Is 8GB ram still ok for gaming?

[Trave]

Planning to get another 4gb/8gb with my existing 4gb ram.

Is 8GB ram still ok for gaming?if not will 8GB X 4GB work?

Don't want to waste my money and time reselling the other stick if the 8GB (4x4)is not enough having only a 2 ram slot in my mobo.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3242230/4gb-8gb-4gb-4gb-ram.html

P.S. just want to play games with my gtx 1060/1050ti, i3 6100 and 1440x900p display comfortably in years to come

 

[Herc08]

Planning to get another 4gb/8gb with my existing 4gb ram.

Is 8GB ram still ok for gaming?if not will 8GB X 4GB work?

Don't want to waste my money and time reselling the other stick if the 8GB (4x4)is not enough having only a 2 slot ram in my mobo.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3242230/4gb-8gb-4gb-4gb-ram.html

Depends on what you trying to do. If you are trying to go all out, then I would recommend 16Gb. But something like low-med settings should be ok. Again, to give your self some room, I would get an 8GBx2 kit for around $60-70 if you can and just have that piece of mind

 

[Trave]

8GB is still fine, just install the games on a SSD. BTW why did you create another thread on the same topic?

I don't know either haha maybe I just dont wan't what I type in the thread go to waste

 

[synphul]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Trave : "4GB x 8GB or 4GB x 4GB ram?"

I know this is a stupid question but I just really want to make sure.

Same brand, frequency and ddr(4)can I use the 8Gb with my existing 4gb ram?Will there be no problems whatsoever with how they will work, sharing workload etc. having different capacity or should I just go with another 4GB?

for gaming purposes.

P.S. check signature and planning to get a GTX 1060 3gb in the future.

It often will, but there is a slight risk of failure to boot or system instability.

The different sizes won't matter. Having more memory is better than making sure dual channel mode is enabled. Though most boards will run in mixed mode and give you dual channel performance on the first 8GBs of memory.

Later, if you wanted to enable dual channel mode on all of it, you could get another 4GB chip 1x8GB + 2x4GB will get you dual channel, or you can replace the 4GB with an 8GB later on.

But they sell memory in matched sets to be absolutely sure.

 

[Herc08]

Planning to get another 4gb/8gb with my existing 4gb ram.

Is 8GB ram still ok for gaming?if not will 8GB X 4GB work?

Don't want to waste my money and time reselling the other stick if the 8GB (4x4)is not enough having only a 2 slot ram in my mobo.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3242230/4gb-8gb-4gb-4gb-ram.html

Depends on what you trying to do. If you are trying to go all out, then I would recommend 16Gb. But something like low-med settings should be ok. Again, to give your self some room, I would get an 8GBx2 kit for around $60-70 if you can and just have that piece of mind

high settings are fine on 8GB, but that differs from game to game.

That's what I meant to say. I forget, there are some new games actually recommending 16GB. Can't think of those on the top of my head right now....

 

[Trave]

Planning to get another 4gb/8gb with my existing 4gb ram.

Is 8GB ram still ok for gaming?if not will 8GB X 4GB work?

Don't want to waste my money and time reselling the other stick if the 8GB (4x4)is not enough having only a 2 slot ram in my mobo.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3242230/4gb-8gb-4gb-4gb-ram.html

Depends on what you trying to do. If you are trying to go all out, then I would recommend 16Gb. But something like low-med settings should be ok. Again, to give your self some room, I would get an 8GBx2 kit for around $60-70 if you can and just have that piece of mind

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just want to play games with my gtx 1060/1050ti, i3 6100 and 1440x900p display comfortably in years to come

 

[Trave]

Not playing in a 1080p display though, high settings will be fine.So maybe I should just go get another 4GB(4gb x 4gb)?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Running dual-channel memory is recommended for optimal performance, so you'll need to use the same size sticks. Either get another 4GB, or get 2x 8GB. Another 4gb would be best bang for buck I'd say. But you say years to come, so it's up to you and your preferred budget.

*Though getting an 8GB stick now and using it with the 4GB would be fine, especially if you plan on replacing the 4GB with another 8GB in future. Might be the best way to go if you don't want to drop $70+ on 16GB now. RAM is rather expensive right now I believe.

 

[Herc08]

Again, to future proof yourself, I would really recommend a 8GBx2 set or another 4GBx2 set since you already have a dual set. Also because you want the high settings. Imagine if you are playing on Hard then that means more AI which means more CPU power. Again, to future proof yourself, and for years to come, 16GB is that sweet spot.

 

[Herc08]

Running dual-channel memory is recommended for optimal performance, so you'll need to use the same size sticks. Either get another 4GB, or get 2x 8GB. Another 4gb would be best bang for buck I'd say. But you say years to come, so it's up to you and your preferred budget.

*Though getting an 8GB stick now and using it with the 4GB would be fine, especially if you plan on replacing the 4GB with another 8GB in future. Might be the best way to go if you don't want to drop $70+ on 16GB now. RAM is rather expensive right now I believe.

from what i see, DDR4 memory is cheaper at the moment. you can easily get a 8GB RAM stick for just 5-10$ more than the price of a 4GB stick.

This is true. I was able to pick up a G. Skillz 8GBx2 DDR4 set for $55. I thought that was pretty good. Also take into account Black Friday is right around the corner, you may pick up a set for $30-40.

 

[Trave]

So from what I read in other threads I need the same "MEMORY SIZE", brand and frequency to enable dual channel.
Does having a dual channel really a must for playing games?is the difference noticeable?

really planning to get an 8GB stick tomorrow but this dual channel really makes me think getting a 4GB.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Ah, didn't realize he was using DDR4.

 

[SinxarKnights]

There is no reason to purposely gimp your PC by using RAM in single channel mode.

 

[Trave]

I guess i'll just go with the 4GB maybe will get me by till the end of next year then resell the two 4GB sticks and buy an 8gb x 8gb or whatever size is the recommended by that time instead of wasting money and time on 8GB ram that I wouldn't know if will work well with my existing ram.

Thanks

 

[Trave]

Ah, didn't realize he was using DDR4.

why?is there something new with the DDR4 except for its better speed?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Ah, didn't realize he was using DDR4.

why?is there something new with the DDR4 except for its better speed?

It's cheaper than DDR3. Also note that speed is relevant to cas latency. Most DDR4 have higher cas latency, which makes them not any faster. The lower the cas latency the faster the effective speed.
*But the actual differences are not noticeable.

 

[Trave]

Ah, didn't realize he was using DDR4.

why?is there something new with the DDR4 except for its better speed?

It's cheaper than DDR3. Also note that speed is relevant to cas latency. Most DDR4 have higher cas latency, which makes them not any faster. The lower the cas latency the faster the effective speed.
*But the actual differences are not noticeable.

thanks for the info