DDR4 - are higher clock speeds noticeable?

Mattb81 · Sep 19, 2015

I was going to get some 2x 8GB 2800Mhz G Skill Ripjaw V (Red) as I thought the price was reasonable. Unfortunately the store has run out and they can't say for certain when new stock will arrive.

My question is, will I notice the difference if I go for some 2400's or 2666's?

Long__T123 · Sep 19, 2015

gaming no. photoshop or video editing, maybe

cub_fanatic · Sep 19, 2015

At those speeds, probably not. I'd rather have a set of 2400 or 2666 with better timings than higher frequency.

Mattb81 · Sep 19, 2015

cub_fanatic :

How do you know if they're better timings?

Tradesman1 · Sep 19, 2015

Actually yes, even in gaming, depending on the game. Some show up to a 10+ perent increase with faster DRAM. When you initially boot it up it will default to 2133, setting 2800 via XMP, most see the difference

Long__T123 · Sep 19, 2015

Tradesman1 :

Do you have an example? I have yet to see one yet. I have searched all over for a comparison for dd3 vs ddr4 in gaming. All it is comparing other ram of its type. 2-3 fps is not noticeable

Mattb81 · Sep 19, 2015

Well the other 2400 units i can get are

Kingston Hyperx fury
corsair vengeance lpx

Just read a good review on the Kingston, seems it can OC to 3000 easily as well, not that I will be doing that to begin with.

cub_fanatic · Sep 19, 2015

Long__T123 :

He did say that it does depend on what game you are comparing the RAM with. There are probably other factors as well like what kind of GPU you are using, how many GPUs you are using, what CPU, etc. If it is a 8 core Haswell-E with 2 or 3 beast GPUs, you probably will get a good improvement with faster RAM frequency. But, if it is a Z170, a stock clocked 6600 and one GTX 970, you might not get much if any noticeable improvement in gaming.

Tradesman1 · Sep 19, 2015

There are a few articles out there, this one at Toms shows a 10% gain in F1 going from 1600 to 2400

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/32-gb-ddr3-ram,3790-10.html

Long__T123 · Sep 19, 2015

Tradesman1 :

F1 2012 had a decent increase in fps, It seems overkill since it is already running it over 100 fps already.
I just know it makes a huge difference in APUs or other integrated gpus

Tradesman1 · Sep 19, 2015

Especially with iGPUs but even with regular games, the developers are using DRAM more and i.e. there are games out now that call for 8GB and there's one coming out later this year I saw that calls for 12GB, the more they intgrate the DRAM into the actual games the better performance higher data rate DRAM will provide

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