Will I Notice A Difference (RAM Upgrade)?

[Darkening Demise]

Current Specs

Windows 10 64-bit

GTX 1060 6GB 1.51GHz

i5-4460 3.2GHz quad-core

8GB DDR 1333MHz

1TB WD Blue HDD 7200 RPM

 

I plan on getting something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZLJRO8/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

Games I Play

-Skyrim

-Fallout 4

-Sims 4

-Spore

-Rainbow Six Siege

-Far Cry 4

-Conan Exiles

-Brutal Legend

-Earth Defense Force 4.1

-Battlefield 4

-Battlefield 1

-Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005)

-Grand Theft Auto V

-Saints Row IV

-Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen

-3DXChat

[gregathit]

Yes, you will notice some.  However, your next bottle neck will be your CPU and possibly your HD (depending on how full it is).

[Jolie Rouge]

Can't claim to be the expert here, but: in 2012 I had a dual core with 4 GB, later a quad core with 8 and after the graphics card fried itself I had to get another system up and running, a hexa core with 6.

Noticed a difference between 4 GB and 8 GB, but not that much between 8 and six.

 

So, I would say, yes, in general you'll notice a difference between 8 and 16, just make sure your board can handle it.

[MadMansGun]

most games are only 32bit, so in that case not really because they can only use/see 3.5GB, it will mostly just help with other system processes that are running in the background, that may help a little bit but not much, a more powerful CPU would be better.

 

64bit games/programs on the other hand: yes, more ram is better.

[Psychonaut]

Presumably a slight performance boost because the RAM is faster. If the additional memory helps depends on the game. You should check the system requirements of your games. For games the VRAM of your graphics card is much more important. I wouldn't expect too much.

 

 

On 24.11.2017 at 9:34 AM, MadMansGun said:

most games are only 32bit, so in that case not really because they can only use/see 3.5GB, it will mostly just help with other system processes that are running in the background, that may help a little bit but not much, a more powerful CPU would be better.

 

64bit games/programs on the other hand: yes, more ram is better.

 

Depends on how much threads the 32bit exe uses and a few of the listed games should be 64bit. Sims 4 definitely and i'm sure battlefield 1 too and possibly Conan Exiles, Rainbow Six Siege, GTA V, Rainbow Six Siege, Fallout 4, Far Cry 4. I have a few games that use up to 6GB. Like i said above, check the system requirements and if there's a game that recommends 16GB RAM you should check forums if the users notice a real difference ingame.

 

 

[flatliner10]

You currently got 8 Gig, i doubt that any of your Programs will use up all 8 Gigs, unless you do some serious Multitasking (Or have a Sh*tton of junk running in the Background)

 

The new ram is Faster, is the speed even supported by your Motherboard?

Is this specific Brand and Type of RAM in the QVL (Qualified Vendor List)?

 

If it works, you should get a higher Score on Benchmarks, maybe a few FPS, and a bit lesser drops, but i doubt you will actually notice the difference,

unless you only have one DIMM module installed and currently can't use Dualchannel.

 

If you want to actually notice a difference, i would suggest putting these 150 bucks into a decent SSD to run you system and some Games from, you will definitively feel an improvement.

 

just my 2 cents

[faky]

when idling or playing games go to task manager and then resources and see how much RAM you are actually using on a daily basis (so...check how it's at idle right after turning on pc, how it's looking when you browse stuffs, how much is in use when playing each game preferably)

if you're really maxing out on your 8gb then upgrading RAM might be for you

i heard there is a nasty RAM shortage worldwide elevating the prices (along with holiday season)

and like the guy above i'd suggest getting an SSD to house your OS and games and use the hdd as bulk storage, that might be the biggest upgrade you can make to your current system

[Evilynn]

As already mentioned above, I highly recommend checking your computer while running a game as see where the bottle neck is...

 

Does you processor have a core pegged from the game? - then thats probably your bottleneck.

Is your ram full? Restart and try it with only the minimum running. You may need more ram, but most likely thats not the issue.

 

[trrgrhppy]

Late to the party, but what you will mostly notice is that if you run things in the background, like chrome, skype/discord, or other apps, the system will run better.  However if all you run is the game, and you manually kill as many background things as possible (IE closing the actual windows, not killing stuff in task manager) you will likely not notice any considerable difference in gaming.  Other tasks, especially video editing, and larger CAD work, will benefit massively from more RAM.  And not necessarily "fast" ram.  Just having more. 

 

This is because RAM, when compared to even a top end NVMe M.2 SSD, is still over 100 times FASTER.  And this metric I believe is actually for the much slower DDR3 that is still VERY popular in the world.

[27X]

You have the wrong games then because every game made in dx11 or 12 can use a metric asston more ram than 4 gigs.

 

Also you're posting on a forum with four games that have library injectors designed to go over four gigs are generally required as babby's starting mods.

 

Unlucky indeed.