Is too much RAM bad for gaming?

Hi there CHD!

I've been hearing how having too much RAM like 16GB can in fact hurt your gaming performance,but I never saw any proof that would back up that statement.

Can anyone say,is this true,and if yes,why?

I don't see why it would... but I don't much that much about that kind of thing. Either way, I know that kind of RAM is overkill for any game these days. You usually wouldn't need that much unless you were running really intense graphic design and engineering programs. Industrial stuff, not game stuff. There's also ridiculously powerful video cards for that type of thing, with stats that would make you think they're the best cards out there, but they don't run right for games, and don't perform as well as much weaker cards, that are designed for gaming.

I cba to hunt it down, but there was a benchmark from a trustable site that showed aprox. 5~% FPS loss when you went over 8-12gbs of RAM. Someone with that much RAM would propably have the specs to take it, but it's there.

Nah, games use like 8GB Ram maximum! I got 16Gb 4x4 so that i can use my Quad Channel!

Some motherboards don't react well to being fully loaded.

after 10gb in select cases you lose preformance.. not much at most 2fps but there is a preformance loss. and ass you add ram this gets worse. its primarily because windows though it can take more hasnt ever been prepared for large amounts of ram in mind

I'd guess it's to do with putting more pressure on the motherboard memory controller.