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Ever since I originally bought my 2500K, I've run it with 1600Mhz memory, specifically these.
Recently I've started playing Fallout 4, and I've noticed in a lot of areas I get frame rate drops down to 40's, regardless of what settings I use (even on low I get the drops). The interesting thing is, there is not very high GPU/CPU usage for these 'problem' areas.
So, I looked into it a bit more, and it turns out that memory speed may actually play a role in the drops (strange, I know). Here are some benchmarks showing the differences -
http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page6.html
This got me thinking, can I buy some faster memory and get it to work properly with my Sandy Bridge processor? It seems like my motherboard will support up to 2400Mhz RAM (at 2133Mhz speeds). Will the CPU also work with this?
Recently I've started playing Fallout 4, and I've noticed in a lot of areas I get frame rate drops down to 40's, regardless of what settings I use (even on low I get the drops). The interesting thing is, there is not very high GPU/CPU usage for these 'problem' areas.
So, I looked into it a bit more, and it turns out that memory speed may actually play a role in the drops (strange, I know). Here are some benchmarks showing the differences -
http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page6.html
This got me thinking, can I buy some faster memory and get it to work properly with my Sandy Bridge processor? It seems like my motherboard will support up to 2400Mhz RAM (at 2133Mhz speeds). Will the CPU also work with this?