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2 minutes ago, SilentSpyLord said:

Does ram affect gaming performance because I want to play triple a titles, and I was wondering if ram clocked at higher speeds matter

If you're using integrated graphics, yes, but if you're using integrated graphics, you're not playing AAA titles.

 

Faster RAM can help, but it's not nearly as important as the CPU, the GPU, or the sheer quantity of RAM installed. What's your setup look like now? If you're looking to improve somewhere for better gaming, faster RAM probably is not the place to spend.

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1 minute ago, SilentSpyLord said:

Does ram affect gaming performance because I want to play triple a titles, and I was wondering if ram clocked at higher speeds matter

Yes, most of the time. Especially with Ryzen. Speeds over 3000 aren't as important though.

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RAM can help in CPU-heavy tasks, and offers 5-20 FPS boost for not that much more. 

However, fast RAM makes more of a difference on Ryzen, where the Infinity Fabric (the connection between the CCXs, or the two CPUs on the processor. Ryzen 7, for example, is 2 quad-cores on one chip.) is half of RAM speed, and as such, faster ram = faster IF = faster CCX to CCX communication. 

On Skylake/Kaby Lake, the RAM speed still matters, but not as much, and 3000-3200Mhz is the sweetspot - too much higher, and you may not be able to boot, and too much lower or stock speeds and you won't see much of an improvement, if at all. 

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dat face when i have samsung magic ram that oc with no problem or voltage boost

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2 hours ago, SilentSpyLord said:

Does ram affect gaming performance because I want to play triple a titles, and I was wondering if ram clocked at higher speeds matter

If your mobo allows RAM OCing.. yes, faster RAM can provide a bit of a boost. How big, depends on the rest of the system, the platform, the game and the RAM specs / OC themselves, but it's generally there. It's nothing huge, but it is there.

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