MEMORY - how much difference does it make?

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:06

Hello,

As per title I am wondering how much difference ram speed and latency actually make to the average gaming system. I have read conflicting advice and am not sure what to believe.

I currently have basic 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance and am kind of wishing I had plumbed for something a bit faster. Can't even remember what the timings are but I think it is quite sluggish.

For reference I have 3570k @ 4.2, Samsung Pro SSD 256GB, 16GB RAM, and have just ordered a GTX 780.

Would buying say some Samsung Green offer appreciable gains?

Thanks

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:52

No not really I just didn't put much thought into buying the ram whereas I did with other bits. My system is fine, it isn't the fastest but it does everything I need and is fine for playing games.

I am only asking what people on here who know more than me think. If I upgrade a CPU or a SSD or a Gfx card I know roughly what to expect in terms of performance but I can't say the same about memory.

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 13:10

Nope couldnt give a flying monkeys about benchmarks. I just use them to make sure my system is running as it should.

So yeah faster ram won't offer much real world performance. I will stick with what I have then

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 17:06

Nice one Kaapstad. Strange though that it would give less fps with faster ram clock

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 20:08

teppic said:
For budget gaming systems with an AMD APU it makes a big difference with the graphics, 2400MHz gives something like 20% performance boost over 1600MHz.

Since 2133MHz RAM is now barely any more expensive than 1600MHz I'd go for that with any new stuff I bought.

This is because the APU uses system memory yes?

But I just checked memory prices and **** me they have gone up! I will stick with my current RAM..