Is 8GB still enough?

[CostcoSamples]

So what do you guys think?  Is 8GB still going to be enough RAM for high end gaming through 2016?

[tbroadwater2010]

Personally I think with VR coming out. 16GB should be a minimum, being everything considered. I know its more GPU and CPU based but RAM only helps. No sense selling yourself short. Ive been running 16GB for 4 years now and its been great!

[Darkseth]

Depends which games.

Star Wars abttlefront runs slightly better with 16gb already.

 

Just keep using 8gb, untill you notice its not enough. And buy another 8gb kit.

[NJHourigan]

Well the recommended specs  say 8GB so

[monkey10120]

I have yet to use 8GB of RAM even though I have 16gb. This is with games+browser+music+and even streaming all at once it peaked at like 5.5GB.

[v0id]

I like giving my computer as much room to maneuver as it can without being wasteful. I consider 16GB to be perfect; more than enough for right now, but just in case I got some room. 

[iHardware Shelden]

Personally I think with VR coming out. 16GB should be a minimum, being everything considered. I know its more GPU and CPU based but RAM only helps. No sense selling yourself short. Ive been running 16GB for 4 years now and its been great!

Never thought about the VR thing but yes seeing how cheap 16GB is along side 8GB (not a big price difference, $10-$30 in some cases) it is a no brainier, 8GB for many tasks I think is starting to show its limits (if that makes sense) and just like dual cores last year it is not going to age that well I presume. 

[S7117]

8gb is usually plenty of RAM for most modern games with the exception of minecraft and other games that require you to host the server. Most games will run off of about 4 even.

[KemoKa]

Should have put that little tidbit about VR in the title. If you're doing VR then 16GB of RAM would probably be a good amount of RAM to have. If you're only gaming, though, then 8GB should still be more than enough. I hear tell that there are some AAA titles that are maxing out 8GB of system memory, but honestly, they don't need that much. If a game needs more than 8GB of memory to run in this day and age, that means that there's some seriously sloppy spaghetti code going on. Hasty writing of programs, probably because executives of the company were pressuring the devs to crank out the content quickly. That's why I stay away from AAA titles.


I have 4GB of memory in my work machine - which I use for quite a lot of stuff at the same time during peak work periods - and I have a hard time maxing that out with conventional programs and about a dozen tabs open.

 

8GB is still enough for gaming so long as the games are written properly.

[Hyperthread]

So what do you guys think?  Is 8GB still going to be enough RAM for high end gaming through 2016?

8GBs is respectable but it might not be enough to handle much multitasking or ram intensive games. 16GB is really the range of where you want to be for high end gaming. 32GB is like a dream and i know that it made my computer heavenly for what i use it for but it really all matters on what you plan on using it for. I would go with 16 if i were you just so i had the capability to upgrade in the future.

[skatblast]

8GBs is respectable but it might not be enough to handle much multitasking or ram intensive games. 16GB is really the range of where you want to be for high end gaming. 32GB is like a dream and i know that it made my computer heavenly for what i use it for but it really all matters on what you plan on using it for. I would go with 16 if i were you just so i had the capability to upgrade in the future.

Please send me a screenshot of your PC using more than 8 gigs of ram while gaming

[LokiFire]

LOL 8GB is overkill if you know how to use a damn PC.

[D4V3_G]

It's enough for me, but since 8 gigs are so cheap right now why not just upgrade to 16 ehh?

[SteveGrabowski0]

RAM is so cheap right now it makes sense to go with 16 GB. If on a budget buy 8GB now and 8GB in a few months before DDR3 starts getting expensive as it is replaced by DDR4.

[Nena Trinity]

I went 16GB because I like to do more than just games!

[no_clntrol]

Depends which games.

Star Wars abttlefront runs slightly better with 16gb already.

Just keep using 8gb, untill you notice its not enough. And buy another 8gb kit.

How much better? I am using 8GB from an old build in my new one and thinking of upgrading

[Darkseth]

How much better? I am using 8GB from an old build in my new one and thinking of upgrading

Cant say personally as i dont have that game.

 

But this (german) page tested it:

 

8gb:

 

 

16gb: 

 

Frametimes are a tad smoother

But that shouldnt be the norm of course, more an exception. But i can imagine in the next years, More games might run better on 16gb.

[lightningterror]

I went 16GB because I like to do more than just games!

Same here. I found myself maxing out 8GB previously.

[FinestRyeBread]

I have yet to use 8GB of RAM even though I have 16gb. This is with games+browser+music+and even streaming all at once it peaked at like 5.5GB.

ha! Weak! Sorry, I have 2 windows of g chrome with 30+ tabs ea + tera on most of the time + league (when I play it) + steam + Skype + background stuff. I use like 9gb

[Guest]

8gb is usually plenty of RAM for most modern games with the exception of minecraft and other games that require you to host the server. Most games will run off of about 4 even.

Well if you are talking about a small server even 8GB is plenty enough.