Is more than 8gb ram needed for games?

Vegeta · 23 Nov 2013 at 00:40

My BF4 gameplay is stuttering slightly I haven't upgraded my pc in a while is more than 8GB ram needed now for games? Rest is a GTX 680 and a I5 2500K

Stas823 · 23 Nov 2013 at 02:53

No 8gb is more than enough

Smoogels · 23 Nov 2013 at 08:51

Stas823 said:
No 8gb is more than enough

Yep.

8GB is great now and will be fine for several more years at least.

Tony Williams · 23 Nov 2013 at 10:56

For gaming 8gb is fine. Maybe get faster ram though n better. 4gb is "ok" but 8gb is bnetter. My sisters comp I am adding 2x2gb patraiot black edt reeady ram with her ocz 2x2gb - but my rig 2x 8gb 2400 (Oc)

Alexrose1uk · 23 Nov 2013 at 11:07

8GB is fine for now.
I have 16GB because I occasionally do other stuff, and for peace of mind (and the IMC on my chip seems allergic to higher frequency stuff

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mattdunnapoo · 23 Nov 2013 at 12:23

I have 6gb and do more then fine with games ,never reaches close to my cap.

Nightglow · 23 Nov 2013 at 12:31

8gb is ample at the present time.

I myself run 32gb. split 8gb/24gb between system & a ramdrive.

foster grant · 23 Nov 2013 at 12:58

BF4 is stuttering because the game isnt much past being a beta version lol

spankingtexan · 23 Nov 2013 at 17:21

foster grant said:
BF4 is stuttering because the game isnt much past being a beta version lol

I agree.

PowerPie5000 · 23 Nov 2013 at 21:15

Been using 8GB of RAM for the last few years and feel no need to add more

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Vegeta · 24 Nov 2013 at 02:42

Ok thanks guys

ussie · 24 Nov 2013 at 03:22

I use 16gb but for gaming 8gb is more than enough buddy

passey89 · 24 Nov 2013 at 11:14

8GB is fine.

Think i was using about 5GB when running BF4 on ultra last I checked

Rroff · 24 Nov 2013 at 20:21

If you have a lot of stuff running + BF4 then more than 8GB might be an advantage - I've seen ~6.2GB peak total used by the OS when runing BF4 with pretty much nothing else running other than firefox (for battlelog) and an OS thats fairly much a clean install with some crud stripped out. For the most part though unless your doing some mad multiboxing very few games will push requirements to a level that needs more than 8GB.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 24 Nov 2013 at 20:22

I had 16gb but noticed no difference, so just got rid and use 8gb now.

PowerPie5000 · 24 Nov 2013 at 22:08

Actually, i remember something about having more RAM (16GB+) can extend the life of an SSD as it decreases the amount of writing to the drive, although i'm sure SSD drives these days are built to last a while (hopefully).

esoteric · 24 Nov 2013 at 23:20

I'm still using 6Gb, having no issues that I know of.

EdgeDs · 25 Nov 2013 at 18:27

While they say 8 gig is enougth now i myself am tempted to go 16 just for the extra safty it gives.
Remember games are made too sell so they wont often push what the majority of users have and not many have beyond 8 gig

peter24345 · 26 Nov 2013 at 21:57

yeah, you would most likely need more than 8GB if you done something serious like video editing

Stas823 · 27 Nov 2013 at 09:17

To be hones having 16 and not using is more of a hindrance than anything as it limits overclocking ( that Is if you are using 4 sticks)