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KremlinHoosegaffer t1_j2d9cur wrote

Reply to comment by ChevanLee in That's my computer information.Do I have a Gaming PC? by ChevanLee

No problem. We're starting to reach an era where hardware is so powerful, developers tend to use the fullest capabilities (which were designed to be "future proof" but arent anymore. Recommended ram went from 8 GB to 32 GB in less than 10 years.).

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Daefus20 t1_j2dfht6 wrote

Isn't 16 GB enough still ? Wich average consumer needs 32 GB ?

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KremlinHoosegaffer t1_j2dfn63 wrote

General rule of thumb is to get more than recommended amount of RAM because the game will consumed all or most of it. Generally, you want your computer to still function with a game in the background. So I tend to get double what is optimally required.

You're right, most games are fine with 16 though some recent and upcoming titles boast 32 as suggested. What it boils down to is instead of getting the most of every GB, and every core, poor development leads to using an excess of resources for what could have been accomplished before.

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Daefus20 t1_j2dg0g2 wrote

I have my browser, Discord and Steam opened at the same time as the game I'm playing and 16 GB is plenty, maybe in 1-2 years 32 GB will start being useful but for now it's not needed. With that said I'll do a bit of research.

Edit : there are between 1 and 5 games that currently have the possibility to use that much and to run them you already need a pretty beefy PC to run them, having 32 GB in a powerful PC doesn't surprise me at all. For the average consumer, 16 GB is still enough, in a year or two maybe that'll change

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KremlinHoosegaffer t1_j2dgxv4 wrote

Absolutely @ your edit. It's all a matter of preferences. I just find I get a better deal by biting the bullet upfront and building a beefy machine that'll last almost a decade before being replaced (my current rig). But I'm also somebody who has had to suffer with the slowest toaster towers growing up in the 90s and early aughts. Never again.

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Daefus20 t1_j2dh8mo wrote

And I can understand that but I wouldn't recommend 32GB for anyone, for most people it's a waste of money that could have gone in their GPU

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