Unless someone can point me to a source out there that discusses this already, I'd suggest it as a potential article topic. I mean, people seem to compare 4gb/8gb or 3gb/6gb variants of graphics cards all the time, so.it'd just be interesting to see how system memory affects performance in games that actually say they require it. I have a friend that always buys 128GB SSD's because internal storage is meaningless to him as no matter what he would get, it would quickly fill up and he'd be using an external drive anyways. But, curiosity is knocking, and sometimes it's nice to have numbers to back things up. You could get by with 8GB of RAM but might need 16GB depending on the level of PS and video editing usage. I realize that in recent times with the cost of memory, most progressives/enthusiasts just suggest or incorporate 16gb as a precautionary measure. I tried to find information that could confirm these requirements, but results are spotty and certainly nothing from the same source. So I got FALLOUT 76 on steam during the presidents day sale, finally got it downloaded, tried to login, and the game instantly freezes and crashes when I hit 'login' System specs Ryzen 5 2600x RX 480 8gb running AMD 21.2.2 drivers ASRock B450 Pro4 16 GB (2x8) corsair vengeance RAM CL16 Seasonic. With a frequency of 1866MHz (PC3-15000) and timings of 10-11-10-30, they are compatible with DDR3 based Intel and AMD dual. However keep in mind, your system will only be as fast as the slowest member. Their DIMM type is 240-Pin NON-ECC UDIMM and their voltage is 1.5V. Answer (1 of 11): The answers already given, but I’m going to contradict the answers by stating this factor. For DCS 2.0 and NTTR is there any value in me upgrading to 16GB. Putting this into perspective with build budgets and system configs, it'd be interesting to know if one actually needs 16gb, and if so, how much of a difference it makes. This DDR3 RAM 16GB is a combination of 2 8GB memory cards. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong area of the forum but I am noticing that most people here are running 16GB RAM.

16GB of memory might not cost that much more than 8GB, you probably won’t see.

I've noticed that there is a growing list of games that are BOLD enough to state system requirements that break the 8gb system memory barrier.Īccording to the developers, It appears thatĪll require 12-16gb of system memory to perform at the ideal. Although many of the tests show that 4GB of RAM was enough, the sweet spot these days, TechSpot says, is 8GB.

8gb vs 16gb ram for fallkout