Before we get into the results, we'd just like to discuss a few challenges we faced when testing system memory capacity. It's hard to determine the impact that RAM capacity has on gaming because of all the factors at play. For content creation, the more the merrier - 16 GB for example is the bare minimum when working with 4K footage in Premiere Pro. For basic office type work, 8GB should be more than enough. On the last go around we looked at a number of applications and found memory usage varies massively, so what you're doing with your PC will ultimately decide just how much memory you need. system memory has hit new lows in 2016 which makes it very accessible even in budget builds." That's no longer the case, of course, so we suspect those of you with 8GB of memory will just make do until later next year when prices hopefully come down. Something that stings a little is this comment from last year's article: ". Now a year later, we suspect this is still true, but we have seen a few games sneaking past 8GB of allocated memory so it's worth looking into again. Last time we concluded that 8GB should be the minimum standard, while 16GB was desirable but not truly needed for general usage or gaming. About this time each year we set out to see how much RAM is required to play the latest and greatest PC games.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |