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I was playing GTA V on my friends PC and the system ram was only 200-300mb shy of 8gb. Similarly video ram was in excess of 3.5GB so GG GTX 970 owners. 

 

So a warning to everyone building a PC. Make sure you get a GPU better than 970 (290X/390X or 980/980 TI) and 16GB of RAM if you want to play AAA titles on ultra settings. 

 

PC Specs:

 

5820k OC'd to 4.2Ghz

16GB DDR4 2400Mhz RAM

EVGA GTX 980 OC'd to 1480/7600

 

Game settings:

 

1080p (peasant I know)

Ultra everything

No MSAA

FXAA

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That not the way it works that's not the way any of it works!

If you want to reply back to me or someone else USE THE QUOTE BUTTON!                                                      
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Keep in mind unused RAM is wasted RAM.

If you want to reply back to me or someone else USE THE QUOTE BUTTON!                                                      
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For almost any current title 8gb is sufficient  but yeah I also hit the limit of 8gb playing GTA V and Heavily modded Skyrim.





 
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Doesn't this game use less VRAM when there's less available (up to a point)? Quite sure it's not reasonable at this time to sell PC games that are unplayable with less than 4GB of VRAM.

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Same thing for me.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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LOL my AMD PC has never had a single problem and only has 4GB system ram.... i play GTA V on it too.

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I know how you feel. 8gb is nowhere near enough to power intensive applications on 4 monitors (one for each monitor)

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Doesn't this game use less VRAM when there's less available (up to a point)? Quite sure it's not reasonable at this time to sell PC games that are unplayable with less than 4GB of VRAM.

I never said anything about unplayable. It's just that you are gonna have a bad time unless you like turning down settings. 

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I never said anything about unplayable. It's just that you are gonna have a bad time unless you like turning down settings. 

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Fastest 7770 on LTT . 3rd Fastest Phenom II Quad on LTT

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But.... It's fine for me....

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What background programs are running? Lmao...

 

Also what is that pile of trash on his desk? Hahaha

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junk is an xbox one and wii controllers

 

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LOL my AMD PC has never had a single problem and only has 4GB system ram.... i play GTA V on it too.

 

are you even 1080p?

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are you even 1080p?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/396639-gta-v-runs-great-for-me/

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Fastest 7770 on LTT . 3rd Fastest Phenom II Quad on LTT

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When you have more RAM, your programs will use more RAM.

 

I have a 4x4 GB kit of ram right now, and I notice another 1-3 GB of usage with the other 2 sticks in, despite not changing my daily usage routine. 

If you had 8GB of RAM in that system, it'd probably be close to 5-6GB of usage rather than nearly 8.

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are you even 1080p?

Do you even 1440?

Sorry but there is something wrong with your system.

It doesn't consume this much for me and I have youtube on chrome running the background, and we all know how much of a Ram hog chrome is.

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those settings look console man 

 

 

Do you even 1440?

Sorry but there is something wrong with your system.

It doesn't consume this much for me and I have youtube on chrome running the background, and we all know how much of a Ram hog chrome is.

my on personal rig yes i 1440

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those settings look console man 

 

 

my on personal rig yes i 1440

 

On AMD Phenom II and 7770?

 

Still does not fill up 4GB DDR# at 1080p, and more than playable.

AMD Phenom II B55 Quad / unlocked dual core 4.3ghz CB R15 = CB 422
XFX R9 390 8GB MY RIG: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MVwQsY
Fastest 7770 on LTT . 3rd Fastest Phenom II Quad on LTT

PCSX2 on AMD CPU? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/412377-pcsx2-emulator-4096x2160-amd-phenom-ii/#entry5550588

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y u no msaa!

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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