Ryzen 3 2200u 8gb or 12 gb ram?

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I bought a laptop recently with Ryzen 3 2200u and vega 3 integrated graphics. It has 4 gb of ram and games stutter a lot. I am planning to upgrade to 8Gb or 12 Gb of ram. i just wanted to know if 4+8 Gb runs in dual channel like 4+4 gb. and also if 12 gb of ram will have any effect on FPS of games on my system or should i get an extra 4 gigs instead of 8 gb
 
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What games are you playing and at what settings? If you just add 8gb it won't run in dual channel. You would need to replace the current 4 with a 4gbx2 or 8gbx2.

The issue could just be your games and settings.
 
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You absolutely wan't to keep ryzen running in dual channel or you'll take quite the performance hit. What games are an issue? This apu is not mean for gaming really.
 
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Actually its is, thats the big deal with it, that its onboard graphics that can game respectively.

That said i agree not running in dual channel is kneecapping it, also 4GB is WAY too little.

I'd se whats installed, maybe worth just getting another 4gb dimm and having dual channel 8gb, or even better replacing both with 8gb dimms and having 16gb.
 
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The main issue with it is that whilst the gpu is pretty decent and the cpu too. They both need to share power so you can easily end up in situations where the cpu is asking too much so the gpu has to slow down and vice versa. If it weren't for that it would be a great lower end apu.

As it currently stands it performs about the same on average as the intel hd 620 graphics.
 
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Thats completely not true, the CPU and/or GPU are not throttled based on use of the other, the board is designed to compensate for the whole CPU package. But you are sort of close. The CPU and GPU share MEMORY. Ryzen and Vega are memory intensive, so when you're trying to game on 4gb of ram, and the GPU needs that ram, and the CPU needs that ram, both are being kneecaped.

4gb ram for that CPU is a borderline useless configuration unless all you do is browse the web, and use Office.

As it currently stands it performs about the same on average as the intel hd 620 graphics.
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Also not true, every single performance test the Vega demolished the Intel 620 graphics.
 
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