4GB RAM still sufficient for gaming

The RAM has a minimal affect on FPS, the main thing RAM is good for is load times. I remember when Battlefield 4 came out my machine was running 4GB of RAM and loading into the game took forever, sometimes even up to 10 minutes. Granted there was a known issue with Battlefield 4 load times.

Point of the story... I upgraded to 16GB memory and load times were significantly lower.

FPS wise though... not a noticeable difference.
 
It helps in the prevention of stuttering. Upgrading from 4-8GBs made a big difference; load and transitioning times are especially reduced.
While 4 gigs works, it's just not preferable.
 
4gb is not enough, not even for gaming. I'm in an office environment and struggling with 4gb at the moment.

8gb+ ram with an SSD with pagefile turned off will be perfect for gaming
 
Yeah I also agree that 4GB is not enough. My work laptop has 4GB of RAM and it runs out of RAM sometimes and let me tell you, that sucks. I can do absolutely nothing. Every action takes ages and it is just annoying as all hell. Granted the work laptop is bloated with software crap but still, I would not attempt to game on it at all.

4GB is perhaps enough on a fresh windows install with no other software, but I wouldn't feel comfortable having only 4GB RAM and then gaming, especially if you have a Windows install that is a few months old and you have installed software and things.
 
Work's laptop is running 2 gigs on an old dual core. Going home to my PC is like a pleasure trip by comparison.
 
VegOtter said:
The RAM has a minimal affect on FPS, the main thing RAM is good for is load times. I remember when Battlefield 4 came out my machine was running 4GB of RAM and loading into the game took forever, sometimes even up to 10 minutes. Granted there was a known issue with Battlefield 4 load times.

Point of the story... I upgraded to 16GB memory and load times were significantly lower.

FPS wise though... not a noticeable difference.
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FPS-wise it makes a big difference. Insufficient RAM leads to stuttering and jerky FPS. If the game isn't pushing more than 4GB anyway, you won't notice a difference, but a game like GTA5 plays much better on 8GB RAM than 4GB.
 
A fps graph of extended gampeplay would of been much better, that way you could see if you'd notice additional loading in mid-gameplay or not.
Also depends on the game of course, games with more open world which allows you to travel fast from the air would require much larger scenes to be loaded in the memory. Other games that are more sectioned, can get away with unloading the previous area and loading the next one.

Games with lots of doors and elevators normally use that little trick.
 
Sufficient amounts of RAM also (obviously) depends on the game you play. Some titles can work just fine only running on 4GBs.
 
I went for years on 4GB. While it was a rocky road at times, it pulled as much weight as it could carry; usually this was enough.
 
My sweet spot at the moment is 8GB, unless I run VMs on my machine...then I want 32GB. But for pretty much everything 8GB is enough.
 
PsychoFish said:
My sweet spot at the moment is 8GB, unless I run VMs on my machine...then I want 32GB. But for pretty much everything 8GB is enough.
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agreed there. For not doing much as a basic work horse doing internet email and faceboob games then this would suffice. For most work and gaming condition I would recommend a minimum of 8GB, even then I struggle a bit with multitasking.
 
8GB is fine for gaming at the moment, but if you've got a dual-monitor setup and you're multitasking on the second monitor, it might cut it a bit short. Chrome uses insane amounts of RAM for no reason.

If you do absolutely no multi-tasking then 4GB might be enough for most games. Most, not all.
 
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