8 GB Ram the most we will ever need ?

Wingcommander4 · 07-04-12 at 09:24 AM

Im strictly talking about gaming and when its time to update to Win 7 64 bit. Ive heard that 8 GB RAM is the max we will ever need, is that a true or false statement? Please help!

Update: I meant to play them so called "Maxed out" at 1920 x 1080.

melicaster · 07-04-12 at 09:26 AM

What kind of game?

Wingcommander4 · 07-04-12 at 09:28 AM

Any game thats for PC.

jjesso1993 · 07-04-12 at 09:28 AM

No that is totally untrue.

Wingcommander4 · 07-04-12 at 09:29 AM

Ok, whats the recommended size ?

jjesso1993 · 07-04-12 at 09:33 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wingcommander4

Ok, whats the recommended size ?

at the moment, 8gb is perfectly fine. I've got Lego batman 2 VLC Ghost of reacon chrome and 10 tabs origin steam open and only using 5Gb's of my 16Gb's of ram.

**natedogg** · 07-04-12 at 09:42 AM

It can come down to what other programs you have running in the background. Sometime just shutting down a few programs can increase performance.

Xykoara · 07-04-12 at 09:55 AM

Bill Gates once said we'd never need more than 640Kb! LOL
If RAM prices keep dropping, software developers will always find use for more.

srs1 · 07-04-12 at 10:11 AM

If its for gaming only, then even 4gb is WAY over the limit. 8gb is prolly only useful for multiboxing, emulating own private server or 4 different OSs at same time, etc etc...if youre a normal user ofc. For some pro users 32gb ram wouldnt be enough xD

Wingcommander4 · 07-04-12 at 10:18 AM

And for such heavy weight games such as Witcher 2, Battlefield 3, Max Payne 3 to play them maxed out ? Ironically I can still play some of these games on XP SP 3 and they still look good and I only have a Geforce 8800 GTS and 2 GB ram! Max Payne 3 even gave me HIGH settings and it runs well too! Only game thats completely unacceptable to play is Just cause 2 which gives me perhaps 10-15 frames per second and that game is old!

OmicronTurtle · 07-04-12 at 10:30 AM

Eventually we'll be loading the entire game into RAM and running from RAM with no read/writes to slow HDD or SSD. Massive servers exist where applications run stateless, that is that everything is booted and run in RAM with nothing running from HDD/SSD. Even SSD's are still the biggest I/O bottleneck in computing.

**cazmajor** · 07-04-12 at 10:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by OmicronTurtle

Eventually we'll be loading the entire game into RAM and running from RAM with no read/writes to slow HDD or SSD. Massive servers exist where applications run stateless, that is that everything is booted and run in RAM with nothing running from HDD/SSD. Even SSD's are still the biggest I/O bottleneck in computing.

I have been using a ram drive for years (only in the last 3 years has it fit the one or two games I play).

**orgasminator** · 07-04-12 at 10:47 AM

For now, 8 GB is enough for every game you run on your PC even if you do multitasking with gaming. That's enough RAM until DDR4 becomes adopted widely.

**cazmajor** · 07-04-12 at 11:02 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by orgasminator

For now, 8 GB is enough for every game you run on your PC even if you do multitasking with gaming. That's enough RAM until DDR4 becomes adopted widely.

I multitask with an 8GB virtual machine (sometimes 2 x 5GB machines)... So I don't think 0GB (or -2GB) of ram would cut it for me.

07-04-12 at 09:26 AM	#2
melicaster Newcomer Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 7	What kind of game?

07-04-12 at 09:28 AM	#3
Wingcommander4 Novice Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 224	Any game thats for PC.

07-04-12 at 09:28 AM	#4
jjesso1993 Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 387	No that is totally untrue.

07-04-12 at 09:29 AM	#5
Wingcommander4 Novice Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 224	Ok, whats the recommended size ?

07-04-12 at 09:33 AM	#6
jjesso1993 Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 387	Quote: Originally Posted by Wingcommander4 Ok, whats the recommended size ? at the moment, 8gb is perfectly fine. I've got Lego batman 2 VLC Ghost of reacon chrome and 10 tabs origin steam open and only using 5Gb's of my 16Gb's of ram.

07-04-12 at 09:42 AM	#7
natedogg Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia, Gold Coast Posts: 980	It can come down to what other programs you have running in the background. Sometime just shutting down a few programs can increase performance.

07-04-12 at 09:55 AM	#8
Xykoara Newcomer Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 38	Bill Gates once said we'd never need more than 640Kb! LOL If RAM prices keep dropping, software developers will always find use for more.

07-04-12 at 10:11 AM	#9
srs1 Master Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: here Posts: 1,014	If its for gaming only, then even 4gb is WAY over the limit. 8gb is prolly only useful for multiboxing, emulating own private server or 4 different OSs at same time, etc etc...if youre a normal user ofc. For some pro users 32gb ram wouldnt be enough xD

07-04-12 at 10:18 AM	#10
Wingcommander4 Novice Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 224	And for such heavy weight games such as Witcher 2, Battlefield 3, Max Payne 3 to play them maxed out ? Ironically I can still play some of these games on XP SP 3 and they still look good and I only have a Geforce 8800 GTS and 2 GB ram! Max Payne 3 even gave me HIGH settings and it runs well too! Only game thats completely unacceptable to play is Just cause 2 which gives me perhaps 10-15 frames per second and that game is old!

07-04-12 at 10:30 AM	#11
OmicronTurtle Novice Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 108	Eventually we'll be loading the entire game into RAM and running from RAM with no read/writes to slow HDD or SSD. Massive servers exist where applications run stateless, that is that everything is booted and run in RAM with nothing running from HDD/SSD. Even SSD's are still the biggest I/O bottleneck in computing.

07-04-12 at 10:46 AM	#12
cazmajor Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,646	Quote: Originally Posted by OmicronTurtle Eventually we'll be loading the entire game into RAM and running from RAM with no read/writes to slow HDD or SSD. Massive servers exist where applications run stateless, that is that everything is booted and run in RAM with nothing running from HDD/SSD. Even SSD's are still the biggest I/O bottleneck in computing. I have been using a ram drive for years (only in the last 3 years has it fit the one or two games I play).

07-04-12 at 10:47 AM	#13
orgasminator Master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: island under the eye of the day Posts: 989	For now, 8 GB is enough for every game you run on your PC even if you do multitasking with gaming. That's enough RAM until DDR4 becomes adopted widely.

07-04-12 at 11:02 AM	#14
cazmajor Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,646	Quote: Originally Posted by orgasminator For now, 8 GB is enough for every game you run on your PC even if you do multitasking with gaming. That's enough RAM until DDR4 becomes adopted widely. I multitask with an 8GB virtual machine (sometimes 2 x 5GB machines)... So I don't think 0GB (or -2GB) of ram would cut it for me.