If the plan is to get a better pc later on, I'd do 8gb. While I'd say 16 is the new normal, 8gb is still very good for majority of people.

Monday news, part two:

Fallout 76 dataminers find signs suggesting a return to Washington, D.C.
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-dataminers-find-signs-suggesting-a-return-to-washington-dc/
We've still not heard much about Fallout 76's Expeditions. Often hinted at but never formally announced, the DLC-like feature hopes to one day take the game beyond the Appalachian wilderness for some atomic vacationing. But new screenshots from a supposedly hacked server suggest one of these may take us all the way back to Washington, D.C.—the setting for Bethesda's Fallout debut.

The Fermi Paradox is a sci-fi strategy game about avoiding extinction
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-fermi-paradox-is-a-sci-fi-strategy-game-about-avoiding-extinction/
The Fermi paradox posits a very interesting and slightly disturbing question: The billions of stars in our galaxy seem to make it likely that intelligent life and advanced civilizations have evolved elsewhere, many of them long before humans got started on Earth. So where the hell are they?
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Those are the sorts of theoretical bullets you'll have to dodge in The Fermi Paradox, which with slightly different capitalization is also the title of a "choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game" that's headed to Steam later this year.

Shred with friends in Skater XL's new multiplayer beta
https://www.pcgamer.com/shred-with-friends-in-skater-xls-new-multiplayer-beta/
Skater XL is the latest game to let you spend time with your friends virtually. It now has a multiplayer "free skate" mode that supports up to 10 players. You can skate with random players or create a private room and skate with your pals.

Dawnbreaker is Dota 2's newest hero
https://www.pcgamer.com/dawnbreaker-is-dota-2s-newest-hero/
There hasn't been much news from Dota 2 lately, except the anime spinoff series that arrived on Netflix last month. A massive update for the game is now out, which includes a new hero: the hammer-wielding Dawnbreaker.

Ubisoft promises two major updates for Ghost Recon Breakpoint this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-promises-two-major-updates-for-ghost-recon-breakpoint-this-year/
Ghost Recon Breakpoint was released back in 2019, and received generally-poor reviews for its tedious gameplay and all-over-the-place design. Ubisoft promised that it would continue to update the game based on player feedback, and now the company has revealed what's changing this year.

Stellaris details its free 3.0 'Dick' update in new video
https://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-details-its-free-30-dick-update-in-new-video/
Stellaris is one of the best strategy games available on PC right now, a massive space sandbox that makes almost anything possible. Paradox Interactive already announced a free update for the game alongside the Nemesis Expansion, and now the developers have published a video showing off some of its features (embedded above).

Spellbreak's first major update is now available
https://www.pcgamer.com/spellbreaks-first-major-update-is-now-available/
Spellbreak, the free-to-play battle royale game with a fantasy theme, arrived on the Epic Games Store in September of last year. It quickly amassed 5 million players, and now developer Proletariat is keeping the fun going with a new update.

Here's a look at Resident Evil Village's map
https://www.pcgamer.com/capcom-reveals-map-for-resident-evil-village/
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IGN got a peek at the map, which shows the location of Castle Dimitrescu (where the PS5 demo takes place, and the tall vampire lady lives) in the north. 'Heisenberg's Factory,' 'House Beneviento,' 'Morseau's Reservoir,' and a few other interesting locations are scattered around below. There's a large sea monster near the bottom of the map, and what appears to be a dragon or other large flying creature near Castle Dimitrescu.

Quantic Dream issues statement on toxic workplace court case
https://www.pcgamer.com/quantic-dream-issues-statement-on-toxic-workplace-court-case/
In 2018, French press outlets Canard PC, Le Monde, and Mediapart published articles about the work culture of Quantic Dream (...)
After years of rulings and appeals, on April 7 the Paris Court of Appeals issued a decision in Quantic Dream's favor. Quantic Dream published a statement declaring this final proof of "The absence of a 'toxic atmosphere' or any kind of discrimination in the studio", and that this was backed up by statements made by Staff Representatives. It also declared that there had been "numerous inspections by government services in recent years", which failed to find "irregularities in the management of the company and/or its contracts".

Almost seven years after its last patch, VVVVVV is getting support for higher framerates and more
https://www.pcgamer.com/almost-seven-years-after-its-last-patch-vvvvvv-is-getting-support-for-higher-framerates-and-more/
VVVVVV, the indie platformer that gives the finger to gravity as well as videogame naming conventions, went open-source to mark the 10-year anniversary of its release in 2020. As a direct result of that, it's about to be patched for the first time in almost seven years.

Activision is involved in a trademark dispute with a webgame called Warzone
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-is-involved-in-a-trademark-dispute-with-a-webgame-called-warzone/
Normally it's the big publisher sending out cease-and-desist letters to the developer of a smaller games. This time it's the other way round. According to a complaint filed by Activision in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the creator of a browser game called Warzone—who goes by the name Fizzer—sent Activision a cease-and-desist in 2020 and has opposed its application for a trademark.

Teamfight Tactics' new season introduces an experimental 15-minute mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/teamfight-tactics-new-season-introduces-an-experimental-15-minute-mode/
Teamfight Tactics is introducing an experimental new gamemode you can fit in a bathroom break, courtesy of next season's new Labs feature.
Riot teased the inclusion of a "simpler, faster" gamemode earlier this year, hinting at a version of TFT that could be played in under 20 minutes. With the reveal of TFT's Reckoning set, the developer has introduced Hyper Roll—a vastly streamlined new mode that arrives as part of a new "Labs" feature for testing new gametypes.

I'll probably do the hardware news after GTC conference. While I don't expect for gaming, they did show off DLSS 2.0 for the first time at last years GTC.

Thanks. I'm just trying to get a system that doesn't feel too slow or unresponsive, and if that means 16GB instead of 8, then so be it.

I mean there isn't too much of a price difference on Ebay, if you can find an 8GB kit for twice as cheap as 16 go for that until wants a new PC. Look for 1866MHz modules, should be a a lot for sale still in your region.

Pretty interesting press conference but a lot of stuff will go over peoples heads. One of the amusing demo they showed is the girl is in a meeting where her eyes are distracted and isn't looking at the camera. So they used an Ai to fix her eye so that to everyone else, she is looking at the camera but in real life, she's looking else where loll.

There are a ton of announcements but I'll just post a few.

NVIDIA Announces Its First CPU Codenamed Grace, Based on ARM Architecture & Neoverse Cores

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-announces-first-cpu-codenamed-grace-based-on-arm-architecture-neoverse-cores/

Pretty sure Nvidia is going to put ARM in consumer PCs in the future but for now, it's data center only.


NVIDIA DGX Station 320G Features Quad Ampere A100 GPUs With 320 GB Memory, 2.5 PFLOPs For $149,000 US

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-dgx-station-320g-quad-ampere-a100-gpus-with-320-gb-memory/

Nvidia's roadmap for datacenter



https://wccftech.com/nvidia-confirms-ampere-gpu-successor-arrives-in-2022-cpu-dpu-roadmap/

"Ampere - Ampere Next - Ampere Next Next"... wow, they really did a lot of thinking with the names.

We are also getting some leaks from the Nvidia investor day meeting.



Yea... Nvidia is shipping a fuck ton more Ampere GPUs compared to Turing and Pascal launches but they are still being sold out. Crazy times!

I'm not gonna hold out hope for these being in stock, going by current events.

I wanted a 3080, no chance of that happening, and their Ti variant still seems ambiguous. 

WAIT... Could it BE??? That my prayers have finally been answered when it comes to gaming monitors? No Way!!!

"These models feature up to 4K/120+, HDMI 2.1, Super Speed IPS, HDR 1000, OLED panel & AORUS Space Audio. "

https://videocardz.com/press-release/aorus-announces-32-43-and-48-inch-4k-gaming-monitors-with-hdmi-2-1

4k? OLED? 120/144hz? 0.5ms? HDMI 2.1? Reasonable Screen Sizes??????



Now technically, the OLED won't be on the 32/43 inch and the LG CX/C1 48 inch will probably be cheaper but still... It's a step in the right direction!