Is Buying More RAM a WASTE for Gamers? (2022)

Thanks to Crucial for sponsoring this video! Check out Crucial's DDR5 RAM today at: https://crucial.gg/LTT_DDR5 Still gaming in 2022 on 8GB of RAM (hopefully) in dual channel? We tested some newer games to find out whether or not you'll benefit from an upgrade, or if you're good to go for a little while yet. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1437566-is-buying-more-ram-a-waste-for-gamers-2022-sponsored/ Buy a stick of Crucial DDR5 8GB RAM: https://geni.us/ZSZtDIN Buy a kit of Crucial Ballistix DDR4 (2x8GB) RAM: https://geni.us/JQWiTPM Buy an EK AIO 360 DRGB: https://geni.us/2imXioC Buy an Intel Core i9-12900K: https://geni.us/ynspX Buy a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB: https://geni.us/hkH7l Buy an RTX 3080 Ti: https://geni.us/UNzq Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: https://www.floatplane.com/ ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:47 Why RAM is important 1:36 How we tested 2:30 CS:GO 3:14 How DDR5 is different from DDR4 4:01 Far Cry 6 5:46 Tiny Tina's Wonderland 6:53 Why is DDR5 better now? 7:34 Warhammer 3 8:15 AC: Valhalla 8:28 So what should I buy? 9:16 Outro