New PC games are more ravenous for RAM than ever, and Valve's latest Steam hardware survey hints that more players are making the jump to 16GB systems. Traditionally, 8GB tends to be what developers will recommend as a minimum within system requirements for games, but if recent releases like Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League tell us anything, it’s that your gaming PC will soon need more memory just to even reach the menu screen of blockbuster outings.
Memory alone isn’t a ticket to the best gaming PC ball, and capacity is only one factor to consider when picking up RAM for gaming. Still, developers still use a face value figure to provide insight into whether Steam releases will actually run, as drifting below minimum requirements can cause a complete performance ruckus. So, it’s not entirely surprising that there’s a shift towards using either upgrading their rigs or investing in new systems armed with more DIMM sticks.
