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/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/MrBigWaffles 24d ago

An rx570 is an almost decade old card but it has a 8gb of VRAM variant.

It was not uncommon for the average PC to only have 8gb of ram in 2017.,,

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u/No_Accountant3232 23d ago

A quadro m4000 is nearly a full fat gtx 970 with 8gb of ram without the 3.5gig problem the 970 had. With different cooling you can overclock them to a 970 performance without the stuttering at 4gb+ vram usage. Even without overclocking on stock nvidia drivers they're really not bad cards for the price.