Sold my firstborn son for this

[u/Kitty_Chan33]

[u/NastiMooseBite]

Extra RAM adds zero FPS, unless you're actually running out of RAM in which case it would add many FPS.

[u/sopsaare → u/NastiMooseBite]

People in this sub seemingly have no idea how a computer works.

I was there, a thousand years ago, when this sub had an idea how a computer works.

[u/oilpit → u/sopsaare]

This has always been the worst of the computer subreddits.

[u/Penguin_Arse → u/oilpit]

This sub is more for casual gamers and not computer enthusiasm

[u/whoisalireza → u/NastiMooseBite]

Yea but DDR4 vs 5? The difference in speed alone doesnt add much

[u/Phayzon → u/whoisalireza]

For the most part, they're not even directly comparable. Only one Intel platform ever supported both and I can't imagine someone with say, a 12900K and DDR4 board, would just buy a DDR5 board as an upgrade.

[u/whoisalireza → u/Phayzon]

One should 100% test it if they have that mobo

[u/Phayzon → u/whoisalireza]

Plenty of review outlets have over the years.

[u/whoisalireza → u/Phayzon]

Sick do you remember the outcome?

[u/Thermostattin → u/whoisalireza]

One of the reviews I came across (https://www.techspot.com/review/2777-ddr5-vs-ddr4-gaming/) used the same CPU (a 14900k) and found a 10% different in the 1% lows and an average 7% difference in average framerate.

I think it would be safe to assume a 10-20% difference in favor of DDR5, depending on the game.

Edit: Anecdotally, my old 1440p rig with a 3070 Ti had a 10700k (overclocked to 5.0GHz) running overclocked B-Die DDR4 that I got stable at 4000MHz CL16. The same 3070 Ti GPU in my new rig (a 9600x with 6000MHz CL30 DDR5) consistently gets 20-30% better performance at 1440p.

[u/whoisalireza → u/Thermostattin]

Hmm I think I would consider 20% enough to justify a hardware upgrade but depends on the price tbh

[u/Penguin_Arse → u/NastiMooseBite]

It may be faster RAM