How impactful is RAM speed in this use case?
Posted by Same-Revolution-5885@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 13 comments
I play competitive shooters (overwatch) on lowest settings (and 1080p) trying to get the highest framerates possible. With my current system (I5 12600KF, RTX 2070 SUPER, 16GB 2666MHz RAM{I think CL19}) I get a comfortable 250FPS only rarely dropping a little in fights. (The average will definitely be more but I capped it at this for consistency). I know the CPU is capable of even higher frames, so I was wondering how much impact faster ram would make in pumping out as many frames on low settings. I could switch to 3200MHz for maybe 160 euros, while a new graphics card will cost a bit more. Unfortunately, my motherboard only allows speeds up to 3200MHz though :(.
Vexi0_@reddit
For me it's best to wait until you can afford DDR5 because the difference won't be massive (maybe 5%) if it's 3200MHz, unless 32GB is enough more sense, but since you have lga1700 it's better (objectively) to get ddr5 16gb 5600mhz+
Same-Revolution-5885@reddit (OP)
Yes, I decided now to stay with my ram until a later graphics card upgrade, then I can decide whether or not I want to upgrade my mb and ram with it.
Zoli1989@reddit
You could potentially oc your 2666 sticks to 3200. Watch buildzoid on youtube for guidance.
Same-Revolution-5885@reddit (OP)
I could try that, but my ram is samsung m378a1k43db2-ctd (from a prebuilt), I was thinking since it doesn't seem very gaming oriented it would not handle overclocking well, but I might try it anyways.
Stiwen666@reddit
My girlfriend has some older, cheap 2666MHz RAM and I runs fine on something like 3466MHz. No errors, no crashes. I just didn't mess with timings, so those are still bad.
Same-Revolution-5885@reddit (OP)
I managed to overclock to 3200MHz (my motherboard limit unfortunately) and passed plenty stability tests so I'm very happy with that, thankss!
Same-Revolution-5885@reddit (OP)
I'm looking into it right now, thanks for info.
PearlJamTenGoat@reddit
let's put it this way. changing the RAM would not improve your experience enough to justify what it would cost.
Same-Revolution-5885@reddit (OP)
Ok it does seem like upgrading the ram would not be worth it apart from getting new ram to go up to 32GB. I did manage to overclock my current ram to 3000 transfers and if that remains stable I don't see any reasons to upgrade, thank you all for the replies.
AlkalineBrush20@reddit
Not much, maybe a little help with the lows but that's it if you're not having issues already. That said 2666 is on the low end of the spectrum these days, but with the prices we have now, I wouldn't bother.
theRealtechnofuzz@reddit
if you got something like ddr4-4000 it might provide a decent uplift. The only reason to do this is if you went to 32gb of ram. Otherwise saving for ddr5 would be better. DDR5 can net up to a 20% performance increase.
bobbyelliottuk@reddit
A new graphics card will cost more -- and do more. Don't waste money on slightly faster RAM.
Dry-Influence9@reddit
Your CPU always matters way more than any ram speeds mate, the ram speeds are there to boost the cpu performance a little but you will almost always get more improvements from a cpu upgrade over a ram upgrade.