Does RAM Affect FPS drop on PC Games?
I'm planning to buy an i5 desktop and a decent GPU, say a GTX 1050ti, and planning to record my gameplays
my questions are,
1) Will there be a difference in FPS if I have 8GB RAM rather than a 4GB RAM? If yes, how mush FPS will increase if I use 8GB?
I'm not really sure if the RAM affects the FPS but somewhere I read RAM helps in performance when running two programs at the same time. And that means I will be running two programs at the same time right? (The game, and the recorder)
2) I'm just curious if making the RAM to 8GB will affect the FPS of the game or not, or if ever it does affect it, will it be minimal?
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by recorder, i mean, bandicam or fraps or the like.
If you want to record stuff then having more RAM would be better as recording programs will sometime take up resources that the games wants which could cause some FPS drop, the graphics card is the also really important for having a good FPS rate but with gaming these days i would normally recommend 8 GB minimum RAM.
can I use 2pcs of 4Gb Rams even with different brands? my motherboard has 2 slots. Will different brand rams cause damage, or will it be ok?
Nothing should be damaged if you use different brand names but all RAM sticks being from the same manufacturer normally works better together.
Which should I consider more for the better FPS with game recording? RAM? or VRAM?
Should I settle for a
a) GTX 1050Ti 2GB VRAM with a 8GB RAM? or
b) GTX 1050Ti 4GB VRAM with a 4GB RAM?
It's give and take. The VRAM on the GPU is dedicated to the card. RAM is multi-purpose. Having the GPU run, using as little RAM as possible, is optimal. RAM is more important for video processing though.
I'd go with the 4+4 configuration. Wait for a second opinion here though. I know gaming PCs, development and production, but I've never done streaming or recording. I'm not too familiar with the specific struggles there.
I would personally go for 8 GB of RAM and if possible try and stretch your budget to the 4 GB VRAM graphics card, these days games require more dedicated RAM along with VRAM and if you want to record things the programs used to record would also want to use the RAM along with Windows and other programs running which could cause slowdowns if you only have 4 GB.
I agree. I was really on the border there, but if it's at all an option, definitely go with 4+8. My only train of thought was that the 2Gb of VRAM may cause gameplay lag while drawing from the 8Gb of RAM. No matter how great your recording is, if gameplay drops frames, recording stutters regardless. Again though, I have not dealt with recording.
As one whom has dealt with numerous monster PCs, I can attest that anything above 8Gb of RAM is really superfluous unless you're into video production or development/rendering. For normal gameplay/recording, 4+8 is a great setup. Personally, I have a 3.5+12 setup and VRAM/RAM has not been even close to an issue for gameplay.
Oh, by the way, as mentioned before, while in theory, brand loyalty isn't a thing in PC hardware, in practice, it is. Stick with similar brands when possible. Things just seem to work better. The only exception is an AMD processor with an AMD GPU. A select few programs and games seem to have issue with either one or the other. AMD GPUs in particular, seem to be finicky with some games "developed with Nvidia" for some reason. It's not something worth throwing your computer away for, but something to keep in mind when selecting new parts or buying new. They're 50/1 problems, but they do occur.