I'm currently running an Intel 12600K with 32GB of DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM on a RTX 5070 graphics card, and I love gaming on my 65-inch TV at 4K resolution (with ray tracing mostly turned down). I found a solid deal on a Ryzen 7600X along with 32GB of DDR5 6000MHz CL30 RAM, but I'm planning to keep my existing graphics card. My main question is whether this upgrade will significantly boost my FPS in games like COD, Forza, Ratchet and Clank, and Sackboy. I've noticed that most benchmarks focus on higher-end graphics cards like the 5090, which isn't directly applicable to my setup. I would love to know if switching to DDR5 will really help—specifically, I'm wondering if a gain of 10 FPS is worth it, and if 20 FPS difference would be compelling enough to proceed with the upgrade.
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When you’re playing at 4K resolution, most of the processing load falls on your GPU, so you might not see a huge FPS boost from switching to DDR5. It's likely that the difference will be minor, if any.
That’s pretty much what I thought! Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything important.