I recently had my PC serviced, and the technician replaced my 32GB 6000 MHz KingSpec RAM with 32GB 5200 MHz Corsair RAM. I'm wondering if this downgrade will negatively affect my gaming performance, specifically in terms of FPS. My setup includes a Ryzen 7 7700 processor and an RTX 5070 graphics card. The technician mentioned he made this change to resolve issues like KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED and MEMORY_MANAGEMENT errors. Should I expect a noticeable difference in gameplay?
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They could have opted for the same RAM speed as a replacement rather than going for a slower kit. Sometimes, RAM issues can arise even with identical modules. In reality, you might not see much of a performance drop unless you had a reference point for how your system performed before the RAM change.
You did drop 800 MHz in RAM speed with that swap. In practical terms, that's a significant speed reduction, but in most cases, you probably won't notice the difference during gameplay. It's just 800 million cycles less per second, so unless you were experiencing very high-performance requirements, you should be fine.
The impact on FPS really depends on the game and your settings. If you’re playing at 1080p and aiming for high frame rates, you might see some limitations due to the lower RAM speed. However, if you're playing at 4K with nice settings, your GPU is likely the bottleneck instead. AMD officially supports up to 5600 MHz, so 5200 MHz isn't bad. Just keep in mind that Ryzen CPUs are quite sensitive to RAM speeds; if you can, try running your new kit at around 5600 MHz to test it out.
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