8GB RAM enough for future games?
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That should be fine for the next couple years before you'll start having to turn options down significantly. I think that in the future games might utilize more RAM, so if you really want to be future proof upgrading the ram will be the only thing you really need to do for a while. But when the time comes, you should be able to easily buy RAM anyway
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Games today are built on 32 bit architecture. The most a game will use is 2 or perhaps 3gb.
Game developers do not want more to be a requirement, or they will sell fewer games.
8gb is the norm today.
But with 64 bit the norm today for windows, I can see that changing.
16gb will keep more code in ram, available for instant reuse.
With your budget, I would buy a 16gb kit up front.
It need not be fast. 1.5v ddr3 1600 or 1866 is all you need. Faster buys you very little.
Game developers do not want more to be a requirement, or they will sell fewer games.
8gb is the norm today.
But with 64 bit the norm today for windows, I can see that changing.
16gb will keep more code in ram, available for instant reuse.
With your budget, I would buy a 16gb kit up front.
It need not be fast. 1.5v ddr3 1600 or 1866 is all you need. Faster buys you very little.
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Games are being built around Consoles more and ported to PC not the other way around or Independently like it use to be. Unless Consoles increase requirements drastically I don't see needing 16gb unless your doing things outside of gaming like Photoshop and Rendering.
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A simple example. In 2005, when GTA SA released, 2GB was plenty for gaming, by 2009, a true gamer's build had 4GB RAM, by 2013 it was pretty much 8GB. Such pattern is expected to continue, and 16GB is the next stop. There are games which run best with ATLEAST 6GB RAM, and in no times (a couple years at max), 12GB will become the requirement of the then latest games.
1st gen i-Core users with 8GB RAM would be laughing this thread off right now.
And fyi, DDR5 will not release ANYTIME soon, let alone DDR6, and DDR4 is going to be the next standard in a couple years, so getting 16GB right now makes more sense.
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2 years you will see DDR5 in High End Boards, why? DDR6 is already out but not implemented. 2 years and SATA 6 will be long gone as well as USB 3. Lets not mention PCI-E 3 which already has a replacement ready but not implemented. I deal with parts suppliers whom really like to talk about this stuff.
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I'm not sure where you've got this info from, but DDR4 will take a couple years to settle down as the standard, DDR5 is more like 2020 thing. Let alone DDR6. There's no current card which gets capped by PCIe 2.0 (x16), let alone 3.0. USB 3.0 has more than enough bandwidth for ANY task, what are you talking about?
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GDDR5 Has only been around for about a year and its being replaced soon. The Architecture exists it's a matter of whom invests and wants to be the first to claim they are using it. A lot of these patients sit until CPU architecture caches up, guess what we are at that point were things are going to be moving and releasing in splurges again.
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I would not get any more than 8gb for just a gaming machine. Anything more is a waste. I play some of the "BIG RAM USE" games and never see usage over 4-5gb at MOST.
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I'm aware of that, upgrade to both get release about the same time. DDR4 will be the new standered but that standered wont last as long as DDR3. 2 years DDR4 will be not entirely replaced but you will have a Premium upgrade call it what you want, it would be another year after that before it becomes the old stuff.
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