Gaming: 4gb, 8gb or 16gb?

[keropi]

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Is 16 gigabyte of memory necessary for gaming? So how much do you really need?
Do you need to upgrade from 2x2gb of memory?

You people be the judge...






thedesktopreview.com:

Memory Installed	Google Chrome - 34 Tabs	Crysis @ 1080p Min-Max-Avg FPS	Crysis @ 766p Min-Max-Avg FPS	Photoshop CS5.1 - Gaussian Blur
1GB DDR3-1066	61.818s	0 - 20 - 9.326	--	38.48s
2GB DDR3-1066	19.358s	15 - 35 - 29.271	12 - 58 - 47.146	19.586s
2GB DDR3-2133	18.947s	26 - 32 - 28.914	22 - 57 - 47.568	--
4GB DDR3-1066	18.462s	26 - 35 - 29.445	36 - 56 - 46.308
4GB DDR3-2133	18.313s	26 - 32 - 29.043	37 - 57 - 48.015
6GB DDR3-2133	18.144s	25 - 32 - 28.020	43 - 54 - 46.890
8GB DDR3-2133	18.257s	26 - 32 - 28.052	41 - 53 - 47.185	16.967s

[lloyd_joy]

good... mao gyud ni akoang basis sa pag decide nko sa pag buy ug ram and mobo... specific to be a gaming rig... no bells & whistles though... i'm not an OC'er...

[keropi]

Im just wondering why the 4gb-1066 performed better than the 4gb-2133..

[gaspar_73]

sa loading time ra mo-shorten gamay kung dako2x ug memory pero sa gameplay murag parehas ra...

[mcboogle]

Sakto wa jud pulos kung mag 16gb unless kung mag photoshop o render vid or ganahan nindot tanawn ang mobo nga puno ang ram slots hehe

[zhieg]

ang ako ani tag 2gig stick ra, since 4 slot ill get 4 stick pra lng matabonan ang slot pra dili ma sudlan ug unsa dha.. sobra nsad au ng 16gig oi..

[werty]

negligible na ang performance 8gb or more....

[siopao1984]

unless... imo i-server ang PC pwde pa cguro 16gb

[cuauhtemoc]

sa loading time ra mo-shorten gamay kung dako2x ug memory pero sa gameplay murag parehas ra...

On the contrary bro, here are the Loading times in seconds:

[lloyd_joy]

for me ha, the difference on the loading time doesn't justify the added cost... its not long to wait for a millisecond difference right?

for games (as bro keropi started), a 4GB system is enough for now... but 8GB is ideal since most of us use our rigs to do some multi-tasking activities when we're not gaming right? 16GB or 32GB can really help if the application that the user runs needs these capacities...

personally, sa akoa, i only dedicate my rig for gaming... sometimes, mag surfing ko kun mo relax gamay kun tapulan mo balhin sa lain rig for surfing... my current gaming rig w/ an 8GB system ram is really more than enough...

pero, for the upcoming gaming titles, mura'g padung na ni sa 8GB as minimum requirement ba. not this year, not next year but basin 2, 3 or more yrs from now. sugud naman gani ug 3GB ang mga vram sa GPUs... sus, nindota na kaha sa games noh... lifelike na gyud kaayo ang graphics ani...