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How much RAM does a PC need for games?

er557 said:
@FordGT90Concept :
No, I was not talking about pre-fetching, I was talking about in-game RE-loading, and when you launch the game again in the near future. i.e. when you load a new level, or re-start a saved game, I specifically saw vast improvements in consecutive load times and after launching the game again, because the data never leaves the ram after it was loaded, due to plenty ram available.
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I have not. That's something the game itself needs to deal with. Some games reload everything (slow), some only reload dynamic objects (much faster). The amount of memory installed will not change this behavior because it's pre-programmed into the game.
 
some sorry programs could just not release / refresh the memory it uses and that builds up till your out and crash it / memory leak

and today there's a lot of poorly optimized games that are and I feel is why they system require them high memory specs so you foot the bill for there poor programing
you take that gay cheesey finial fantasy bench mark you can get here and it will eat up to 6gb on mine then maybe 3 then maybe 8 then 5 ??? hate to think what you get under the full game running , 10+ ?? i'll pass and not just over that [gay]
 
I just ran that FFXV Bench on my 10 core 7900X box with 64GB of RAM in it.
The most RAM usage it got to was 10GB and hovered around 9.6GB for most of the run.

Running it again at higher resolution used 2-tenths of a Gigabyte more RAM during the run.

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win-7 -z87 - 4670[nonk] - 16gb 1600 - gtx 980ti - 55'' 4k

2 quick runs to compare to your post today
at 1080 --- 6.1gb

4k --7.1gb

one thing I just noticed was like under the 1080p run when the guy at the dock and catches the fish and holds it up the camera view was on his right side

in the 4k run the camera view was on his left side ??? so its not running the same bench per settings also I thought where there doing the fight part the guy turns cold and the girl frost thing was not the same like different views of that ... sure was not the same runs of the bench and maybe why the memory use changes up high for one run then lower on the next / all over the place ? if so then each bench run is never the same and not good for solid comparison or scoring results= just good enough to let you know ''ya , your rig can run it ''

I guess I did not notice all that before cause I start the runs and go do something else till its done ??
 
There are different scenarios when they 'rent' the birds that they ride too.
 
hmmmmm........ lol them guys over in the score brag threads aint even getting the same runs to do any kind of true comparisons ..lol..

also maybe now why I get low memory use this time and high the next all I now can say on that deal. I checked this before a few months back and recalled one run only used like 3.5 then each run was up and down in memory use that 7 gb so far been the most I've gotten 1080 or at 4k
 
Knoxx29 said:
Playing DOOM, Real temp and CPU-Z opened max memory usage was 10GB
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Quoting my own post

Post #33

Having more Ram than what you need does not hurt and it is not like your PC will tell you please dont add MORE RAM because i don't need it.
 
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Knoxx29 said:
Quoting my own post

Post #33

Having more Ram than what you need does not hurt and it is not like your PC will tell you please dont add MORE RAM because i don't need it.
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I guess that's like why spend 400$ on 32 when 150$ for 2x8 [16]?

see thing is I know what I need for what I do 16 is plenty now you may run stuff that needs 18, 26 ,32 gb and that's what you get

this is the only program that I can use as much as I got or any amount installed to keep out of swap

http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/

you set that in each run if I set a run foir over my amount then the bench runs in swap off the hard drive [painful slow ]

now if something more pops up and I need more i'll go buy a new kit of a greater amount like 4x8 [32] or something not just add to the one I got
 
coonbro said:
I guess that's like why spend 400$ on 32 when 150$ for 2x8 [16]?
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Sorry but i like big numbers:D

coonbro said:
now if something more pops up and I need more i'll go buy a new kit of a greater amount like 4x8 [32] or something not just add to the one I got
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That is correct.

I always buy 32GB Ram kits because as you i dont like to add Ram later.
 
its your money to do as you feel best for YOU and your needs I don't need it in any way today so I'm not paying for something i'll not use . i'll go buy beer and ribs with the saved money and never see over 16 gb used

enjoy
 
Knoxx29 said:
I always buy 32GB Ram kits because as you i dont like to add Ram later.
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Me neither. I buy at least 32GB kits now. (but I buy them used from some of my wealthy friends for steep discounts)
 
RealNeil said:
Me neither. I buy at least 32GB kits now. (but I buy them used from some of my wealthy friends for steep discounts)
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lol... I got one of them as well and even better I get new unused stuff off him deep discount cause he just decided he did not want to use it and bought more new stuff [ must be nice ]

its rained here everyday but 5 days since may - its become a wet joke around here . I'm so sick of it

this memory was a 4x8 I used in a 990fx and that cpu could not handle it all , this intel can but I just put 8 in it and 8 in this , but still yet to see that 32 use need between the 2 16 been covering it all well
matter of fact that 990fx spit and sputtered on 1 8gb stick that 990fx was the worse platform I ever dealt with
 
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If it is for my Main Rig i couldn't buy a hardware that has been used.
 
I can trust from that friend we built for ever and if it was bad between us we just make it right so if a part don't work out heres your money back but try this out kinda thing. then if its still not good then its back to newegg..
 
coonbro said:
I can trust from that friend we built for ever and if it was bad between us we just make it right so if a part don't work out heres your money back but try this out kinda thing. then if its still not good then its back to newegg..
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Same with myself and my friends. We trust one another and make it right every time. I get fantastic deals most of the time.
I'm on a retirement income and don't have a lot to spend.
 
Started out with 4gb x 4 ddr4 in the 5820x system, bought pretty much same family of Gskill of 4x 8gb, same speeds, slightly different timings, the x99 system would not handle 8 dims properly so I was left with 44gb. Than on the dual socket board all the dims were accepted and distributed evenly across the sockets, so I didn't have to splurge for more ram at least. Mixing the two kits works fine as the speed is less than the rated 2400mhz. Now humming along @48gb ddr4 @2133mhz
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ya, a mixed kits or singles can work great or may need to toy in the bios to get it to like I guess you had to or may not at all .. shrug shoulders and move on

I do it with hand me down builds , but new builds I just figure what amount I want to use / need and just buy a new factory tested and matched kit [ that's all like say g skill will guarantee to work ] that's just a rule of thumb I follow .
 
I was actually looking over RAM deals lately myself..

But here's something I'm tired of hearing:

"You have to buy exactly the RAM you want all in one kit".

Else you're doomed or something. This sounds like a scam to me.. but why computer nerds propagate it (who aren't selling you the RAM) is beyond me.

I can understand not populating the slots with different speeds (but even that works).. but the idea that you can't even use RAM of the same type, brand, and speed if it was not all purchased at once.. is ridiculous. As if being manufactured on different days makes a difference.

edit: Ahem.. that said, I wonder if I should wait and save for a larger kit. :p
 
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Bare minimum, without background software 8gb's. With opened tabs, discord (note:diss can eat up half gig), steam etc. 16GB recommended.

StrayKAT said:
I was actually looking over RAM deals lately myself..

But here's something I'm tired of hearing:

"You have to buy exactly the RAM you want all in one kit".

Else you're doomed for eternity or something.

I can understand not populating the slots with different speeds (but even that works).. but the idea that you can't even use RAM of the same type, brand, and speed if it was not all purchased at once.. is ridiculous.
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I never had issues mixing different ram kits, same timings, and same size, and I would also look for chip brand (hynix, samsung), and as a wonder my 2x2 1333 and 1600 worked well over the span of 6-7 years.
 
StrayKAT said:
I was actually looking over RAM deals lately myself..

But here's something I'm tired of hearing:

"You have to buy exactly the RAM you want all in one kit".

Else you're doomed or something. This sounds like a scam to me.. but why computer nerds propagate it (who aren't selling you the RAM) is beyond me.

I can understand not populating the slots with different speeds (but even that works).. but the idea that you can't even use RAM of the same type, brand, and speed if it was not all purchased at once.. is ridiculous. As if being manufactured on different days makes a difference.

edit: Ahem.. that said, I wonder if I should wait and save for a larger kit. :p
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The thing is, if you know enough to know that you can use different RAM kits and tweak them to match, you won't fall for that statement anyway.

So its a very good statement to make towards anyone else. It probably saves us a few dozen topics over here about incompatible sticks.

As for the 'consumers' here recommending 32 GB, get yourself checked out fast. Don't mix your OCD with sensible purchases mkay
 
Vayra86 said:
The thing is, if you know enough to know that you can use different RAM kits and tweak them to match, you won't fall for that statement anyway.

So its a very good statement to make towards anyone else. It probably saves us a few dozen topics over here about incompatible sticks.
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In every past Threads and future ones correlated to RAM topic the users will most of the time mention the incompatible sticks theme, you can't avoid that.
 
its just better to have guaranteed to work at there full advertised rated and speced speeds , don't you think? in my new build I like that feature .

mixing you just hoping and winging it for the best when alls said and done and guaranteed nothing but it may work out

don't get me wrong I do it [hand me down, game server , backup builds ]
 
I use matched sets of RAM when I can. If I add more RAM to a system, I go for the same model, brand, speeds, and latencies.
I could care less about colors or lights.
These two 32GB kits were bought a few months apart.

RAM Sets.jpg
 
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