Will ram speed improve gaming preformance?

[Snow1305]

So i curretnly have hyperX ddr4 ram in dual channal @ 2133 mhz. I am just wondering, if i put 3200 mhz ram inside will it increase FPS in games.

 

My system: 

i5 8600k 

gtx 1070 gaming x

16 gb hyperX ddr4 ram 2133 mhz dual channal

MSI Pro gaming plus z370 

[Altruist]

1 minute ago, Snow1305 said:

So i curretnly have hyperX ddr4 ram in dual channal @ 2133 mhz. I am just wondering, if i put 3200 mhz ram inside will it increase FPS in games.

 

My system: 

i5 8600k 

gtx 1070 gaming x

16 gb hyperX ddr4 ram 2133 mhz dual channal

MSI Pro gaming plus z370 

on an intel platform, not really..

[wildgg]

might depend per game and you might have to look up some benchmarks on this but i've seen a 10/15fps boost in some games going from 2400 to 3200. so yes

[Cheeky Bugger]

Ryzen 2 works a lot better with faster memory,i'm not sure about intel

[SpiralTTGL]

considering intel recommends 2666 mhz ram for 8th gen platform id say it would, you can see it at the i5's product page https://ark.intel.com/products/126685/Intel-Core-i5-8600K-Processor-9M-Cache-up-to-4-30-GHz-

 

it won't be as much as you think but you should notice a difference in minimums and maximum fps

 

 

here's a vid with your exact cpu

[dizmo]

Yes, it'll affect it slightly. IIRC about 5 - 10 fps depending on the title.

Is it worth the upgrade? Well. Only you can answer that.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

9 minutes ago, Altruist said:

on an intel platform, not really..

That used to be the case, however it's no longer true. It does affect performance.

[Jovidah]

This was a pretty comprehensive test done by a Dutch website fairly recently; should be easy to at least read the graphs and google translate goes a long way. Keep in mind that higher clockspeeds (mhz) often tends to go hand in hand with higher latencies - which is the main reason for the diminishing returns. That being said it does matter at least a little bit, but you have to watch out what you're buying. Just getting more mhz doesn't necessarily mean better performance.

 

https://nl.hardware.info/reviews/7976/10/28-ddr4-geheugenkits-vergelijkingstest-het-beste-geheugen-voor-coffee-lake-en-ryzen-benchmarks-games