XMP... Enabled or Disabled?

[Shayannike.ps3]

Hello guys was just wondering if the XMP option has any effect on performance during games/startup, etc when enabled. Will it increase stutter during games, because the motherboard recognizes it as an overclock??? or Will it increase FPS in games such as Batman Arkham Knight, Far Cry 4, Mortal Kombat X, and so on.??? or does it just increase the memory to the specs it came with, because I have recently bought a 16 gigs (2 x 8 ) of ram with 1866 mhz and CAS 9 latency and the frequency is currently set to 1333 mhz both rams running on a MSI GAMING 7 Motherboard. So will the XMP have any effect on my computer?????????? thanks in advance

[Naeaes]

XMP is what inputs the RAM settings in BIOS. If you don't enable, you need to input the settings yourself. Just enable it.

 

RAM isn't actually manufactured to run at 2400MHz or 1866MHz or whatever. That're overclocked to that. They test that it can run at those settings but you need to make it run.

Meanwhile, at the factory where your mobo was made, they have no idea what memory will be used in what motherboard. So they just thow in the default settings most memory is manufactured at. Which for DDR3 for example is 1333MHZ, 9-9-9-27, 1.5V. It's just the safest bet. And you're simply running that setting. 

 

Definitely turn XMP on unless you know how to achieve the effect manually. Which, no offense, you obviously don't.

[Shayannike.ps3]

XMP is what inputs the RAM settings in BIOS. If you don't enable, you need to input the settings yourself. Just enable it.

 

RAM isn't actually manufactured to run at 2400MHz or 1866MHz or whatever. That're overclocked to that. They test that it can run at those settings but you need to make it run.

Meanwhile, at the factory where your mobo was made, they have no idea what memory will be used in what motherboard. So they just thow in the default settings most memory is manufactured at. Which for DDR3 for example is 1333MHZ, 9-9-9-27, 1.5V. It's just the safest bet. And you're simply running that setting. 

 

Definitely turn XMP on unless you know how to achieve the effect manually. Which, no offense, you obviously don't.

You are correct my friend I am still a noob

[DunePilot]

Frequency is what it runs at... to be honest there isn't a whole lot to gain by going higher after a certain point.

 

Usually to go higher you have to use "looser" timings. The higher the frequency the better, the tighter the timings the better. 

 

For instance... 1600 ram using 9-9-9-27 might be the exact same ram as the 1866 stuff you bought but they have the timings adjusted to 10-10-10-30. As long as both are stable you could run either, which performs better you would never be able to tell other than maybe in synthetic benchmarks and who knows, one may be 1-3% better than the other in a benchmark.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Hello guys was just wondering if the XMP option has any effect on performance during games/startup, etc when enabled. Will it increase stutter during games, because the motherboard recognizes it as an overclock??? or Will it increase FPS in games such as Batman Arkham Knight, Far Cry 4, Mortal Kombat X, and so on.??? or does it just increase the memory to the specs it came with, because I have recently bought a 16 gigs (2 x 8 ) of ram with 1866 mhz and CAS 9 latency and the frequency is currently set to 1333 mhz both rams running on a MSI GAMING 7 Motherboard. So will the XMP have any effect on my computer?????????? thanks in advance

Hey, a gaming 7 buddy!

Just enable. Not much of a performance boost, I just run XMP anyways.

[Shayannike.ps3]

Hey, a gaming 7 buddy!

Just enable. Not much of a performance boost, I just run XMP anyways.

OK :lol:

[airdeano]

dunna know what RAM you are using, but i never had good luck using kingston

XMP. always had to manually install specs to keep from BSOD/crashing. 

[Shayannike.ps3]

dunna know what RAM you are using, but i never had good luck using kingston

XMP. always had to manually install specs to keep from BSOD/crashing. 

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB CAS 9 1866mhz 

[airdeano]

enabling XMP will increase default of 1333MHz to 1866MHz. which can reduce

stuttering and program lag.

[Fetzie]

dunna know what RAM you are using, but i never had good luck using kingston

XMP. always had to manually install specs to keep from BSOD/crashing.

My Kingston memory automatically negotiated its 2666 MHz, although I don't know if that is just because of my motherboard.

[airdeano]

never used kingston on x99 so i can't elaborate, but on DDR3 1155/50 platform

huge sickly issues. the JDEC was fine, XMP was off in many areas, so manual

settings were in order.

[Shayannike.ps3]

My Kingston memory automatically negotiated its 2666 MHz, although I don't know if that is just because of my motherboard.

What MOBO are you using?

[Fetzie]

What MOBO are you using?

 

X99A MPower