Microsoft now recommends 32 GB RAM for gaming PCs, designating 16 GB as the baseline, and urges the use of SSDs for optimal performance.
  • KatherinaReichelt@feddit.orgEnglish
    2 months

    I have 32 GB RAM in my linux box. Not because I need it (I use 5,7GB currently), but because it was kind of cheap when I build the box. 16 GB or 32 GB were just a few Euros apart.

    But with the current RAM crisis? Holy crap, that is kind of a tone deaf statement

    • Nik282000@lemmy.caEnglish
      2 months

      Im running Void on a 2013, dual core atom, netbook with 1800MB of ram, THAT is a compromise. No more than 4-5 tabs at a time, only one if I want to watch a video, but it works.

      16GB being the minimum for a desktop OS is insane.

        • Nik282000@lemmy.caEnglish
          2 months

          Void is a full featured desktop OS, it can run a browser, play games, watch videos, and run an office suite. All of those applications have their own hardware requirements but the OS is just the layer between the things you want to do and the hardware you are using. It should be as light as possible and Void shows that it is possible to be very light.

          • belunos@lemmus.orgEnglish
            2 months

            I mean that’s fair, but everyone was bragging about how their 640kb in UMB was plenty to play doom. I was more curious what it would take to play like Cyberpunk or something