Posted March 30, 2017 So i am looking to buy new DDR4 ram and i noticed that there are ram modules with a lot of different mhz speed available. the price increases with the frequency ( which makes sense) but will a higher freqency ram give me a boost in gameing performance or am i good to go with the cheaper ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, cheef said: So i am looking to buy new DDR4 ram and i noticed that there are ram modules with a lot of different mhz speed available. the price increases with the frequency ( which makes sense) but will a higher freqency ram give me a boost in gameing performance or am i good to go with the cheaper ones? Go with the cheaper ones, not worth it for the price increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, cheef said: So i am looking to buy new DDR4 ram and i noticed that there are ram modules with a lot of different mhz speed available. the price increases with the frequency ( which makes sense) but will a higher freqency ram give me a boost in gameing performance or am i good to go with the cheaper ones? It only gives you very little performence boost, that you probably wont be able to notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 Author thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 what cpu are you using? The new ryzen chips actually have a huge performance difference depending on the ram. If you use an intel cpu the difference is quite small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 Author Just now, Schakal_No1 said: what cpu are you using? The new ryzen chips actually have a huge performance difference depending on the ram. If you use an intel cpu the difference is quite small. intel 7700k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 1 minute ago, cheef said: intel 7700k ok then there will be only a couple of fps difference between the fastest and slowest DDR4 RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2017 Just going to copy and paste this: "It's been proven time and time again that RAM speed can make significant performance improvements in a wide variety of games so why are people still saying it makes such a little improvement? The bottom line is that faster RAM will give you higher minimum framerates, which is one of the most important metrics when it comes to gaming, if not the most important. However, in CPU-bound games where the CPU is essentially the bottleneck, faster RAM may give you higher average framerates, which is a nice thing to have. LTT has completely neglected minimum framerates (the biggest benefit from faster memory) in their testing, and also used massively GPU bound settings with a mediocre GPU, the GTX 660Ti. So their conclusion is invalid. But as a result of that video, people have been spouting the same rubbish of "faster RAM gives little to no benefit in games" when the evidence says otherwise." A few videos by Digital Foundry (who have actually tested this the proper way): If you're going to claim something, back it up with evidence first. EDIT: Formatting is fucked and not letting me fix it so forgive me for that. 'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum. Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply. Spoiler CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now