things up by that point ?

One 16GB stick + one 2GB stick

4gb is all you need tbdesu

32gb is the sweet spot currently. more is fine, less isn't great.

Of course. Windows doesn't play nice with that but you can run Linux entirely from RAM using a live USB.

One 16GB stick + one 2GB stick

What type of ghetto set up is this?

ive got 16gb and its fine for what i play but it seems to be low if you are into newer games

32 is absolute dead minimum but I still recommend 64 if you have 2monitors

Yes, I do it for vms sometimes.
Its also the minimum ram required for paired down llms.

if you are into newer games

t.

What?

Brainrot moment

there is nothing worth playing nowadays that requires more than 8bg anyway

based

This is the real answer.

you can probably get away with 24 if you're in the habit of closing everything else when you boot up a game

When I got this computer a few years back, I had 16. Upgraded to 32 and it's like I was living in 2004.

32GB is not enough for Star Citizen, for example.

16 minimum, 32 recommended, 64 for big ass heavily modded games.

Bought a prebuilt back in like 2014

All I really know is that it has a 1070 in it

Figure everything else is fine

Go to boot up Oblivion remake

It informs me that I've been using 4gb of RAM for the last decade

Do I save up to upgrade the whole PC, or will shoving a modern RAM into my system push more life out of the 1070 yet?

Normal RAM: 16GB is fine, but 32 is often just a bit more for double the capacity, so it simply makes sense to get 32.
VRAM: 12GB because modern devs are niggers that can't optimize their shit, 8GB will be stutterfest 9 times out of 10

I have 32 and still run into situations where things crash because I OOM.

I think I'm done with systems. I'm wealthy, how much should I am to spend. Is that, 2k, 4k, 6k?

The ram in there is probably still ddr4, I don't know what the spec requirements are on the Oblivion remaster but you can probably just shove 2 8gb sticks of ram in there and be fine

anything under 32 these days is just begging for trouble

yeah, you'll need a new pc

32gb fr

My brother in christ i'm literally hanging with 4 GB of ram.
It's a painful existence but i can't upgrade due to circumstances even if i had the money

I have 16gb of ram and I do fine. Then again, I basically never play games released after 2012, and the ones I do aren't demanding at all, so if you want to play the latest shit I'm probably a bad voice to listen to.

Enough
t. 21.9gb

I talked to someone about my own prebuilt that's been around since a similar time frame, best bet is to get a whole new rig.
My rig is still capable of running shit, even if it's on the lowest settings, so far two hard drive failures haven't stopped my gaming.

12GB

18GB

24GB

Explain how a like 100 dollar stop gap in a ram upgrade wont be worth it when a new rig is like 2000

i fucking love twitter threads

This, with the only caveat being that 64GB is only really necessary if you're into editing videos or other creative things like that.

My 1070 can handle just about any game that comes out but I'm probably gonna upgrade to a 3080TI since that truly is the only graphics card worth having at this point, everything afterwards is a meme.

Pascal cuda support is dropped with the next Nvidia developers toolkit release.

GPU prices are kind of stupid at the moment so you're looking at around 3 grand for a PC that can do native 4K in modern games.

This is unironically my computer, just don't be poor.
pcpartpicker.com/list/XyrVHW

32 as a bare minimum
a good setup should aim for 64GB or above

Wut is 24 gb supposed to be impressive?. I have a 2tb disc.

Your power supply is unironically too big for your system.

That's way fucking overkill but truth be told it should be future proof for ~8yrs

I played both Cyberpunk 2077 and BG3 with only 8 gigs of RAM.

You're a retarded tech illiterate troglodyte.

8+4GB

16+2GB (kinda freaky combo)

16+8GB (I had this for a while)

Cool, thanks
What surprises me is how cheap everything but the graphics card and fans are. Good to know.

Indeed, however I was thinking of getting another 5090 at some point to use for my llm.
The fans are usually 27 dollars, they are just out of stock.

However much you have, thst is how much windows will find a way to use.

tri-channel 6GB sticks

Falsenuke

I'm getting by with 2, but browser bloat is about to force me to 4.

i play tarkov so 32gb is required
most games need more than 16gb if you run anything else in the background too

I built a version of my game that can run on an 8 gig laptop with integrated graphics in a web browser. The lighting is significantly less impressive and textures are reduced but it's worth it to know any computer can play it.

it wasn't worth the effort anon
never make your requirements lower
you just make it easier for pirates
poorfags never pay full price

Delicious bait.

That's what you said about 32 Gb 3 years ago.

this. i'd even go as far as to say you should make your games purposefully unoptimized, to discourage pirates from wanting to play your game

its not bait
i am a gamedev too
its become a common trend to actually add high poly models randomly to tank performance

For modern gaming, 32 Gigs for the system and 16 Gigs for the graphics card is the baseline. If you want to do other things like streaming, AI, video editing etc than you'll need more.

That much for a PC and you use an 8 core processor? Should be a 9950X3D at minimum, it's like $300 more dollars.

look up min specs

1070ti

Ok yeah spending $25 on RAM will maybe get you there, but next big game the reaper is coming for your PC

Maybe get a single stick 16 GB RAM, and if you ever do upgrade just a grab a copy to dual run it at 32GB

Samefag + stop baiting

Will have to find out. It's just a launch option that the steam build will offer at launch, so steam users can also run the game on low spec computers. And for the web build I make sure to show screens of the full render game in the web build so it's clear the standard game looks better.

no u

Might not be bait, I think they mean someone can just decompile the web build easier and pirate it or something. And also if you let people play the game with low graphics settings they might not care about what standard high res graphics would look like, in which case the game really needs to be fun and not rely on the graphics.

I recently upgraded from 8 to 32 and it was like 50 bucks. I bought DDR4 though because my my MOBO is a little older.

It wasn't even released yet when I made it and I'm struggling to find one at msrp

No, their rationale is:

pirates are poor

poor people can't afford expensive computers

poorly optimized games require expensive computers to run

therefore games should be poorly optimized so pirates can't run them

as much as possible, too many indian coders nowadays

Yeah, not trying to call you out. If you can find one I'd get it and sell the 9800X3D you could make most of your money back for it.

Well in any case the web build is just for the demo, then that links to STEAM where the standard demo will be, so pirates aren't a concern. For now.

I can't name a single good game that requieres more than 4GB.

I already was going to sell it to my one of my friends when I get a 9950x3d.
My plan the entire time was to get one but they sold out too fast/I forgot about launch day.

12gb laughing at 8gb

ah ah ah nigga you thought we aint notice. get yo ass outta here

or publishers are trying to cut costs as much as they can and they can't wait for devs to optimize games anymore so they just ship that shit ASAP. New devs are going to not even know what or how to optimize.

based

Hit your windows button on your keyboard and type "system information" and hit enter. Scroll down and look for "Installed Physical Memory (RAM)"

When you hit enter, hit it really hard, then say "I'm in".

Lol I'm still on 4gb of ram. As a result I have become a console gamer. But to answer your question, based on the specs of different games I've looked up throughout the years you need at the very least 8gb. Preferably 16gb though so you'll have the steam recommended experience.

slop

faggot detected

16 gigs and an SSD hard drive. The experience is life changing.

I don't have 2 monitors
I'll take the 32 once I get my PC

32+

32 gigs

That just seems crazy. I haven't experienced a system like that yet. Things on my 16 gig are already instantaneous, I can't imagine 32.

>therefore games should be poorly optimized so pirates can't run them

its more like poorfags only buy games on special and also suck up resources since they complain constantly and have bugs out the ass from decade old systems

Things on my 16 gig are already instantaneous, I can't imagine 32

retard?
it just lets you actually run shit that requires more ram
try and play tarkov with 16gb

Your in luck, you can get 64 gigs of ddr5 ram for less than $200.

shit that requires more ram

Haven't encountered that yet either. I heard the new DOOM will require 32, that's it. Tarkov seems to really upset people in general so I've avoided it.

I'm running 16GB, but my computer is also over a decade old. I'm planning to move up to 64 with my next rig, admittedly for the sole purpose of generating AI smut laser-focused on my tastes. If not for that I'd go with 32GB.

New RAM won't even be compatible with your motherboard. We're currently at DDR5(DDR6 already exists in high-end GPUs and the first system RAM stick for it should start being a thing in a year or so). Given the age of your system it's compatible with either DDR3 or DDR4. You can still find new in box sticks from those series that will be bigger than what you're currently using, at least. If you're intent on doing this though, don't wait because those will dry up eventually even if it's just because the stores throw them away. The easiest way to find out what you've got is to check your BIOS, it'll say in there. Or if you allow the system to show startup info, it'll be displayed at that time as well. You can also use the application cpu-z, which tells you a bunch of technical stuff about your computer like what processor exactly you have and its capabilities, and the type of memory you're using.

my brain everytime

If your pc is weaker than a console you are not allowed to complain about "bad optimization".

I've got 32 and I know I'll need to update it next upgrade, and as for VRAM I have 16 GB and wish I had gotten the 5090 32 GB instead of my 5080.

Same I wish I got a 4090 instead of a 4070S. It's ok for AI but more is always good. Not bothering with the 5090 unless it's like $100 cheaper than MSRP.

Bros would 32gb ram and a 4 core 8 thread pc play DMC5 well?

if you want your pc to burn yeah

it's crazy to see 12gb vram barely be enough for high textures at 1080p

I'm curious. What circumstances could they possibly be BESIDES money?

How about a 6 core CPU?

*anon liked your post*

Thanks to Unreal Engine 5, you need a minimum of 64gb these days.

Recommend me a notebook to play, i know it's not ideal but i want to play stuff from like 2020and older

128 gb of DDR 4

most games won't let me use more than 8gb at a time

I got 64gb of ram because web browsers like firefox are bloated pieces of shit if you open lots of tabs. Plus then there's discord as extra bloat and probably numerous other things willing to somehow eat away at potential game performance. Overkill is peace of mind. What wasn't overkill for me was updating to a 4tb NVME SSD on the other hand because all games are bloated pieces of shit in install size. I mean the current projected estimate for GTA VI is 200gb (or i think 150 on console so you can assume 50 upwards). So i think a new standard will be set when that eventually gets ported,I'm thinking that will start a trend.

$1900 is still a shitload. I was prepared to drop 2k, couldn't get one on release so I got a 5080 instead, and then kept checking on the prices for about a month where I discovered almost no one was selling the 5090 in any quantity at MSRP, at least at the time. I haven't checked since then.

I mean the current projected estimate for GTA VI is 200gb

you wish lmao

web browsers like firefox are bloated pieces of shit.

ftfy

2025

8GB still plenty for any game worth a shit

Plenty of ram for other activities because a 2x16GB is super affordable

Any game that "needs" more looks ugly as sin and plays worse while all the datamining shit eats through ram like a fat kid at a golden corral

16gb minimum, but in 2025 you shouldn't be building a system under 32gb. At that point you're begging to have to waste money upgrading way too soon.

5090 has more issues with power draw and performance leap not being that noticeable compared to a 4090 but at this point even 2k is a good deal. In hindsight $1500 for 24gb and a huge performance leap was actually not a bad deal and I still regret not getting it to this day.

I haven't checked since then.

No point anyways. Prices aren't getting any better soon, shit is genuinely grim.

what inspired someone to draw this

8GB ddr3 is sufficient (as in 6/10, "does the job good enough" definition of sufficient, not the old timey "sufficient = pretty good" definition of sufficient) if you stick with playing stuff from before 2016 or whatever, what's really life changing is the SSD. it makes so that instead of having windows take 60+ seconds to start plus 15+ seconds to open the browser and restore the previous session with hundreds of tabs I can be on Anon Babble in less than 15 seconds, or for a specific game comparison

booting up modded stalker on an hard drive: at the very least 15+ seconds and takes about 30 to load a save

doing the same thing on a SATA SSD: two seconds to get in the main menu, five seconds to load a save with the added bonus most stutters are gone

what I will recommend about SSDs is to do your own research but the QRD is "don't buy SSDs that use QLC technology", according to Anon Babble even some aliexpress brands are okay provided they also sell their stuff on amazon, so that's an option proper poorfags should consider. I personally got myself a 500GB PNY one that was on sale for less than 30 euros

16GB is enough for 95% of games.

You forgetting their last game? although it's technically 120gb just with singleplayer installed, i don't remember if RDR online was separate and added more more bloat onto it.

What do you need more that 32 for?

12 minimum. 16 is that spot where you SHOULD be okay but thanks to everything becoming UE5 slopfests where the devs response is "just turn on DLSS BRAH"

you want as much as you can afford. or don't play modern games. Clear out your backlog. it's what i'm doin.

64 gigs RAM and at least 12 GB minimum on the GPU, if not 16
if you're gonna play modern AAA trash then you have to be aware of the fact that most of it is insanely bloated and poorly optimized specifically to force people into actually buying new tech just to brute force it

Prices aren't getting any better soon, shit is genuinely grim.

That's what I assumed. Even if all this tarrif shit blows over and things go back to the way they were in December, I don't see prices ever dropping below MSRP for any of the 50 series.

NTA, but if I had to guess, maybe electricity?

ram shouldn't increase electricity consumption, I'll just assume he's a true poorfaggot with a laptop whose ram can't be upgraded at all, I would have thought he could be from Puccia but even then other russians on Anon Babble say that if you have enough money you can get whatever PC components you want for the most part

That would be even more retarded because stronger components mean less power used for the same performance.

Question for amerifats/first worlders, what's the average PC specs there?

t.still rocking i5-3470, 8gb and 480

32GB is the minimum.

Steam says 16GB and a 3060/4060

So what's the taboo against running a setup that's not a multiple of 8? Does it actually cause problems? I was brainstorming a 24gb build with anons on here and everyone gave me shit for it.

Saw a twitter thread with this image (probably the same one you did) asking people what they need more than 8GB of RAM on a phone for and the comments were filled with morons talking about having a bunch of photos and music on their phones because they have no clue what RAM is.

Ram (generally) is meant to run in a configuration of bytes.
It's doable to have something weird like 6GB of ram but not advisable because differences in ram sticks and timing can cause issues.
It's basically the same reason people tell you to ALWAYS buy your ram in a set to minimize issues.

for work?
8

for games?
16 minimum but 32 if you wanna be safe

he has a sub 3G processor

32 is the real answer
16 if you dont play new games

However much it takes to steal posts from Twitter.

8gb RAM on my phone from 2019, OLED screen, Qualcom snapdragon, 5000mah - i dont think I'll need anything new unless my phone is snapped in half.

I would be surprised it it was under 300gb on PC. RDR2 came out 7 years ago

how much RAM is needed these days?

For modern AAA slop? 32 GB minimum
No good game needs more than 16 GB though

I had 12GB that way many years ago, but it was 4+4+2+2

32GB for browser tabs
32GB for VMs/sandboxes
64GB for games
8GB for stable diffusion
12GB for bloated shitty java programs and services in the background
AKA minimum 128GB

That's exactly why I target 8 GB. I want kids at school and people at work to be able to play it in a web browser which they can ALT+F4 and avoid getting caught.

And that's just today. The requirements will be over 10x higher in a decade.

I have 32GB RAM for Blender.
3D scenes with lots of models, lights and whatnot in them tend to highly increase memory consumption. I used to have like 16GB RAM before but I kept hitting limits when it came to rendering out stuff.

Why the fuck do you have 11 fans?

32
16 ain't cutting it no more with browsers taking up 2 gigs just for a couple of tabs, steam eating up half a gig and modern games hoarding some 9+ gigs for god knows what garbage overhead because outsourced jeets can't code