How much ram I need to max a game?

I've been wondering this for a time, I ordered a PC from amazon (on its way now) and I was wondering if it could max every game that I put into it, in my opinion: it can, since i've already looked for several videos of the games running with the graphics card (ati radeonhd 6850) and the processor (in some cases, the processor was not even close to mine) but all of them had 8 gm ram ddr3, and my PC has 4gb ram ddr3.

most games i've seen ask for 3gb-4gb ram for RECOMMENDED settings, but I dont know much about requirements...anyway would you say it can max it with 4gb ram? in case you wonder my monitor's max res is 1280x1024 although im soon planning to get one with 1650x950

4GB is enough for the forseeable future.

so imma be ok maxing stuff? the processor is an AMD phenom ii x4 965 at 3.4ghz and the card is an ati 6850

4GB is more than enough. If you really want to know yourself, just open up your task manager and it will display how much RAM you are using. Of course, have your game booted up already. When I play BFBC2, I have winamp running in the background, and I have plenty of RAM to spare. The only time I experienced issues was when my PC for some reason did not completely shut down Firefox and a bunch of other programs and it froze my game. If your game randomly freezes during gameplay, and resumes, that's usually a sign that there isn't enough memory. Long story short, 4GB is PLENTY for gaming. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.

When the new consoles hit, 8gb will be a must for gaming?szafto

When the new consoles hit, 8gb will be a must for gaming?szafto

No way. PC games. Alot of pc games aren't using more than 1.5 gb of ram at this point in time. Alot are less.

4gb is the sweet spot, but you can easierly get away with 3gb. But we aren't going to see any major jump in requirements till probley 2014-2015. Then i would expect a jump, but it depends on how powerfull the consoles are, and if devs what to put in the captial to use the power

Metro 2033 has

"8GB of memory is optimal."

under their requirement tab on steam.

Metro 2033 has

"8GB of memory is optimal."

under their requirement tab on steam.

chapman86

It depends....If you have windows xp/7 I suggest 4GB but if you have Vista isuggest to take 6GB.In windows Vista Games need more ram!

Sometimes 2GB isn't enough, even though thats normally whats recommended. Unless its games like crysis 2, 4GB is usually pretty solid, but some people go for 8GB just for that extra breathing space. Personally I'm buying a PC with 16GB RAM, but thats only because I'm completely mental! :lol:

Metro 2033 has

"8GB of memory is optimal."

under their requirement tab on steam.

chapman86

4GB @ 1600MHz and you'll be fine maxing out everything.Crimsader

I would get 4gb now for a budget machine, 6-8 if I could afford it. But thats just becuase more is better, over 4gb RAM and performance increases are minimal.

[QUOTE="Crimsader"]4GB @ 1600MHz and you'll be fine maxing out everything.KLONE360

I would get 4gb now for a budget machine, 6-8 if I could afford it. But thats just becuase more is better, over 4gb RAM and performance increases are minimal.

I concur i only have 1066 and it works fine

I have played a good bit of games, not too many brand new ones, but I have seen some recommended requirements say 3gb, I think I have seen maybe 1 or 2 that said recommended 4gigs of ram.. But most need around 2 or under, but sure some newer ones are gonna naturally take more RAM to max.

RAM is mainly for Windows anyway, not for games.bonafidetk

What...? A single game will most likely have a memory footprint bigger than your whole OS and everything else running on it.

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Metro 2033 has

"8GB of memory is optimal."

under their requirement tab on steam.

lightleggy

Among the complaints people have about the game, I haven't heard much in the way of it needing a lot of memory.

4 gig to at least get decent performance out of 64bit...between 4-8 gig(6 is ur using triple channel) any more than that ur either wastin ur money....or ur playing 3 different games on 3 diff monitors at the same time...