Comment on IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

• dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And what does that have to do with how much RAM the game needs? If I have 32GB of RAM, and I’m usually running 18GB of other tasks, will I be able to run the game with the 14GB of free RAM or will I need to close other applications?

  Because if it actually uses 16GB is quite different if it actually uses 10GB.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It requires the system to have minimum 16gb. They account for system overheads.

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah obviously, hence the comment you replied to. We are wondering how much it actually needs, since it clearly doesn’t actually need 16GB.

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      • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Like, can you run the game + Discord + a browser on a 16GB system or not.

        Typically that’s fine, otherwise 32GB would be the recommended system spec, because that’s normal behavior

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The system needs that. Its system requirements, not game requirements.

        You are just making stuff up.

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not that uncommon, especially on laptops (not sure if this game would run on any laptop, though). Also, you can get 4 sticks of 4GB RAM and have one with a flaw so you take it out. Granted, I don’t think anyone would buy 4x4GB RAM for a setup that might actually run this game.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Issuing a single stick is worse, you lose the dual memory capacity. They are meant to be used in pairs. And at the speed of the worst stick as well.

    Computers aren’t designed or meant to operated that way, so it will never be a requirement.

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    • rowdy@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not completely accurate. Most modern systems support asynchronous dual channel. Providing dual channel operation up to the smaller RAM capacity with the remaining RAM running in single-channel. Also “computers aren’t designed or meant to be operated that way” is a fabrication - they operate just fine, just with reduced performance. In RAM starved situations it’s still better to have single-channel than nothing at all.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not saying that it’s a particularly good idea, but on laptops it’s often what you have to work with. The 4GB stick is often soldered in, would you rather put in a 4GB stick to match it? I also personally experienced owning a PC with 3x2GB because the fourth one broke, though that was a long time ago.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And I’m explaining why they won’t ever use 12gb as a specification. Because they are designed and optimized with dual channel ram in mind.

        It doesn’t matter that’s it’s possible, you can use a single stick of 32gb, even though no one would recommend it over 2x16gbs.

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