Will more RAM increase my gaming performance with Intel HD gaming??

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Hi everyone, i have a question that has been running through my mind quite alot recently.. and its this, Will more putting more ram increase performance with integrated graphics? i thought this because its said that integrated graphics steal system ram in order to run becus they dont have dedicated memory of their own, so i thought that putting in more Ram would give it more memory to use and increase performance, i have 4GB and thinking of buying 4GB more of RAM to give it more resources.

also another thing if i have 1066MHz RAM, should i buy a good'n cool 1866MHz ram, or would it run better with another 1066MHz ram
 
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Faster RAM will help. Getting a matching stick might help a little if it allows you to run dual channel mode. This will increase your bandwidth. Just keep in mind the performance jump is not going to be huge.

Is it a desktop? I think getting a cheap second hand GPU would be a better spend for gaming performance than more ram. If it is a laptop then you will have very little control over the RAM itself. It will not be overclockable and will run at the CPU maximum rated memory clock (1333 SB i series it think and maybe 1600Mhz IB i5 and up series.

With a laptop I think the best option would be to stick a matching stick in and run it dual channel. Desktop buy a cheap HD 6850 or better.
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I think integrated graphics will consume a set amount of RAM that may or may not be adjustable in the BIOS. 4GB in a gaming machine sounds low already, but I advise against mixing RAM speeds.

Please list your specs and what games you run, it will help make a better determination of whether RAM is as much of an issue.
 
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Faster RAM will help. Getting a matching stick might help a little if it allows you to run dual channel mode. This will increase your bandwidth. Just keep in mind the performance jump is not going to be huge.

Is it a desktop? I think getting a cheap second hand GPU would be a better spend for gaming performance than more ram. If it is a laptop then you will have very little control over the RAM itself. It will not be overclockable and will run at the CPU maximum rated memory clock (1333 SB i series it think and maybe 1600Mhz IB i5 and up series.

With a laptop I think the best option would be to stick a matching stick in and run it dual channel. Desktop buy a cheap HD 6850 or better.
 
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Hello,

If you have an AMD APU, they love higher RAM speed and the graphics performance is higher as the RAM speed is higher (Kaveri goes up to DDR3-2133, Trinity up to DDR3-1866).
If you have an Intel CPU, you'll be better served by lower latencies, as the limit is DDR3-1600 (CL8 for 1600MHz is the sweetspot).
 
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What mobo and CPU, that will deternmine what DRAM you can run, in short though yes, more DRAM will increase performance. As is you have 4 GB, the OS is taking it's share, the GPU is taking it's share leaving little for anything else. Most modern games want 3-4 or more GB just for themselves
 
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Its a Desktop with:

Intel Pentium G640 2.8 GHZ
4GB ram 1066MHZ
500GB HDD
ECS H61H2-M2 (MOBO)
500W PSU

im waiting for an HD 7770 GPU, but i want to do this first anyways

The game i run is RUST, the new version not legacy, and with Fastest settings, 1024x700 and lowest settings its running at 10 - 20 Fps
 
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