XxTRUEPINOYxX 10 Posted November 27, 2014 Should i go for 8GB of ram or 16GB i will do recording sometimes and Graphics card will be a EVGA GTX 970, CPU Intel i5-4690k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eduzumaki 12 Posted November 27, 2014 I think 8 GB is good to go,use the money of the RAM and try to buy an i7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XxTRUEPINOYxX 10 Posted November 27, 2014 I think 8 GB is good to go,use the money of the RAM and try to buy an i7. Well I'm cap out on my budget if i try and go for i7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amatt 10 Posted November 27, 2014 I have 8GB. Never had a problem, even when running a dedicated server while playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PFC Javelina 15 Posted November 30, 2014 If you currently don't have an SSD, might be a consideration. to be honest, I haven't really noticed any diff, going from 8GB to 16GB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jshock 513 Posted November 30, 2014 Arma itself, at the moment, is a CPU intensive game, not RAM, so 8gb should be sufficient (I actually run a 6 year old laptop with 4gb), 16gb isn't really necessary, but it just depends on how much RAM the OS, recording software, and whatever else takes up in the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yxman 90 Posted November 30, 2014 Arma doesn't support >2GB RAM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreadedentity 278 Posted December 3, 2014 Arma doesn't support >2GB RAM. 32-bit applications can use a maximum of about 4GB so if for some reason Bohemia is actually refusing to use half of the available ram, this statement is false Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warlord554 2065 Posted December 3, 2014 Yxman is correct. Currently BI has not increased usuable ram, they've talked about it but nothing yet. Id go with 16gb ram if you have no budget for anything else. Not so much for the game but really helps if your a serious multi tasker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forteh 11 Posted December 3, 2014 Yxman is correct. Currently BI has not increased usuable ram, they've talked about it but nothing yet. Id go with 16gb ram if you have no budget for anything else. Not so much for the game but really helps if your a serious multi tasker The arma launcher states the maximum supported is around 3.2gig (the limit for 32bit I believe) and I regularly see ram usage above 5-6gig when playing arma. The only extra software running is afterburner, play with six and freetrack which doesn't equate to gigabytes of ram. To the original question, 8gb is more than enough presently for arma. Although if they do manage to switch it over to 64bit then I can see the ram requirement expanding massively. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EDcase 87 Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) 8GB works fine for me. I believe ARMA does not use more than 4GB itself so depends what else you are doing in the background, and of course you should be doing a little as possible. Edited December 3, 2014 by EDcase Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haydnbuzz 10 Posted December 15, 2014 8GB works for me to with similar specs you mention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites