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It would not be bad to have 128 GB of working memory for games ...

_(´ཀ`」∠)_Unity1 | 12/05/2017

Working memory is rarely a bottleneck for gaming, but the old rule is still valid today: more is always better; or - from more head does not hurt. Rarely that some game uses more than 8 GB of RAM, but it would not be bad idea if you were secured for the future, say with 128 GB of RAM - on one stick.

From today, in theory, you can have it. Specifically, Crucial has launched its DDR-4-2666 LRDIMM stick that delivers a massive 128 GB of RAM. For gaming purposes, something like this does not exist but you have to combine several stick to get those 128GB of memory. Of course, Crucial's powerful stick is neither intended for gaming but for servers that run demanding applications like VMWare VDI, Oracle, Azure and similar.

However, if for some reason you have a need to play on such a computer, it is useful to know that you can pair this memory with Intel Xeon processors and AMD Epyc platforms. The price is a real little thing - four thousand dollars per stick.

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Virtual machines are good if you want to play multiple games on the same machine at the same time. You need a CPU with lots of cores and multiple GPUs. If you have 128GB of memory you can have a RAM drive for one game for insanely fast loading times. Once you shut down the machine the contents of the RAM drive is gone though, so you need to save it before you ending your session.



Yep, it's not for games in the near future for such a price:), servers/work. Also prices should be better when players 'll need this amount of ram and tech progress is a factor too, so it's not a good idea to buy overpriced smth on a 10-yr perspective nowadays