Faster RAM is now needed if you want THE BEST

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[Litargirio]

Not necessarily.

 

If you play CPU heavy AAA titles, maybe yes. But otherwise, not really.

[tlink]

makes me glad i got that 3ghz ddr4 memory paired with my i5 6600k. 

[SCHISCHKA]

i think the results would be different if they used i7

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28 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

No source, no fucks given.

Digital Foundry.. no fucks given.

[HKZeroFive]

It's been known for quite a while that faster RAM does make an impact on game performance... the biggest being higher minimum framerates. If you're playing a CPU-bound game, this may translate to higher average framerates, as seen in OP's Eurogamer chart.

 

Unfortunately, someone called Linus made a video which had an absolutely flawed testing methodology (he did not measure the minimum framerate and he used massively high GPU settings on a mediocre GTX 660Ti) and came to the conclusion that faster RAM makes zero impact in gaming. Since then, the internet (including the majority of people of this forum) has been preaching that conclusion ever since.

 

Luckily, some forum members have already debunked said video and Digital Foundry's own testing only reinforces the idea that Linus' conclusion is invalid.

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22 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

It's been known for quite a while that faster RAM does make an impact on game performance... the biggest being higher minimum framerates. If you're playing a CPU-bound game, this may translate to higher average framerates, as seen in OP's Eurogamer chart.

 

Unfortunately, someone called Linus made a video which had an absolutely flawed testing methodology (he did not measure the minimum framerate and he used massively high GPU settings on a mediocre GTX 660Ti) and came to the conclusion that faster RAM makes zero impact in gaming. Since then, the internet (including the majority of people of this forum) has been preaching that conclusion ever since.

 

Luckily, some forum members have already debunked said video and Digital Foundry's own testing only reinforces the idea that Linus' conclusion is invalid.

For Linus to become better than he already is.. is to see faults, if we don't do this we cannot aid the guy to be even better than he is now. Growth people, think about it, stop being loyal sheep and point out flaws, it's a benefit.

[Infin8]

That graph is correct.... But irl Noone would buy a Titan x and a 2500k...

If the game is Gpu limited (which it most of the time is) faster ram will not impact performance nearly as much 

[tlink]

Now im curious how ram latency unfleunces this

[dexT]

Yep. Sometimes people are just an echo chamber of misinformation around here. You just gotta show em the numbers. 

[0ld_Chicken]

that does seem like bigger gains that I saw personally, but I also didn't get the best high speed ram.  Definitely could've gone for lower latancy (and not hynix).  I saw an average of 5-7 fps gains in most games that I play going from 1600 CL9 to 2400 CL11 (Witcher3, gtav, farcry4, the division) but dat frametime difference was substantial enough to see the difference