The Steam Hardware and Software Survey has delivered yet another update, showing us where the general PC gamer is headed. This time, the sector shows an interesting growth is system memory, particularly among users with 32 GB of RAM. While 16 GB of RAM is still the most common configuration, account...
So I gather this is just about people who are building PC’s and not about developers actually needing or actually utilizing more than 16 GB of ram.
Of course that doesn’t account for Windows 11 bloat out the ass and why if you ask me, now’s the best time to start the migration to Linux gaming.
I’ve got 64gb RAM on my machine but the highest I’ve seen it was 36gb on arch. (City-sim game running + 20 YouTube tabs.
I was able to stick to 16GB on my Windows 11 gaming VM for ages. Only recently cracked because I was using the OBS replay buffer that was using 2-4GB so I upped to 24GB.
I would never recommend somebody build a new gaming system with less than 32GB now though since you will need an upgrade at some point. If you’re already running 16GB then it’s probably fine to just wait until you do a full re-build.
That said, 16GB is probably the new standard for normal PCs if you’re hoping to get 5 years out of them.