16GB is the new baseline for gaming.

Yes, if you’re still on 8GB, upgrading to 16GB will probably stop the crashes. The game says “recommends 16GB” for a reason.

Modern games are memory hogs. Windows itself chews up 2-3GB before you launch anything. Add Discord, a browser tab, or some RGB software, and you’re dangerously close to filling 8GB. When the system runs out of physical RAM, it starts swapping to your hard drive — that’s when you get stutters, freezes, and full-on crashes.

That said, crashes aren’t always a RAM problem. A bad GPU driver, an unstable overclock, or a failing power supply can look the same. But if you’re consistently hitting your RAM limit (check in Task Manager while gaming), 16GB is the fix. Going to 32GB is overkill for gaming alone, but 8GB is just not enough anymore.

More RAM won’t fix a bad GPU, but for memory-related crashes, this is where the money goes.