16GB is the new baseline for open-world games.

Yes, if you’re currently running on 8GB.

Open-world games with massive textures and streaming assets eat memory for breakfast. When you run out, the system starts swapping to your SSD—or worse, your hard drive—and that’s exactly what causes those micro-stutters. Going from 8GB to 16GB is the single most impactful upgrade for fixing that specific problem.

16GB has been the sweet spot for gaming for years now. If you’re sitting on 8GB, you’re bottlenecking everything. Upgrade it. If you already have 16GB and still get stutters, it’s not your RAM—you either need a faster CPU, a better GPU, or the game is just poorly optimized.

Future You deserves smoother frames.