You may find that some of the latest games released on the market do not work for you. This is more normal than you might think, and the RAM or graphics card could be to blame. It would not be surprising if you lack RAM memory or that your graphics card is below the demands of the game.
Normally we look mainly at the graphics card and the processor, but not at the RAM. The reality is that the processor takes the longest to go “out of date” as with a 2 core 4 thread processor you should be able to play at 1080p without issue.
You may be running out of RAM
Usually, when we look at the minimum requirements and recommendations, we look at the graphics card and the processor . Where we do not pay attention is in the RAM memory, since we consider it unimportant. The truth is that it is a big mistake, because the games begin to require a fairly high minimum RAM memory and in recommended it can be doubled.
Currently, whether for browsing, office automation or games, the minimum that a computer must have is 8 GB of RAM. Note that in this component the processor stores information that it may need later for a specific task. We can see this with Google Chrome, which usually occupies 80-90% of a system with 8 GB of RAM.
Games also require storing data for later and in many cases, at least 8 GB of RAM is already required. But that is the minimum , it is already becoming normal to see 16 GB of RAM in the recommended ones. So anyone who has less than 16 GB, no matter how good a graphics card they have, could face that the game does not move as expected. It could be that we need to lower the resolution or graphics quality to be able to move the game smoothly.
If you have 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, you may only have 1 module, so you can buy another module just like it. You may not know the specs or remember them, but there is a solution. Tools like Speccy or AIDA64 will tell us the manufacturer, frequencies and number of RAM memory modules that we have in our computer.
Maybe the graphics card is outdated
It is possible that our graphics card is powerful and could really move the game. The limitation, in many cases, has to do with the amount of VRAM memory on the graphics card. Many developers are beginning to suggest 8 GB of VRAM memory on graphics cards to play smoothly.
You can have an NVIDA GTX 1060 , for example, which had 6 GB of VRAM. It really is an excellent graphics card that should have no problem, by power, to move any game. Moreover, we can say that the graphics will move the game, but we will have to make quality adjustments to obtain a good frame rate.
What we must keep in mind is that the minimum requirements , which are always much lower than the recommended ones, involve sacrifices. We talk about cuts in graphic quality normally, while the recommended ones tend to focus on playing in 1080p in high graphic quality. So we still need to change the graphics card if we want to continue enjoying the games.
A good way to know if we can run the game with our PC is through the Can You RUN It? This website will tell us if our computer, and especially the graphics card, meets the minimum and recommended standards indicated by the game’s developer.
