16GB RAM will help reduce stuttering.

Yes.

Modern games list 8GB as the minimum requirement, but that’s the floor — the game will launch and run, barely. What happens is your system uses that 8GB for the game and Windows and Discord and Chrome and whatever else is running in the background. Once you cross the line, the OS starts swapping to your SSD (or worse, HDD), and that causes the hitches and micro-stutters you’re feeling.

8GB is fine if you’re playing older titles or indie games that don’t push memory. But for anything released in the last few years — Call of Duty, Cyberpunk, Elden Ring — you’re going to feel the strain. 16GB gives you enough headroom so the game can breathe, especially with modern texture streaming and open worlds.

If you’re still on 8GB, upgrading is the cheapest performance gain you’ll feel.