Honestly don't want to test the ddr5 8GB against back in the day 16 ddr3.
Moved to 32 decade ago. Not an exaggeration.

引用自 Xuild：

Xuild 18 minutes ago
    
how bad does 16GB of memory affect gameplay?

constantly getting maxed out on games with crappy memory leak situations like HD2 and many other random AAA titles

Painful checks use the simple OS of what windows shouldn't matter do a RUN of
compmgmt.msc
Linux borderline micromanagement, apologies the logistics aren't best to detail these channels.

Match monitor resolution to games and build from lowest to no upscaling recommended. If screen doesn't match hopefully change with small ini tweaks which HD2 forums should possess.

should be fine if you dont have too much bloat running in background

引用自 ChickenBalls：

should be fine if you dont have too much bloat running in background

games like helldivers and arma reforger + a whole heap of AAA games in general max it out completely, goes from 8GB of usage with all my softwares that i need all the way to 16GB of usage and straight up decimating my ram

RUST used to pagefile alot on 16gb but there have been some optimizations over the last few months.

i haven't had any issue with any other game then rust in the past, tho i do run a very debloated copy of windows 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5F01oOzQQ&list=WL&index=388&t=1s

16GB can still be OK if you debloat the Win10 or 11 and don't run too many extras. Amd use SSDs. Also helps to manually set PageFile to around 8GB MIN, 32GB max when using 16GB RAM and enable the system memory fallback option in NVIDIA CP

clean install of windows should not be over 4gb of active memory use and that is with the spyware still on......why do you have 8gb used before you open a game???

引用自 smokerob79：

clean install of windows should not be over 4gb of active memory use and that is with the spyware still on......why do you have 8gb used before you open a game???

browser + all the crappy launchers that are forcefully installed running in the background

Ordered a 32GB kit discounted to eventually replace my 16GB kit early summer. Still haven't installed it... playing everyting from indies to Indiana Jones, Kingdom Come 2... No crap running in the background outside of Afterburner though. Browsers closed. And still on Win10.

Germany's Gamestar (biggest gaming mag) have still 16GB as recommended in their low budget built-- then again, given current and upcoming RAM pricing (AI craze), not much of a surprise. The RAM I ordered back then now costs 3x of what I paid.

引用自 Xuild：

引用自 smokerob79：

clean install of windows should not be over 4gb of active memory use and that is with the spyware still on......why do you have 8gb used before you open a game???

browser + all the crappy launchers that are forcefully installed running in the background

Get everything out of the OS startup

Always start game clients manually via right click shortcut > Run as admin

If you must be 3rd party browser while gaming then enable the ram saver option that passes all your other browser tabs, so they don't all take up so much ram

引用自 Bad 💀 Motha：

引用自 Xuild：

browser + all the crappy launchers that are forcefully installed running in the background

Get everything out of the OS startup

Always start game clients manually via right click shortcut > Run as admin

If you must be 3rd party browser while gaming then enable the ram saver option that passes all your other browser tabs, so they don't all take up so much ram

microsoft edge takes up heaps and its not third party

By 3rd party I meant any browser outside of the Steam Overlay. Obviously I see the need to use maybe Chrome or Firefox for sites you might need to log into such as Nexus for example or YouTube. Or sites where you wish to apply ad-blocking on.

Edge is just so very terrible. I'd seriously debloat your OS and rid the OS of Edge, OneDrive and Copilot

i played Starfield with just 8gigs

引用自 ˢᵈˣ FatCat：

i played Starfield with just 8gigs

It's possible but it will most likely have stutters and caching issues and possibly need to be restarted every so often to avoid crashes

no at all, the usage only 6gigs used, the only crash i got only when i played tom clancy open world vs cartel forgot the name, specifically when i open discord , but it still randomly

more ram only helps if you need more ram

if you are not doing lots of stuff in the background while the game is running its fine with the min req ram for the game

but if you have multiple or hundreds of browser tabs open, transcoding videos in the background, or other ram heavy tasks, then yes you need much more ram than the game recommends for it to continue running smoothly