After years of teasing, the promise of cloud gaming’s finally coming true, letting even the most humble computers get in on the action by streaming your gameplay from far-away servers, Netflix-style. There are several services available now, from Nvidia’s GeForce Now to Xbox Cloud Gaming to Sony’s PlayStation Plus. “You can’t game on an old PC!” Ah, but you can with a decent Internet connection. If you’re a gamer, the easiest option for an old laptop is simply to use it to game while you’re away from your main gaming rig. Check out our guide to upgrading your laptop’s RAM if you need help. Be sure you’ve chosen the right RAM type first, though. Upgrading your desktop memory is easy: Just pop out the sticks located in the slots next to the CPU in your motherboard, then swap in the new ones.
You’ll want to completely replace the memory in your system if you’re upgrading to avoid potential conflicts, but an 8GB memory module (or an 8GB kit of two 4GB modules) can often been found for under $50 at basic speeds, unless you’re building a cutting-edge PC with cutting-edge DDR5 memory inside. Memory-constrained systems are slower at gaming, slower at booting up, and can start to choke if you begin to multitask heavily (including having too many browser tabs open at once).
Windows has an impressively small footprint, but if you’re running a computer with less than 8GB of RAM, it can negatively affect your performance in other ways.
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