Is it finally time to upgrade from 16GB?

[andy_mk3]

Out of interest is there anything using more than 32gb atm?

No games are no.

I went to 32GB a few years ago after upgrading from a 2600k to a 3900x. 32GB is definitely the new standard for any mid to high end gaming rigs.

 

[Tetras]

Out of interest is there anything using more than 32gb atm?

Mainstream games, none that I'm aware of, but modded games certainly can. Though, I think it is more useful for the flexibility of not having to close stuff when you're gaming, than for gaming alone.

 

[BUDFORCE]

No games are no.

Wrong, first cities Skylines with a few mods I hit 36GB with a medium sized city.

Admittedly that is a bit of an outlier, and generally you are right.

 

[Haggisman]

I upgraded a couple of weeks ago, and have hit 18-20gb a couple of times, so it's not over by much, but 32gb should future proof for a couple of years at least now

 

[malachi]

Out of interest is there anything using more than 32gb atm?

A bunch of virtual machines in VMware, Hyper-V etc

 

[Quartz]

Out of interest is there anything using more than 32gb atm?

How much does Star Citizen use these days?

 

[gbradders123]

Probs about time i upgraded to 32gb then!

 

[MissChief]

I've been running 32GB for nearly two years now and it was only Jedi Survivor and other programs running that went into the 20GB of usage recently, but I don't play that many demanding games. 32GB is certainly worth considering if you have the budget and if buying new I'd certainly recommend it.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

I regularly hit 20-25GB when gaming on 32GB with browser + other background stuff running, so I'd say yeah

 

[DavieJG]

The new Nvidia drivers seem to be able to borrow RAM for vram for ai apps so that can be a big sink if it's your thing

 

[ooStevo]

I read years ago if Windows has the RAM available,it will use it.What it's using it for I'm not sure,maybe caching stuff for faster access?