How much RAM ?

[ErichB 3,672]

Is there a noticeable performance difference between 16GB and 32GB of RAM 

AMD Ryzen 7 5800x

3080Ti

Edited May 3, 2023 by ErichB

[cianpars 1,217]

Nope, I and a number of others have upgraded from 16 gb to 32 gb and reported no difference was noticed.

Have a look at your RAM usage in developer mode and you will see that it rarely goes above 12 gb.

[St Mawgan 1,447]

Depends if you use those 3d goggle thingummyjigs I think. If you don't, 16 is enough. 

[ErichB 3,672]

Thanks

[Bobsk8 12,942]

I have 16 GB, and have no problems at all, good FPS and smooth.  

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

The upgrade from 16GB to 32GB made a difference back in the day, but recent optimisations seem to have reduced the need for large amounts of ram.  Unless you are using a VR headset as mentioned above - in which case the more RAM the better.

[sniper31 651]

Another factor is if you are also running several other flight sim apps while using MSFS at the same time. Just something to thing about. It may not affect your PC use of ram more than 16GB or it could depending on what all you use at the same time as MSFS.

[Bigbluss 304]

As others have said, not for MSFS I think. If however you venture into a combat sim like DCS World, even 64GB is very much worth it. But if you'll strictly be flying MSFS, you'll be good.

[Nemo 1,307]

I have situations in congested areas with lots of add-ons where my RAM usage is between 18 and 20 GB.

[pmplayer 9,697]

57 minutes ago, Nemo said:

I have situations in congested areas with lots of add-ons where my RAM usage is between 18 and 20 GB.

Me too, i use 64 GB and those more ore less not to be used but i would suggest 32 GB of RAM .

cheers 😉

[MDFlier 2,031]

I have 32Gb installed in my system. MSFS uses right around 16GB on every flight, but I have never seen it use more than that.

[FBW737 519]

32gb of Ram was a scam and so was 24gb of Ram on the Video card. A good rule of thumb for if you are being scammed is that it is azoy monumentally likely.

Edited May 4, 2023 by FBW737

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

1 hour ago, FBW737 said:

so was 24gb of Ram on the Video card.

On the other hand 8GB VRAM was clearly not enough - there are going to be heaps of really cheap 3070 cards on the market shortly as heaps of new games crash or run slowly with 8GB of VRAM (Last of Us - Part 1,  Resident Evil 4 Remake, Hogwarts Legacy, Doom Eternal, Callisto Protocol, Witcher 3, Forspoken to name just a few. )

People are actually ghetto modding 3070s to fit 16GB VRAM ram or swapping the 3070 out for the A4000 which is basically a downclocked 3070 with 16GB VRAM .

Sure 24GB seems to still be overkill but the absolute minimum for newer games, especially with RT enabled is 12GB with 16GB preferable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[reignman40 450]

I think I use about 14 or so GB of my 32GB of ram.. 

The Intel Arc A770 with 16GB is a good choice considering it is in the 3060/3060Ti range at $350. I'm contemplating selling my 3070ti while it still has some value? I may just get a 4080 even if I have a slight bottleneck with my i7-10700k. 

Edited May 4, 2023 by reignman40

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

1 hour ago, reignman40 said:

I think I use about 14 or so GB of my 32GB of ram.. 

The Intel Arc A770 with 16GB is a good choice considering it is in the 3060/3060Ti range at $350. I'm contemplating selling my 3070ti while it still has some value? I may just get a 4080 even if I have a slight bottleneck with my i7-10700k. 

If your game, try htis ...

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-puts-16gb-memory-on-geforce-rtx-3070-and-it-works