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Is 16 GB of RAM still enough in 2026?

Been chewing on this for a while, so I figured I would ask here. Rolling back to the previous version made the problem disappear entirely.

5 replies336 viewsStarted 5 Feb 2026Last activity 26 Feb 2026
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  1. Glitchwave
    GlitchwaveOriginal post

    @glitchwave · 5 Feb 2026, 05:44

    #1

    Been chewing on this for a while, so I figured I would ask here. Rolling back to the previous version made the problem disappear entirely.

    Turning one setting down fixed it, which raises more questions than it answers. Will update the post if I find a cleaner solution.

  2. Marco T.

    @marco_t5 · 8 Feb 2026, 05:44

    #2

    Adding to the above: the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

  3. Nightshard

    @nightshard · 13 Feb 2026, 22:27

    #3

    Short version: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

  4. Glitchwave

    @glitchwave · 18 Feb 2026, 04:02

    #4

    Same boat here. verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

  5. Silentstein

    @silentstein · 21 Feb 2026, 21:17

    #5

    This is the bit people miss — the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

    That fixed it for me, at least.

  6. Echofen

    @echofen · 26 Feb 2026, 19:34

    #6

    Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

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