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RAM: higher capacity vs higher speed
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2024
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Capacity > Speed any time. RAM speed is one of those things that only affects performance in benchmark charts. In reality, capacity is much more important.
“Any time” is quite absolute and is not always true.
If all you’re doing is playing an esports games like CS:GO, you’ll have no benefit between 16GB and 32GB.
Ryzen’s infinity fabric scales with memory frequency, so there is CPU performance that can be left on the table in that case. Those in pursuit of high and stable framerates (like in esports) will have better results with high speed, low latency memory.
In the end, context is key and use case absolutely matters.
My point is, even if there is a performance improvement with faster RAM, it usually is in the single digits and usually not worth considering over just getting more RAM.