Redfall threatens to guzzle 32GB of RAM on PC – but don’t panic

techradar.com:

The PC system requirements for open world shooter Redfall have just been revealed, and there’s an ask for 32GB of system RAM here which may raise more than a few eyebrows.

Especially considering that this is the third PC game in a very short space of time (just over a week) to demand 32GB, at least in some form. The other two being Diablo 4 and Firmament (an adventure from the maker of Myst).

There certainly seems to be a RAM trend being underlined of late, then, but before you go thinking that your 16GB gaming PC can’t hack it and needs a memory upgrade pronto, don’t panic – not just yet.

Let’s break things down a little here. The hardware requirements for Redfall do indeed ask for 32GB of RAM, but that’s on the ‘ultra’ spec. Sadly, we aren’t told exactly what that means (yet), but clearly, it’s about maxing stuff – possibly at 4K resolution? Time will tell.

Diablo 4 just revealed its system specs too, and the stipulation for 32GB of RAM came with the ‘Ultra 4K’ spec, meaning max details at 4K resolution.

Firmament calls for 32GB of RAM as part of its recommended spec, but the dev has a caveat – that this is to let those looking for max details, or playing in VR, know what they might need at most. The developer says the adventure game will run ‘just fine’ on a gaming PC with 16GB of RAM.

To sum up this very recent trio of 32GB demands – which follows the likes of Hogwarts Legacy (32GB for ‘ultra’ details or 4K) and Forspoken (‘ultra’) – they are all about running the game at top details (often 4K), and possibly being very cautious about niche use cases (VR).

Most people aren’t gaming on a 4K display, let’s face it. Indeed, looking at the latest Steam hardware survey it’s 2% of gamers running at 4K resolution (or 3% from the