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Does faster RAM really help gaming performance?

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no

 

 

There's always going to be a benefit, whether or not it's noticeable is a different story.

 

 

Once your gpu is at 99%, there's no chance that faster RAM or a cpu will improve your framerates unless you upgrade the gpu or add a 2nd card or OC the card.

 
 
Idk about that, the GPU isn't really the only thing doing stuff in a game, whether or not its 1 fps, or 10 fps is a different story though I'd imagine

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Yes, I have. No noticeable difference there either

but corsair result differ....they said it gave a significant amount of improvement in bf4 with high speed ram...

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but corsair result differ....they said it gave a significant amount of improvement in bf4 with high speed ram...

That's only when using a haswell chip. I'm using an AMD chip.

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That's only when using a haswell chip. I'm using an AMD chip.

ok i didnt saw ur rig previously... :P

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but corsair result differ....they said it gave a significant amount of improvement in bf4 with high speed ram...

 

Corsair sells ram. Corsair gave no latency information on one of their tests. 

 

Here is a site that tested multiple GPU configurations, all programs, multiple games.

 

Gaming on a dedicated GPU it doesn't mean much. It can on integrated graphics because those use the computers system ram instead of VRAM. Bandwidth or top speed is important on GPU's.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell/7

 

Linus tested and found basically the same thing. Memory with a dedicated GPU doesn't mean much at all for games. On tri crossfire you can get more than 1 fps difference, but at those 3000 ram clocks or whatever you are losing your CPU overclock most of the time so it is pointless. 2400 is about the max you should expect on Haswell only, while keeping a CPU overclock which will give you much more than 1 fps. To sum it up, ton of money for little to no gain on a standard gaming setup with a dedicated GPU.

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Unless you have an APU, not really. The most you might ever see on a PC with a dedicated GPU (going from 1866MHz to 2400MHZ, for example) would probably be at MOST 5 FPS, but even that is a little extreme.

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Not really much of a benefit but i'd go for it. I mean for under £50 is a steal for 2400MHz

 

Yeah for sure no harm in buying faster RAM if you have the money for it.

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If the game is cpu intensive then yes.

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