8GB to 16 Any point?

[PLODDITHANLEY]

My supplier is having a 15% off so another 8 GB DDR 3 is pretty cheap, exactly the same as my existing RAM is still available. I see someone has brought out a 170/skylake mobo with DDR3 so it may be used again in a future build.

The question is for gaming is it pointless for the next few years?

[SkyEmperor]

Well it might be useful at some point so I'd say go for it since it's cheap.

[Scubbo]

do it, for the double bandwidth, unless you're running 2x4GB ;o

if you are 2x4GB then i'd just leave it... seems video memory is more important with future games anyway !

by the time you need more than 8GB of ram, DDR5 will be standard, DDR4 will be on the way out ;P

[Steeps]

If you ever play Planetary Annihilation then yes.

[Mineral]

I upgraded when PR map lightmapping took 8gb and i still wanted to play gta5. Other then extreme heavy workload+multitasking 8gb+ is useless.
Cheao futureproofing however isnt bad

[Spook]

For Openworld Games it gives you quite a boost. Especially when travelling fast and the world needs to be rendered quickly, you will notice more FPS. When I played Witcher or GTA 5 with 8 GB, 6GB were used for it. After I upgraded to 16, 7-8 GB were used. People like to use the argument that not even the newest games use that amount of RAM, but Windows always allocates memory based on the available amount.

[PLODDITHANLEY]

Sky emperor:
It'll cost me 50 euro plus 30% import tax......

Interesting point by scubbo:
Bandwidth I'd be going from 2X4 to 4X4 so surely the bandwidth would be doubled?

I only play PR, ETS2 and may go back to squad one day but maybe play more/other games later. I like to leave lots of windows open though I've noticed that uses lots of RAM.

But from what Spook says everyone’s wrong by looking at their resource monitor - but hey the whole internet was wrong about my PSU

[Geronimo]

...
Bandwidth I'd be going from 2X4 to 4X4 so surely the bandwidth would be doubled?
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Nope, unless you are running an "Enthusiast platform". (Haswell-E for example)

[Rice N. Beans]

Get that extra RAM as back up, and what I'd do is this:

Get a third party program that overclocks your USB mouse from 125 Hz to 500 or 1000 Hz
You can fiddle around with the mouse further by getting programs that disable mouse acceleration from within the operating system, etc. if you want

Overclocking the mouse, overclocking the USB ports, will do wonders for in-game aiming and performance but will burn out your RAM and RAM slots (eight times as fast as would be normal), but that is what your extra RAM is for

[Spook]

[PLODDITHANLEY]

There are a few threads around and about talking about this, but the RAM burnout seems odd.

[Rice N. Beans]

Its easy to write me off as some whack job with no credentials. What? Afraid of cooking some RAM? Are you some kind of chicken? Bokk bokk!

Crank up the mouse hertz and report back to me in a few months/couple years, if you had to switch RAM slots or not or had to replace your RAM ..

[PLODDITHANLEY]

Err let me think about this...




























NO!

don't have an issue with mouse speed and Asus gave me a free Gladius with a 970 - I am the slow weak link.

[DesmoLocke]

You could always download more RAM.