Is 4GB of RAM enough for PC gaming?

[froggyboy604]

Would upgrading to a faster SSD solid state drive improve paging on PC with only 4GB of RAM when playing more intensive games which use more 4GB or more RAM?

 

[Pvcomputers]

Well , It would make things load faster. But SSD have tendency to wear out and slow down quicker than a normal drive. Some games might not respond to well with 4 GB RAM and what ever the page files is in size. Best thing is upgrade your computer because 64bit and 8 GB RAM are stating become common and the norm.

 

[Beverly]

I notice a trend that most free to play games are usually playable even on older computers with just 2GB of RAM, but 4GB, Dual-Core CPU and a older Nvidia or AMD/ATI video card is recommended like League of Legends https://support.leagueoflegends.com/ent ... quirements

I think for a lot of free to play games like Need for Speed World, League of Legends, Maple Story, Rose Online, Runescape, Team Fortress 2, etc the requirements are pretty low.

My guest, the main audience for free to play games are kids, poor people, and frugal people who all may not own fast computers or laptops, but still want to play games like League of Legends.

To run Runescape on the highest graphics setting without lagging or blackscreen, you really need a good computer; lots of RAM but it is possible to run the game at lowest setting such as now shadows or ground blending and not lag. .

 

[froggyboy604]

I notice a trend that most free to play games are usually playable even on older computers with just 2GB of RAM, but 4GB, Dual-Core CPU and a older Nvidia or AMD/ATI video card is recommended like League of Legends https://support.leagueoflegends.com/ent ... quirements

I think for a lot of free to play games like Need for Speed World, League of Legends, Maple Story, Rose Online, Runescape, Team Fortress 2, etc the requirements are pretty low.

My guest, the main audience for free to play games are kids, poor people, and frugal people who all may not own fast computers or laptops, but still want to play games like League of Legends.

To run Runescape on the highest graphics setting without lagging or blackscreen, you really need a good computer; lots of RAM but it is possible to run the game at lowest setting such as now shadows or ground blending and not lag. .

I agree Runescape need a pretty good computer with more RAM, and a better video card made by Nvidia or ATI like the Nvidia GT 630 1GB and above.

Runescape is barely playable on some of my older computers.

The Runescape Client for Windows, Mac and Linux and which I can download at http://www.runescape.com/downloads.ws seem to make playing Runescape less slow. I read the Runescape Client uses HTML5 to run Runescape instead of Java, and it uses less RAM than a regular web browser like Firefox or Google Chrome.

 

[SaToRi]

I run League and Dota 2 fine with 8gig ram and Intergrated graphics. Though, i have to set the graphics settings on low in the league and dota client.

 

[HighVelocity]

8GB is probably the absolute minimum. 16GB if you do graphic design and/or video editing.

 

[TechWiz18]

If you want to be comfortable I'd go with 8GB of RAM and of course you would want a GPU with Dedicated VRAM as well

 

[Deleted member 1609]

sometimes

 

[Gamer Outpost]

8GB is probably the absolute minimum. 16GB if you do graphic design and/or video editing.

I have 6GB of RAM and can play Skyrim on maximum settings with a 1GB video card and an old AMD Phenom CPU.

4GB = budget
6GB = if you can only afford to add 2GB to a 4GB system
8GB = future proof your PC
16GB = waste of money

 

[shreddedbullet]

I notice games like Dota 2 System Requirements say that it only needs 4GB of RAM, and other games like League of Legends only need 2GB of RAM for Windows XP, and 4GB is recommended for Vista,7 and 8.1.

I'm guessing, gamers need to close all programs like Web Browsers, Office Suites before they start playing PC games if they plan to play games like Dota 2 on a PC with only 4GB of RAM, Dual-Quad core CPU 2-4 GHz, and dedicated video card like the Nvidia GTX 650 2GB.

Plus, using a lightweight antivirus which uses less RAM, and CPU cycles like NOD32, Vipre antivirus, or temporary disabling your antivirus real-time virus blocker would help at freeing up RAM, and CPU cycles for playing more intensive games.

8GB of RAM is what I have, and works wonders. I can play music, play games and have browsers open at the same time. Heck I could probably watch a movie on another monitor while playing games haha.

 

[Gamer Outpost]

I notice games like Dota 2 System Requirements say that it only needs 4GB of RAM, and other games like League of Legends only need 2GB of RAM for Windows XP, and 4GB is recommended for Vista,7 and 8.1.

I'm guessing, gamers need to close all programs like Web Browsers, Office Suites before they start playing PC games if they plan to play games like Dota 2 on a PC with only 4GB of RAM, Dual-Quad core CPU 2-4 GHz, and dedicated video card like the Nvidia GTX 650 2GB.

Plus, using a lightweight antivirus which uses less RAM, and CPU cycles like NOD32, Vipre antivirus, or temporary disabling your antivirus real-time virus blocker would help at freeing up RAM, and CPU cycles for playing more intensive games.

8GB of RAM is what I have, and works wonders. I can play music, play games and have browsers open at the same time. Heck I could probably watch a movie on another monitor while playing games haha.

Yeah. 8GB will give you plenty of breathing room. I have 6GB and I can run a game like Skyrim along with playing music and having 20-25 Chrome tabs open all at the same time.

 

[Darwin]

I would recommend 6GB

 

[Kindle]

4GB of RAM is fine; most people that make their gaming pc's for less than $400 recommend 4 gigs of ram. 🙂

 

[froggyboy604]

Would 5GB of RAM have noticeably better performance than 4GB of RAM?

I notice some older desktop computers come with 3-4GB of RAM, but still have empty RAM slots for adding more RAM, so someone can add a 2GB stick of RAM on a PC with 3GB of RAM to have 5GB, and for computers with 4GB of RAM, people can install a 1GB stick to get 5GB.

 

[Travis]

Would 5GB of RAM have noticeably better performance than 4GB of RAM?

I notice some older desktop computers come with 3-4GB of RAM, but still have empty RAM slots for adding more RAM, so someone can add a 2GB stick of RAM on a PC with 3GB of RAM to have 5GB, and for computers with 4GB of RAM, people can install a 1GB stick to get 5GB.

The jump to 8GB of ram in a computer is not nearly as costly as it was before, also upgrading a computer yourself is as easy as plugging in your phone to charge it at night.

My current specs are:
FX-8350
EVGA GTX 760 Superclocked
8GB of Kingston HyperX Ram

I can play every game on ultra graphics without any lag.

 

[DepotSoft]

To me, it may depend on the game. Older games may run fine, but newer ones may lag quite a bit. I'm not a huge gamer, so I wouldn't know.

 

[Gamer Outpost]

5GB is a lot better than 4GB in my opinion, as it gives you that extra memory that should allow you to play 99% of all games.

There are only a handful (4-5) games that need more than 5-6 GB of RAM, including Battlefield 4.

 

[MrDawn]

You need more ram than that.