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    How Much Ram do you really Need?

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by darkloki, Mar 10, 2015.

  1. darkloki

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    Based on what I've been reading and seeing the high reflection on the high res screen plus being biased towards matte screen (It's what I use at work) I've decided that I want to try out a 2015 Razer Blade Matte with the 970m. I know the HDD is limited to 256 which doesn't bother me because I can upgrade that myself should I choose to down the road. However I'm a bit concerned about being restricted to just 8gb of ram and would feel comfortable with 16gb.

    Now i know what most of you are going to say, that you really only need 8 to play this games and that game. However I can tell you that certain games I play are poorly optimized and have varied load times like Company of Heroes 2. And that 30 second delay can easily be the difference between winning and losing.
     
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    The most demanding games at the moment recommend 8 GB. As of now, nothing recommends more but it's likely that games will start asking for more in the future. So if you're planning to keep your Blade for more than 2 years, you should get 16 GB of RAM.
     
    ChrisAtsin, Mar 10, 2015
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  3. altecxp

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    You will never see any lag due to only having 8GB of RAM. In any game if you are lagging for 30 seconds you either have a connection issue with your ISP, or your machine is really working hard on something it shouldn't be doing.

    You will have no issues with the 8GB of RAM.
     
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    I didn't say lag, I said delay. As in 30 second delay while loading into a Company of Heroes 2 Map while in Multiplayer. In detail what this means is that while others have loaded and begun playing you're still loading and will come into the game late. Granted I did say the game was poorly optimized and constructed (For not holding the other players until you've properly loaded) but in any case it is still a case. Play enough team games and observe/watch your teammates and it's clear as day that is not a coincidence.
     
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    8GB RAM is perfectly fine for gaming as long as you don't have a bunch of apps open in the background while playing. Most games don't use more then 3-4GB tops, plus whatever Windows is using.
     
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  6. altecxp

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    That sounds like an issue with a slow drive.
     
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    that's not a ram issue.. that's either a slow drive like altecxp said above, or slow internet.
     
    ledzepp14, Mar 11, 2015
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