RAMing speed: Does boosting DDR4 to 3200MHz improve overall performance?
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As DDR4 goes mainstream, end users want to know if they can expect to see performance gains from adopting it. Does pushing DDR4 all the way to 3.2GHz yield significant improvement over DDR3?
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I've figured out how to run ram at full speed : r/SteamDeck
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RAMing speed: Does boosting DDR4 to 3200MHz improve overall
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is there no point in buying faster than 3200MHz DDR4 ram with the