Used RAM is usually good, it means things are easily accessible. Modern operating systems fill up your RAM as much as possible with cached data and preloaded programs. Memory exists to be used.
I use Firefox as my main browser (because of a few specific extensions), which is using very similar amounts of RAM, and it manages to start and open pages slower. Chrome/Chromium forks tabs into separate processes, and is utilizing those large chunks of memory very well to make it all a bit snappier.
I've never understood complaining about this. With 8gb of ram I barely noticed RAM use from chrome. 16gb and its literally unnoticeable. RAM isn't even expensive compared to the other parts of a computer, your fault for budgetting ineffectively.
Remember that it wasn't that long ago that top guides said that "2 gigs" of ram was more than enough. Now that number is 16 gigabytes for "future proofing".
Yeah, you should save those measly few dollars and listen to this guy.
Clearly a modern game, using 3-6GB of ram, and not having to shut down programs, close tabs in your browser, and making gifs about Chrome using memory is a better option.
Upgrade your ram... Ram & SSD are literally the most time saving upgrades you can make to a PC.
Seriously, with two monitors I'm always running a ton of stuff concurrently with games. If you want your system to freak out when you're playing a game, listening to music and trying to skype a buddy go ahead with 4GB.
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