My laptop has 6 GB RAM. Can I run games that need more than 6 GB ram if I utilize virtual memory? For example, Final Fantasy XV, which requires 8 GB of RAM according to the minimum system requirements.
Run games that require 8 GB RAM with 6 GB RAM and 4 GB Virtual RAM
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The answer: Pretty firm. The game is playable on the lowest settings, but pretty choppy. Not an enjoyable experience, but at least it's doable. The CPU requirements seem to be basically the same -- you can run it on a fast single-core, but not well.
Not to bump an old thread unnecessarily, but I just finished building the tool I think you're looking for:
Your profile has to be public and it's not perfect, but should give you a pretty close idea of what kind of hard drive space you'll need to install your entire collection (or on multiple drives, per Steam's new feature to specify install location).
Cheers!
[Edit] Just realized a screencap might be nice:
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Honestly, it really depends on the game, but generally, if a game requires more RAM than your machine has, it's going to struggle running on your machine.
Here are possible scenarios:
If a game has a demo or another sort of free trial available, that is usually the best way to figure out whether a game might work on your system with less RAM.
I've done some googling around for your specific case. Final Fantasy XV has a demo you can download and install from the Steam store page to see if it will work on your system. According to a Steam discussion thread, there are people that have gotten it to work on a 4 GB system, but I don't know how reliable those reports are.
If you manage to get it to work with 6 GB of RAM, it is possible that you can get problems deeper into the game, when more things need to be loaded into the game. In the end, 6 GB of RAM is well on the low end these days, so if you have any option to affordably upgrade your RAM amount to 12 or even 16 GB of RAM, you probably should.