Laptop Ram speed over size
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Depends on what processor you have (as some are more bandwidth sensitive than others), and whether you actually need more than 32GB in the first place
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It will depend on the usage.. but generally.. i'd say more is better than slightly faster..
Don
Depends on what you use it for.
Pointless have an extra 32GB sat there doing nothing while gaming, whereas higher speed normally equals slightly higher framerates when gaming.
By contrast however, pointless having 32GB of high speed RAM, if that's not enough for your current photo or video editing project, and you are forced back to slow swap file
Lenovo seems to have stock again of their 9i laptops with the 13980HX. and 4090.
I have to admit I'm a bit of a browser window HODL'r
Its mixed use, gaming and work stuff... I have desktops in the office, and I've had to donate my last laptop which was a flagship Aorus 8 years ago... So looking for something that I can drag along for a while
I have to admit I'm a bit of a browser window HODL'r
Its mixed use, gaming and work stuff... I have desktops in the office, and I've had to donate my last laptop which was a flagship Aorus 8 years ago... So looking for something that I can drag along for a while
What kind of work stuff?
Is this RAM that comes WITH the laptop, or RAM you're buying for the laptop? I ask because most laptops use JEDEC RAM @ 1.1v and I'd expect 6400 to exceed 1.1v and require XMP to operate.
Logistic route planning which can tax a system. Some photoshop, Design (no video editing)
RAM comes with the laptop. I can spec 32@6400 or 64gb@ 5600
Its the Lenovo legion Pro 9i
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Go for 64gigs then.
The reduction in speed will be offset by the increased number of memory banks in the larger kit and the higher memory bandwidth that comes with it.
Not sure if logistics route planning software is going to max out 32gigs of RAM but I'd always take more RAM in a professional use case than faster RAM.
I run 24gigs (16+8) of DDR4 at 2933 MT/s T2 gear down mode (trash latency settings) in my laptop which is far from ideal but I don't notice any performance loss in gaming and when I run a virtual machine or two and have 40 tabs open (yes, I often have 40 or so for various reasons) the memory usage spikes and 16gigs wouldn't be enough.
I would like to get matching DIMMS and run 32gigs at 2933 MT/s at T1 gear down mode but it would be more of a nice to have rather than a need to have per say.