RAM - Would the frequency matter?

[Hi P]

Resolution: 1440p

Desired FPS: 60 - 75 Hz (monitor cap)

CPU: 2600

GPU: 2080 Ti

 

Would the RAM frequency matter to play at 75 FPS?

 

Mainly asking because if it doesn't matter then I could save some bucks by purchasing a 2133 Mhz.

 

Thank you

[Skiiwee29]

With Ryzen, Ram Frequency matters, sometimes to the tune of 10-15 fps in games when comparing 2133 to 3200mhz kits. I would fork out the money on at least 3000mhz to take advantage of it. 

[eira]

With Ryzen 2133MHz isn't enough. Ryzen is a pretty picky platform when it comes to RAM.. go for 3000MHz and above. Get 2666MHz at the least if you cannot afford higher frequency RAM.. 

[Spotty]

If you're spending $1300+ on a 2080Ti, do you really need to save $10 on a cheap kit of RAM?

Go with at least 3000MHz with Ryzen. 3200MHz is good too. There's no need for anything crazy like 4000MHz+ memory.

[xg32]

if you get a 2080 ti just to cheap out on 50-75usd for ddr2133, it will stutter and make ur 2080 ti run like a 1060 3gb at times.

 

minimum is 2666, 3200 (200usd) or 3600 b-die really recommend with a 2080 ti.

 

For Farcry 5 (just an example), with ddr2133, you'd be looking at dips into 40 fps, and i can bet future games will be even more demanding

[Hi P]

7 minutes ago, xg32 said:

it will stutter and make ur 2080 ti run like a 1060 3gb at times.

Ohhh I see, I kinda thought RAM frequency wouldn't matter with such GPU, I didn't know it would make such an impact

 

[xg32]

6 minutes ago, Hi P said:

Ohhh I see, I kinda thought RAM frequency wouldn't matter with such GPU, I didn't know it would make such an impact

 

The CPU is directly affected by ram speed and timings, and you'll see a fps difference under heavy load, 2133 will hold the cpu and gpu back, need all the cpu horsepower we can get.

 

With how consoles use 8 cores these days and how the ps5 is rumored to be based on a custom navi gpu, we are fast approaching a cpu bottlenecks for 120fps~ for all cpus. During the 2080 ti benchmarks, techtubers observed some bottlenecks with even the 8700k and 9900k. Zen 2's the hope.