Re:- Gains from Mem Speed.

BoneCo||ector · 31 Mar 2012 at 17:50

Hi,

I currently got 1600 DDR3 Kingston RAM but what percentage gains are there to upgrade maybe to 2133 / 2200.

My mate says there's only about 10% gain which wouldn't justify the expense.

Martini1991 · 31 Mar 2012 at 17:52

That 10% is made up, you probably wouldn't even notice tbh

BoneCo||ector · 31 Mar 2012 at 17:56

So your saying the Corsair Dominator GT 2133 MHz Overclockers sells at £199 would be pointless?

CinderzFTW · 31 Mar 2012 at 19:38

yea it would be.

the most you need is 1600mhz at the moment, game wouldn't take advantage of memory that fast. i run 1333mhz and i run all my games, including bf3 fast enough...

the only time you would need that sort of memory is in a workstation or video/photo editing systems... applcations such as photoshop would take advantage of memory that fast.

Orcvader · 31 Mar 2012 at 19:40

Even then, with video/photo editing, it's way more beneficial to upgrade the HDD to an SSD instead. Stick with 1600mhz, you'll notice no difference from the speed upgrade.

Surveyor · 31 Mar 2012 at 20:18

I'm don't know what you actually have but from your previous posts you were looking at a Sandy Bridge setup.

Sandy Bridge Memory Scaling Coosing The Best DDR3

DDR3 SDRAM for Sandy Bridge: Choosing the Best Memory for LGA1155 Platform

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

wazza300 · 31 Mar 2012 at 21:15

use this and post your memory scores

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/files/MaxxMEM2_preview.zip

heres what im getting

Surveyor · 31 Mar 2012 at 22:51

wazza300 said:
use this and post your memory scores

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/files/MaxxMEM2_preview.zip

heres what im getting

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All that's going to show is the memory bandwidth of 1600MHz compared to 2133MHz.

The important thing is what difference that actually makes in games, applications etc.

The difference can be seen in the links I posted.

wazza300 · 31 Mar 2012 at 22:55

Yes but it still gives you some idea of the extra mbps over ram at 1600mhz

Surveyor · 31 Mar 2012 at 23:58

wazza300 said:
Yes but it still gives you some idea of the extra mbps over ram at 1600mhz

It does.

It might be 33% more.

But the actual difference that makes to games, applications etc. is nowhere near that.

Krono5 · 1 Apr 2012 at 02:57

The difference to games is 3-4% in some games, 2-3% of fps in most.

Yaayuh! · 3 Apr 2012 at 12:19

Gain in performance? Yes, definitely...in benchmarks.
Noticeable in everyday use? No, not really.

Double07 · 7 Apr 2012 at 16:35

In real world gaming there would be no difference.

CinderzFTW · 7 Apr 2012 at 16:42

Its like I run 7gb ddr3 1333mhz via 3 x2gb and 1x1gb sticks and even if i used 1600mhz memory I would see an extra frame or so... so their isn't much point.

hopeful_builder · 9 Apr 2012 at 16:17

I went from 8GB Kingston 1333Mhz, to 16GB 1666Mhz and cant really tell the difference between them