Is it worth getting 16 GB DDR4 in around year for gaming ?

[MindfulPlayer]

My main question is, is it worth really getting DDR4 Ram for gaming ? I possibly be building a new PC in around year or so and just wondering if DDR4 is a total waste of money or is it worth it ?

 

[MindfulPlayer]

Do it. 8GB is becoming the minimum.

What I meant was, if DDR4 is worth buying over DDR3 and how does it look like in performance wise ?

 

[MindfulPlayer]

Not really, the odd game will make use of DDR4 when running at 3000Mhz, which seems to be the sweet spot speed wise.

Digital Foundry ran a test and showed Witcher 3 getting a few extra frames per second when running DDR4 in CPU bound areas of the game.

But AFAIK that was the only game that benefited to any significant degree.

I suppose it will all depend on how each game has been coded, but DDR4 will not improve things by default if that's what your asking.

So basically DDR4 Ram is not needed trend YET, the same as it goes with 4K Resolution ?