32GB vs 48GB DDR5 - Does More RAM Boost Gaming Performance in 2024? 23 Games Tested 1080P, 1440P, 4K

[@RoKenX2]

problem is im sure your doing this on a clean computer.... throw discord steam teamspeak and a browser with a few tabs open and try again.... bet under real workload it may change a bit

[@rogerGMOD]

Teamspeak and steam don't use so much ram. Yeah Google Chrome eat much ram , is not a new info. But is not recommend to do gaming with 100 tabs in Chrome. Maximum 2-3.

[@just_OsaMa23]

Then 16 gigs of ram will be enough for pure gaming.. We all know that games do not require that huge ram capacity.. but what if gaming while opening multiple things?​@rogerGMOD

[@zackw4941]

No one would expect raw frame rates to change, unless you're straight up out of memory. This isn't going to happen with 32gb. The thing to look for is in games like Cyberpunk, or Bethesda titles, that have a lot of small loading zones. Do you see faster load times with more of the world stored in memory? Smoother transitions between zones? Less texture popping? These are the things to look for and try to report on. Not frame rate. Plus, as others have said, real people's computers can get cluttered up with apps and background services. Does that extra head room start to make a difference? I already bought 64gb. The cost difference isn't very much compared to the whole system and I know the platform I just built is going to be in service for a long time. 32gb was overkill for my last build, but it paid off in the last couple years.

[@Spazzfrom.1989]

yeah i learned this from tech deals..small things like the popping..or one guy mentioned how when he went from 32 to 64 on COD MW he realized those types of small differences..so i went and bought 64gb of 6400 32cl gskill..for 190..meh not that bad to be honest..its these graphics cards that are an issue..especially nvidias sorry ass

[@zackw4941]

@Spazzfrom.1989 Yeah, I think nVidia is in a weird head space.. They're making do much money off data center and AI, they don't really care about the PC gaming market anymore. The way the 50 series rumors are shaping up, the 5090 is going to be an absolute beast for those who can afford it, but the rest of the lineup is going to be so far removed from that and the prices so high, that everyone else will probably be better off looking at RDNA 4. Unfortunately, they have so much mind and market share, most people will still flock to whatever nVidia offers. 😔

[@jonathanryan9946]

Same line of thinking, I had 32gb with my old i7-8700 and while it was overkill for most. It definitely helped with loading between zones or when I went insane with mods. Then towards the end some games were going past 16gb so I was glad I went 32gb. Anyway, switching to the 9800x3d (motherboard still hasn't arrived yet though because literally everyone was trying to get the Asrock X870e Hero apparently, but I apparently will get it before just Christmas). Anyways went for 64gb (6000MTZ and 30 CL) just so I could have smoother transitions, when I go mod nuts, and just incase games in 5+ years will start needing more than 32gb (or windows stealing resources)

[@chucklesdeclown8819]

i would think your ram timing's and ram speed itself would make a lot more of a difference for performance then "how much ram you got". like lets just say we were able to theoretically create a DDR5 32gb ram kit and get it running stably at 8400 MT/S with timings at 1-1-1-1 then you would see a huge difference compared to a DDR5 32gb kit running at the suggested 6000 MT/S and average timings.

[@Swecan76]

Bingo.

[@gstormcz]

Devs are smart to avoid placing too much game stuff in slower RAM. I guess it was HWU which mentioned tganes even lower or kick textures to keep stuff within fast VRAM. 0:00

[@jonathanvoshell7914]

I have 32gb. Next time it will be 64gb or higher depending on how much longer 32gb can go. Apparently my 2014 system with a GPU upgrade is only bottlenecking 10% in 4K vs 50% at 1080p.

[@simptrix007]

Well I would like to see something like DCS with heavy mods multiplayer, one of the games mentioned under HUB RAM video where people told that you may want above 96GB of RAM. It would be more interesting to cherry pick gaming scenarios where 64GB+ RAM does something beneficial for the gameplay.

[@Sheaksa]

ramdisks, just install your fav game into ram. 192GB is the max capacity on x870e iirc

[@JustAGuy85]

Yeah, max out the graphics, crank the preload radius all the way up to 150,000 and fly around for 20 minutes, covering all of the map that you can. I have 32GB RAM and I haven't had DCS: World push me over that amount, yet, though. I first got DCS on an older rig with 16GB RAM and I had to set my PageFIle to like 30-35GB and it'd eat it up lol. Had to have the game on an SSD and my pagefile on a separate SSD. But, yeah, now it's on a Samsung 970 Evo Plus (M.2 NVME) and on my 5900x/32GB RAM/6700XT 12GB, it has handled it well so far, although, I haven't played it as much since I built this rig. It was my favorite sim for sure, but I lost my keybinds and that's how much I dreaded redoing them all lmao. That and I went awhile without opening it up and forgot 90% of what I learned. 5500 hours down the drain :-/ I think depending on how many background tasks you have open + the map you're running + the amount of time spent in said map and amount of ground covered in map means you COULD hit over 32GB usage, though.

[@TalonRahl]

Potentially have a link to the timings of your personal kit? Also are you running command rate 2 to reduce timings rather than command rate 1?

[@TrevorSullivan]

Amount of RAM doesn't matter for purely gaming. But I run Linux virtual machines in Hyper-V and also do software development and work with AI models sometimes. I run 64GB of RAM (2x32) in my system, and it's great. Might upgrade to 128GB, but don't hit my limit often enough quite yet.

[@dipaklingayat8490]

No.. go for 1tb ram 512gb x 2 and see magic .. Your pc is flying...

[@clutchboi4038]

​@@dipaklingayat8490most consumer grade mainboards dont support more than 256 gigs of ram but lol nice joke

[@clutchboi4038]

I just got 128 gigs of ram for an AI server build. Was only like $400.

[@jonathanryan9946]

I mean, it depends, 32gb is fine for most games... but if you get into mods, oh boy, that can be like opening extensions in Chrome. You might even need 64gb in certain games with lots of mods.

[@JaredT-k8s]

Did you end up testing single vs dual rank?

[@Capybarin]

This whole video is a bait to say "yo, 16Gb is enough for 99% games" so he can make another test.

[@MrBaxtrax]

Now do the same tests using high resolution photo manipulation on Adobe, rendering a 4k animation, or a virtual 3D circuit diagram in Solid works. Because that's where the extra ram will really matter.

[@rockisking4974]

Can you try to do a dual rank test, I'd love to see that.

[@anthonyharrison5366]

could you do a review on trident 96gb 2 stick set. thats what i have

[@lil----lil]

Your foray into benchmark is commendable. Keep up the good work!

[@nontoxic9960]

The answer is 48gb kits use new M-Die and are easier on the memory controller. These new chips can clock higher more easily vs 32gb of A-Die.

[@Chicken-o5e]

Isnt the level of ease on the memory controller purely based on the clock speed of it aka uclk? I heard m die cant clock high compared stable to hynix a die unless ur talking about new mdie, how is new m die tech different?

[@lechf]

@@Chicken-o5eyeah the 24gb sticks are a new mdie and typically clock a touch higher than a die at the expense of slightly looser timings

[@godnamedtay]

@@lechfyea that’s the only issue I see with current M die, the looser timings. I’m going with 48gb 7200 A die on my z690 unify x & 13900k. I’m hoping I can get 7800 but we’ll see. Maybe I’ll end up getting M die in the end lol

[@lechf]

@ there’s no 48gb a die yet.. if you bought the team group stuff off Amazon the listing is just wrong..

[@godnamedtay]

@ nahh I’m pretty sure it’s A die lol, & yes that’s the exact ram I bought 7200 34-42-42

[@JosephKarthic]

These single rank dual rank is all confusing, i bought 2 x32gb gskill 6000 c3036 kit for my 9800x3d and x870e-e, is it good or not?

[@TheLavac]

Sure

[@NeoDon1]

48Gbs WITH 8000mt/s IS What I have, KLEVV M- Die Hynix CL 38 DDR5

[@Loady420]

Umm I run 96gb of ddr5 I had 630064gb but something is wrong with it so I can't run it at speed. So I just put in the old 5200mhz and they work fine at 4800mhz. 96GB I can play anything run youtube on 2nd screen and watch TV on the samsung. If you got the money don't listen to anyone buy what you want and have fun.

[@clutchboi4038]

Would be fun to tinker with. I had issues getting my last build to run ram at full speed but with bios upgrades and settings changed I got it stable running at full speed.

[@CMeosuarra]

Next time do the test with virtual memory disabled to see de diference .

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

i'd like to know the timings on these kits. To do a real comparison you need to have the same or very similar timings. Seems like a decent test but you really need the same speed/timings on both to do a proper 1 for 1 comparison.

[@DannyzReviews]

Did you even watch the video?

[@catonturtle3202]

​@@DannyzReviewsyou only showed tCL?

[@Tyler-sl6vg]

During the past year I ran out of memory playing one of my favorite games when I had 32gb. For my new build I went with 64gb. It's been a new build every 4 years or so and doubling the amount of ram seems to be what has worked for me. I made the move to AMD with this build tho. If I had remained on the Intel platform it would have been a harder choice because I probably would have been looking at higher speed memory which would have been more difficult at 64gb. If I was giving general advice to a friend that isn't going to monitor their ram usage I would recommend 48gb to ensure longevity of the system.

[@kixlee]

What's your favorite game?

[@Tyler-sl6vg]

@kixlee That game was Escape from Tarkov PVE mode. So the game was hosted locally rather than on a server. I am not sure if I have run out in any other games. It's definitely not common. But if I was building a PC I wanted to last 5 years I think 48gb or more is a good idea.

[@novalis791]

I’d like to see tear on two new 48gb sticks (96gb)

[@harveybirdmannequin]

RAM capacity matters depending on what other tasks you have running. If you have programs running in the background while gaming then yes, more RAM is better. RAM is one of the cheapest parts to upgrade. Just don't be an early adopter and wait for prices to come down.

[@Swecan76]

This is nice testing and all. But you are actually more testing bandwidth and speed and not "size" here. Any FPS difference would come from "timings" and "latency" advantage of either of the specific RAM. Not because it has 16GB more of Ram. You're not showing how much RAM is being utilized in this testing. And isn't that the question you proposed for this video. "Do you need more than 32GB". Which implies size not performance. I get that if you use up all of the RAM that you could have FPS slow down. But again there are other factors that would play here. Using a 4090 with 24GB VRAM means that the "RAM" is off-loaded a lot because a lot of the game can be loaded into the VRAM and if that VRAM is much faster than some other GPU then that helps. Same thing when it comes to NVME SSD used. All of this works in tandem to push the data through its paces. A 32GB system with larger VRAM GPU and faster NVME could overcome and beat the system with 48GB Ram simply because it makes up for it in throughput and speed and more 'RAM' in other areas.

[@ajosralastname7823]

Why not 64gb?

[@igorpniak8308]

What this benchmark lacks to be really accurate is showing Star Citizen. The game may be bad, but it it's RAM for breakfast. DCS would also be a good test.

[@DannyzReviews]

Star Citizen.. Nice joke

[@igorpniak8308]

@DannyzReviews Not a joke? One of the few games that benefits from more than 32 gb of ram

[@Chicken-o5e]

​@@igorpniak8308im planning to get star citizen soon, i have 32gb hynix a die cl 30 will it run smooth or do i go buy 48gb? And which type a die or m die?

[@jaynayy]

Have you stress tested the gpu memory overclock, i have the same gpu and i think over 1200 some games crash/performance is lost. I used 3dmark to stress it woth several of their benchmarks and occt.

[@lazylemymaitland6996]

i got 64GB 6400MT Cl30

[@BastyTHz]

more ram for window's readylist memory

[@cloudconnected7008]

More RAM != More fps allways.

[@MafiosoDon21]

Me with 96GB of Ram 💀

[@Decki777]

8000mhz A die is better than 8000mhz M die because A die has lower latency. I'd like to see dual rank ddr5 performance.

[@mitchy5994]

My M die kit has gotten way lower than my A die kit for timings & latency. Not sure how true your statement is

[@Decki777]

@mitchy5994 I'm using a cl38 8000mhz xmp A die kit it has 5ns lower latency then my other 8000mhz M die kit.

[@mitchy5994]

@ That's probably due to the specific brand set timings on the kit rather than the die itself mate.

[@michalgajdos7575]

brand/models /specs ?

[@killerrf]

Trfc and rrd_s rrd_l can run lower timings typically on a die then 24mdie. Old 16mdie can much lower then adie. You can get 6400mdie16gb performing better then 8000 xmp.

[@JROCC0625]

Probably cpu bottleneck 😂