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Is it even worth it to upgrade from DD3 to DDR4?

I currently have a AMD 8320 CPU.

2 GTX 760's

ASUS EVO R2 motherboard.

700W PSU (Yes I need to upgrade the PSU this isnt even bronze and probably will catch fire soon)

2 2TB SSHD's

 

 

I do want to purchase another GTX 760 because I play my games in 3D and need a bit more power.

I dont think upgrading my CPU to a i7 will gain me much FPS.

Would DDR4 help in anyway?

 

Would it be worth it as a game and developer to buy a new Mobo, CPU and DDR4?

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given the crazy prices of DDR4 and the high CAS latency

 

not worth buying now

 

 

wait for a few year when it is widely adopted

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Wait for a couple of years to buy it, it isn't worth it right now plus it's expensive. Would be better to use ddr4 in the future when building a new computer or upgrading your computer.

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When new ram comes out its normally broken and overpriced so you really just wait until you want a new cpu/mobo that you need ddr4 for 

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No.

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this thread again...

 

IT'S GONNA BE A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA NEED DRR4, YOU CAN NOT UPGRADE ANY CURRENT MOTHERBOARDS FROM DRR3 TO DRR4, THE ONLY TIME YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT DRR4 IS IN A YEAR OR TWO.

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this thread again...

 

IT'S GONNA BE A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA NEED DRR4, YOU CAN NOT UPGRADE ANY CURRENT MOTHERBOARDS FROM DRR3 TO DRR4, THE ONLY TIME YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT DRR4 IS IN A YEAR OR TWO.

Is it even so hard to remember this?

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To know the future, you should look to the past.

 

Think about how bad the first DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 memory modules were. It is never worth jumping into the bleeding edge of new memory. Wait a bit and let the manufacturers work out all the kinks.

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No, DDR3 is just fine.

Maybe you could get DDR4 if you upgrade to Intel Broadwell, if, it's going to be worth it, at the time.

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In one word: NO
In two words: Hell NO.
In three words: Oh god NO!
In many words: Yes but not for another year or so for the product to mature and prices to drop and compatibility to rise.

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DDR4 : You Do Not that piece of new gen shit

Just go with DDR3

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DDR4 has its strength but I don't see them valid in the desktop department. They have some benefits in:

- low power ultrabook department (higher frequency - potential increase in iGPU performance with higher openCL scores and lower voltages - should translate to less heat)

- higher memory capacity for servers (anyone needs 512 GB of RAM for desktop usage?)  :D

 

That's pretty much it. As likely we hate to admit it, there will be no reasonable improvement in the desktop area that we should see. Of course benchmarks will confirm this once they are available.

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I get 60 frames at 1080p on a dual core APU. Ask me how.

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Nope, just like DDR3 wasn't worth it when it initially came out.

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It will be a long while before DDR4 becomes standardized. So I wouldn't worry about it any time soon. Right now at slightly faster speeds than DDR3 there isn't a whole lot of benefit in terms of performance. If you plan on moving to say the X99 platform then yes you will have no choice but to run DDR4. Tho if you're moving over to 1150 than DDR3 is all that's supported currently. I would worry more about quantity instead of performance.

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wait untill when you search RAM in google ddr4 is everywhere. BUT i must say seeing intels new intergration it might not take so long...

 

also i wonder what AMD has to offer to us soon.

 

the 9590 is not so competetive anymore in my opinion as the SUPER HIGH END..its even kinda meh looking at the insane TDP 

 

i wish amd would roll out some new chips and (probably wont happen) use the am3+ chipset if thats even possible with new RAM so they wont look as outdated as they currently do

 

amd a 1000$ cpu is fine,you see the people with the blue shirts pull it off? you can do it.. the 290x vs 780ti is competitive the 9590 vs 4960x not really.. even tho both are "consumer top of the line"

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