16 vs 32gb ram for gamers, what benefits having 32?

[3080guy]

Aa a 1440p gamer for the Forseable future, when would I see improvements having 32 instead of 16gb ram? As I understand it there would be no improvements for gaming, am I right? (2080 Super graphics card, 8gb MSI OC)

I only browse the Web and send email, but do have dozens of tabs open.

 

[3080guy]

Games like ms flight sim 2020 can use more than 16gb of ram while you won't see any performance increase you won't see any slow downs.

It's beneficial if you want yo run other programmes while gaming.

Gotcha.
What about programs that are open on the desktop when a computer loads a game. Will the game run in any scaled down way in attempts to preserve in memory what is open on the desktop, like mail and Web browsers?

 

[3080guy]

Hey, 1440p gamer here.

Since getting my new system after playing Warzone (only game I have installed as of yet) my average RAM usage is about 15.5GB, on today's session it maxed out at 17.5GB - I have minimal apps open in the background (no discord, spotify etc).

I think that as 32GB can be had for about £110 you may as well if you can. I expect RAM usage will go up as games come out over the next few years as the PS5/Xbox consoles have 16GB vs 8GB found on the PS4/Xbox one.

I plan to keep my current build for the next 4-5 Years with maybe an upgrade to a 4000XT CPU and a 3070/3080 Super (or whatever name system Nvidia use) in 18-24 months (depending on if its actually needed).

Thats very interesting. I dont understand my RAM usage (Committed, compressed, cached... those figures are big. The paged pool, non pool figures are smaller, but nearly all of it I dont understand) ... and I noticed in Task Manager there was what seemed to be RAM made available which was added towards my visible GPU RAM. Ive got a better overview, thanks for the posts guys.

Hopefully you'll be able to get a dead cheap 2080 super once the 3080s are in stock and available everywhere.