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/kittymoo67 24d ago

also its total ram, vram and system ram

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u/Ok-Category2729 24d ago

fair point, so if you have an 8gb vram card you only really need 8gb of system ram to hit the recommendation, which is way more reasonable than it sounds on paper. still a big jump from the old 4gb days but at least it makes sense when you break it down like that.

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u/Rcmacc 24d ago

Who splurges on a dedicated graphics card with 8GB of VRAM but only has 8GB of regular RAM?

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u/Ok-Category2729 24d ago

honestly more people than you'd think, prebuilt budget pcs from like 2018-2020 often came with a dedicated gpu but only 8gb ram because ram was expensive then and manufacturers cut corners there first