Is DDR4 memory necessary/will give better fps in games?

[NoHamNoJam]

As the title states will DDR4 Memory provide me with a fps boost I will want to have 16 GB (2*8)

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Potentially... it depends on the game and your CPU.  If you are heavily bottlenecked for some reason, you will probably notice a decent improvement.

[DXMember]

should probably note as well that currently only X99 and Z170, H110, B105 platforms support DDR4

[SageOfSpice]

It MIGHT increase minimum frames, but that's about it.

[NoHamNoJam]

I'm considering a i5 6600k Cuz im have my old af q9650 with 6 gb (2*1+1*4)

[Nena Trinity]

It depends on how fast it is and so on, not to mention game?

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1 minute ago, NoHamNoJam said:

I'm considering a i5 6600k Cuz im have my old af q9650 with 6 gb (2*1+1*4)

 Oh well then yes everything about that upgrade will get you a massive increase in performance, from the CPU, to the memory, to even parts of the motherboard itself

[NoHamNoJam]

I will be play GTA V, CS:GO and Minecraft with shaders. So should I get an i5 ddr 4 or a higher clock speed i7 

[wagaloo123]

 

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1 minute ago, NoHamNoJam said:

I will be play GTA V, CS:GO and Minecraft with shaders. So should I get an i5 ddr 4 or a higher clock speed i7 

If you're getting Skylake you should be getting DDR4, there isn't really any room to discuss that.  The only decision now is if you want to go skylake, and which CPU.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, NoHamNoJam said:

I will be play GTA V, CS:GO and Minecraft with shaders. So should I get an i5 ddr 4 or a higher clock speed i7 

If you're getting an i7-6700k you'd need DDR4 anyway. Anyway, you'd see small performance improvements with the i7 in gaming, but not enough to necessitate the higher price imo.

[NoHamNoJam]

4 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

If you're getting Skylake you should be getting DDR4, there isn't really any room to discuss that.  The only decision now is if you want to go skylake, and which CPU.

If I do go Skylake what CPU do I need for mid range gaming eg. Fallout 4, GTA V, CS:GO. I don't need anything flashy Although I need something that will run them games in 1080p. Along with a RX480 and 16 gb of ram 

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40 minutes ago, NoHamNoJam said:

If I do go Skylake what CPU do I need for mid range gaming eg. Fallout 4, GTA V, CS:GO. I don't need anything flashy Although I need something that will run them games in 1080p. Along with a RX480 and 16 gb of ram 

As with any Intel platform, the top and close-to-top i5s are popular.  In this case, a 6600 or 6500.

[stconquest]

56 minutes ago, NoHamNoJam said:

If I do go Skylake what CPU do I need for mid range gaming eg. Fallout 4, GTA V, CS:GO. I don't need anything flashy Although I need something that will run them games in 1080p. Along with a RX480 and 16 gb of ram 

GTAV and Fallout 4 will benefit from having the i7 and faster RAM.  CSGO, not so much... does not matter.  Being that you are going with a RX 480, an i5 won't be as bad as if you were doing a Pascal 1070/1080.

 

 

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