depends on the games. the ones i've been playing have run just fine with 8 GB
Comment has been collapsed.
RAM prices are through the roof. 8 GB is enough for now, for a little while.
Comment has been collapsed.
I do this question becuz i have problem with Dishonored 2 have always crash to deskopt without errors, and people say me "8 GB RAM is not good for this times", infact for me is strange.
Anyway you always my hero :D
Comment has been collapsed.
Dishonored 2 crashes for you because it crashes for everyone, as its PC port is a half-assed shit job. You'll just have to live with it.
Also: no matter how good a game feels, never pay money for new hardware just for that one game.
Comment has been collapsed.
Yes, you are right, but there are the usual Fanboy who defend the game even if it does not deserve it, when I asked in the Crash discussion, they were telling me they played it without problems.
In fact this morning after the crashing 20th time, I decided to uninstall and "retrieve" 40 GB of space for serious games and better optimized.
Comment has been collapsed.
I built a whole new PC for the Witcher 3, don't regret that decision.
Comment has been collapsed.
8 GB is enough. Do you have problems in other games?
Anyway, you never buy games on release, they're always still buggy.
What are your PC specs? Is anything overclocked?
Comment has been collapsed.
If you're confident there is a memory problem try lowering settings like textures or screen resolution in order to lower the memory usage but if the game has memory leaks you will end un with crashes no matter what you do, sometimes people see no crashes with more memory because it takes longer to fill it up if there is a leak.
Comment has been collapsed.
I try every settings but have crash i think is talgaby right, is the game the problem.
Comment has been collapsed.
have you tried the following:
1) verify game cache
2) re-install all libraries
3) updated all drivers (GPU is the most important)
Also is your PC above all of the minimum specs?
Comment has been collapsed.
1) Yeah do it
2) ????
3) Have last drivers GPU
Yeah, is the minimum specs.
Comment has been collapsed.
i think what they mean on 2) is to reinstall all the common dist applications contained within games folders "_CommonRedist" such as..
DirectX, DotNet, & VCredist (both x86 & x64). (they all contain many necessary library files for games)
Comment has been collapsed.
d3m4n already answered.
Just to re-iterate: Right click on a game on steam -> properties ->local files tab- >browse local files -> open CommonRedist -> install everything in there.
Normally steam install all of those during the first time setup, however sometimes steam derps and doesn't install everything.
Comment has been collapsed.
8gb is fine for most. I did experience MASSIVE improvements on games like Just Cause 3 and smaller but noticable changes on Fallout 4 and Dying Light: The Following though.
Comment has been collapsed.
All depends on your budget and the price of the RAM, and the games you are currently playing. Make a list of pros and cons and go from there.
Comment has been collapsed.
You need more RAM only if you multitask a lot, for example have 2-3 games running at the same time with 20 chrome tabs or something. Every game runs fine on 8gb unless it's some unoptimized massive open world clusterfuck like Star Citizen.
I have 750 ti which is budget card and 8gb RAM and they can run every game on medium/high settings unless it's some AAA game like AC Syndicate because the textures require more than 2gb video card.
Comment has been collapsed.
+1 i got 8gb, and my games crash because i always have one game in background + 20 tabs open, and an emulator for my android games open xD
Also some games like ARK crash because they need to much ram and 8 isn't that much if you have a big base with hundreds/ thousands of dino..
Comment has been collapsed.
ARK uses more and more RAM after each update (increasing as long as you keep the game turned on, until they fix this), it happened to me too, but I had the game and a server for it with 5-6 players runnning at once (16 GB of RAM here, no regrets).
Comment has been collapsed.
open world games require higher RAM such as Rust and ARK survival evolved
Comment has been collapsed.
I am surprised nobody has made any "download more RAM" jokes yet.
Comment has been collapsed.
I'll upload some of mine to Dropbox and post a link to share.
Comment has been collapsed.
Check how much your programs(inc. games) your going to use plus what kind of multitasking(those browser tabs do eat it) your going to do with needs and then decide.
Comment has been collapsed.
Most of the games are still optimised mostly for consoles, and they have 8/9/12 GB of RAM (including Scorpio) But they use it as system RAM and video RAM at once, and since all dedicated GPU's have it's own video RAM, you won't need more ram than consoles. So 8 GB should be enough for 90% of PC users until the late 2018 (probable date of PS4 Super Pro release)
Comment has been collapsed.
As it was already said, the memory prices currently are extremely high (at least compared to what they used to be a year or so ago). At this given moment, unless you are doing extremely heavy multitasking, 8GB is enough. I'd suggest that you wait for the time being and hope that the prices will drop a little bit and grab another 8 gigs.
PS: You could search for some used ones as they all come with lifetime warranty. As long as it comes with the receipt, you can have it fixed (or replaced or w/e) in case anything happens.
Comment has been collapsed.
8gb is perfect for most games nowadays. Don't buy RAM if you expect a performance boost. Only buy more RAM if you are running out..
Source: I refurbished pcs for a living, benchmarked hundreds of gaming configurations... Also a former writer for team-dignitas.net who focused on hardware, settings, etc
Comment has been collapsed.
I have 8GB DDR3 HYPERX CORSAIR VENGEANCE 1600Mhz i know is better have much RAM you can, but for now is enough 8 GB RAM for the games? I wait for buy another 8 GB RAM?
Comment has been collapsed.