jacobvandy wrote on Nov 4, 2021, 14:52:
theglaze wrote on Nov 4, 2021, 14:03:
jacobvandy wrote on Nov 4, 2021, 13:57:
It's disappointing to see that DDR5 makes so little difference in general
Did you see the Anandtech comparison of DDR4 to DDR5? They've done the deepest dive into the new memory that I've found. When it comes to gaming, it looks significant to me, especially considering how tight performance is with AMD.
Their Alder Lake review shows a difference of 5% or less average FPS on every game but Far Cry 5, where it's nearer to 10%... and that's at 1080p. Have you seen the prices on DDR5?
First generation modules, early mobo BIOS versions, mem settings probably not yet optimized by testers, and DDR5 is consistently beating DDR4 beyond the margin of error. That's better than
DDR4's debut, and DDR5 will only get better moving forward.
As for price... we're talking about the launch of the fastest hardware on the market, so I give that a pass, for now!