pc games and ram usage

stevi10

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Mar 10, 2014
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i see that new pc games require 4-8 gb of ram. i have 8gb in my pc but when i play the letest pc ganes, none of them goes above 1.5gb of ram usage(according to task manager). so my question is why they require so much ram when they actually dont use it?? i play on ultra or high settings and at 1680x1050 resolution. i have an i5 4670cpu and a gtx760 gpu...