Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “You Don’t Have Enough Memory”.
You know that Bill Gates saying that no one would ever need more than 640 kilobytes of ram yeah. He didn’t say that, but it’s still a warning not to assume that your computer will be good enough for years to come. And now it looks like we may be at the point where many users will once again have to think about adding more memory, but hold the phone for a sec. Aren’T most laptops these days, shipping with 8 or 16 gigs of RAM.
Indeed, they are, but even though eight and especially 16 gigs might sound like quite a bit it’s easier than you might think, to start running up against memory limits on Modern machines. Let’S start just by looking at Windows 11., the OS has a four gigabyte minimum memory requirement, but remember that’s a minimum. It wouldn’t take much of a load for a PC with only four gigs of RAM to start freezing and crashing if you’re doing anything other than very light tasks.
And, surprisingly enough, Google Chrome is not one of those tasks. If you have a mid-range, eight gigabyte computer windows will often increase its memory. Usage should take up more than half of your available Ram, leaving only three gigabytes in change for the rest of your programs Windows. Does this in an effort to make your computer feel more responsive by pre-loading the data that you use often, but even if the operating system can sense that you’re running out of memory and relinquishes some of it, you can very easily chew through that three or so Gigs you have left modern web browsers, for example, can take up positively silly amounts of memory, especially if you have lots of tabs open or are playing video, and even though Google Chrome has tried to improve memory management in recent years by putting tabs you’re not currently Using in a cache on your SSD, the browser overall still has a huge memory footprint, even messaging programs and other modern apps, that you wouldn’t necessarily think need lots of memory. They’Re, basically just running in a browser like electron apps and those can start adding up fast, meaning 16. Gigs is a much more comfortable amount than eight if you’re doing anything other than just very light multitasking. But how much memory should you have if you do anything more demanding like gaming or or content creation, will tell you right after we thank bitdefin enter for sponsoring today’s video bitdefender premium security is an all-in-one security and privacy pack that keeps your devices safe with multi-layer Protection against cyber threats it can detect and stop adware malware web tax and ransomware to protect your online presence. It encrypts your internet traffic as well, and it can even help you secure your credentials with its included password manager to save on your first year of Bit Defender for human security click. The link in the description, if you’re a gamer you’re, most likely going to want to look at upgrading to 32 gigs of ram in the near future, we’re already seeing some popular titles that require 16 gigs, while some want 32.
If you’re turning up the settings to the max, partly due to the spillover, if the vram gets exhausted due to demanding features like Ray tracing, although these games are currently the exception rather than the rule developers at AAA Studios want to be able to say that their Latest titles support the latest and greatest Graphics Tech. So it’s not a matter of if you’ll need more RAM for your games, but when – and this is even more true, if you want to stream and record your gameplay too, and if you’re an added there’s a good chance, you’re already feeling the squeeze on a 16 Gig machine is you can’t do a whole lot else if you have a high def project open in a program like Adobe Premiere Pro just like, we recommend at least 16 gigs of RAM for a current gaming rig, we’d suggest 32 as a starting point for a Content creation machine and that might not even be enough if you’re editing Beyond 4K, like we are or have some other creative apps over at the same time, which is more common than you’d. Think, of course, we aren’t trying to tell you to go out and immediately buy new Ram modules if your system is currently running fine, but if you are experiencing issues Ram is a simple drop in relatively an expensive upgrade that can make a huge difference in your System’S responsiveness and capabilities, as long as you don’t splurge on a kit that looks like it came straight out of a Versace catalog, thanks for watching guys like dislike check out our other videos, comment with video suggestions and don’t forget to subscribe and follow.
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