16GB is the new minimum for modern open-world games.

Yes, it will help significantly.

Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield are memory hogs. With 8GB, your system starts hitting the pagefile on your SSD the moment you enter a busy area—that’s what causes the micro-stutters and freezes. 16GB gives the game enough room to breathe without constantly swapping assets in and out.

It won’t turn a low-end PC into a powerhouse. If your GPU is already struggling or your CPU is bottlenecked, more RAM won’t fix that. But for stuttering specifically—the kind where the world loads in chunks and you get those split-second hitches—going from 8GB to 16GB is the single most impactful upgrade you can make.

One caveat: make sure your motherboard supports dual-channel memory and that you install the sticks correctly. Running one stick of 16GB is worse than two sticks of 8GB. Get a 2x8GB kit (or 2x16GB if you can swing it) and enable XMP/EXPO in BIOS.

Future You, who plays without those pauses, will thank you.