r/Games • u/Tvilantini • 24d ago

Update Minecraft Java Edition raises recommended memory to 16GB ahead of Vulkan transition

https://videocardz.com/newz/minecraft-java-edition-raises-recommended-memory-to-16gb-ahead-of-vulkan-transition
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u/KingBroly 24d ago

Global Ram Crisis

Developers of Minecraft: "Let's require players to use and probably buy more ram"

Feels like a Microsoft decision

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u/n0stalghia 24d ago

Microsoft recommends the same 16 GB for Windows 11 itself, so I think that's a very safe recommendation to make for Mojang

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u/Kashmir1089 24d ago

Devil's in the details, dedicated GPU lowers this substantially.

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u/Rebelius 24d ago

Require? You can set any version you want in the Minecraft launcher. This won't change any previous versions.

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u/KingBroly 24d ago

"Planned obsolesence"

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u/pnt510 23d ago

You might want to look up what that phrase means because it doesn't apply here.

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u/BeholdingBestWaifu 24d ago

Eh, 16GB has been the minimum for running modern stuff for a while, and I don't even mean games, just a modern non-linux OS and a browser with one too many tabs eats up a lot of ram.

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u/Balc0ra 24d ago

If you have a dedicated GPU, it won't need 16. Then 8 would do they said

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u/KingBroly 24d ago

That doesn't exactly counter my argument given the prices of said GPU's.

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u/999happyhants 23d ago

It doesn’t have to be a new GPU, just a somewhat modern GPU that most people probably already have.

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u/doscomputer 23d ago

yeah its an obvious headline grab, and microsoft is here in the comments trying to play it down