Can Memory Bottleneck be solved

[gorakh nath]

Today memories are available 3200 mhz or 3.2ghz and processor are also available at these speeds too. Will using memory of this frequency solve memory bottleneck?

 

[androbourne]

Memory isn't all just about speed. It's also amount. You can have 4gb of 3200mhz but if you dont have enough memory to process the request. Then speed alone is useless.

But that aside. There are tons of factors at play here. Every system will always have a bottleneck. If you are hitting that bottleneck for what you are using the PC for is another story.

1. What are you using the PC for?
2. Can your motherboard even support 3200mhz memory?
3. Is it DDR2, 3 or 4?

With some of those questions answered, we can give you a more accurate assessment.

 

[Barty1884]

No. While measured the same in speeds, the actual performance is dramatically different in execution.

If you truly have a memory "bottleneck", that's typically because you don't have "enough" memory, not that the memory you have is *slow*.

BUT, for chips like Ryzen, or specific workloads, faster memory can be beneficial. I wouldn't call 2133-2400MHz a "bottleneck" in the traditional sense, but some workloads will benefit from faster memory.

 

[SkyBill40]

Is this an actual system based question or more of a general discussion point?

 

[gorakh nath]

I am talking about ddr4 and at least 16 gb memory

 

[androbourne]

Then you should be fine with that and if you can afford it. Get higher speed ram.

You shouldn't need more then 16gb unless you are doing some crazy video editing or something.

 

[gorakh nath]

Does it mean that memory bottleneck can be solved?

 

[androbourne]

I don't think you understand what a bottleneck is.

No matter what system you have, there will always be a bottleneck. The question is, are you hitting that bottleneck for whatever applications you are running on your system.

In terms of gaming. Once you upgrade your memory to at least 16GB of decent speed. You shouldn't run into a memory bottleneck. Now you might hit other bottlenecks like your CPU or hard drive. But we wont know until you post your full system specs.

The idea of a bottleneck is that either an application is out performing what your system can handle (aka 4gb of memory for an application that requires 8gb) OR an internal device is causing a bottleneck (such as a slow standard hard drive that can't process requests as fast as your CPU or GPU can etc...)

 

[gorakh nath]

I am talking about memory bottleneck. Not other bottle neck. Will having 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram with a cpu of 3ghz-3.2ghz frequency solve memory bottleneck?

 

[SkyBill40]

You clearly don't understand what a bottleneck is and are confusing yourself by trying to tie the memory speed/frequency to that of the CPU.

 

[Barty1884]

I am talking about memory bottleneck. Not other bottle neck. Will having 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram with a cpu of 3ghz-3.2ghz frequency solve memory bottleneck?

If memory speeds were the bottleneck, then posssibly.


You would need to truly define a scenario before we could discuss bottlenecks.

CPU and Memory clock speeds are not linear; You could pair a 5GHz CPU with 2133MHz memory or a 3GHz CPU with 4000MHz+ memory, and not have a "bottleneck", depending on the application.

Memory bottlenecks are moreso in quantity (ie *only* 4GB) opposed to in clock speed, in most situations.