lagging in bf hardline beta

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basically, i have been playing for a bit but i see i get many lag spikes is it because of my lack of RAM?

my specs:
amd athlox x4 860k 3.7 ghz
gigabyte gtx 750 ti windforce series OC 2gb
corsair vengeance 2x2 4gb ram 1333mhz
 
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no i think its just ram it plays smoothly but i get like lag spike every 3 seconds the rest seems decent for now so if i upgrade to 8gb would the spikes go
 
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The ammount of RAM is good, 8GB is more than enough, however the speed leaves a lot to be desired, 1333MHz is some pretty crappy RAM.

What settings are you running?
What are you observing? Slow-downs? Simply low fps?
Are you on the latest beta drivers?
Did you ever tun the last BF (BF4)? Was it running ok?


P.S. Just notice it is 4GB not 8GB. Yes, RAM would be the problem then.
 
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and so can i use my ram now buy a 2x4 kit and use the both kits at the same time? 😀 (ill get the 1600mhz for my RAM)

i play fine like 50 fps then boom back to 5 fps then back up then down down etc every 3 seconds or so
 
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Mixing RAM kits is riscky and might them just not run.
Mixing RAM of different MHz is a big NO NO.

If you can't afford a new 8GB 1600MHz kit, you can risk and buy another 2x2GB 1333MHz kit and try your luck.
 
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is this fine thopugh http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-Series-1866MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B00J8E91T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423072392&sr=8-1&keywords=8gb+ram and i take out the old ones
 
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Yep, that's some very high quality RAM.
I have 4X2GB 2000MHz RAM and it never gets used totally, I will be upgrading to 16GB soon, if you are in Europe we could deal but I kinda already have a buyer.
 
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4 GB of RAM isn't really a lot

The speed of the RAM will make 0 difference in gaming. The videocard is OK, but it's not a great videocard, it's a budget gaming card remember.

I recommend increasing the RAM for a smoother game play experience, upgrade the videocard or decrease the resolution for better FPS.

Remeber that LAG is a internet connection term, meaning the game is disconnecting or the ping is very high. If you are referring to actual lag, and not game performance, you would be experience network issues which are unrelated to the computer hardware. You may need a better internet connection, or fewer people using it.
 
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im sure is my specs cause i get spikes like i shoot then 2 secs froze then smooth then froze etc
 
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Are you using any Antivirus applications? Make sure you add an exclusion to your Origin Games directory.

if you use the WIndows task manager, or Perfmon, or even MSI Afterburner, you can monitor your resources while you are playing to see what is causing the FPS spikes.

I'd actually guess it's your harddrive...
 
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His problems is clearly the RAM being filled and swapping data to disk which makes the slow-downs noticeble.
And RAM frequency up too 1866MHz makes a difference. I tested it with my 2000MHz RAM at 1330, 1600, 1800, 1866, 2000 and 2144 and it increased fps at 1866 but then continues the same. (That's why I leave it at 1866MHz)

 
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RAM speed makes 0 difference. If it's swapping the data from the Harddrive to the RAM, the Harddrive is the bottleneck. Not the RAM. You barely notice notice any difference going from 1333 to 2000 Mhz DDR3 in gaming.
 
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Dude, I did the test.
1330MHz gives me 35 fps in Crysis 3
Going to 1866MHz gives me 39 fps, that's a noticeble increase.
 
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Did you increase the RAM or just change the speed on the RAM you currently have?
Did you also tighten up the timings? You can get significantly better timings on lower speed RAM, which can make equal or greater performance gains, especially when overclocking. 2133Mhz 10-12-10 isn't necessarily better than 1333Mhz at 5-5-5
 
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My timmings are pretty loose at 9-11-9 (first 2000MHz RAM's), I just changed the speed, pure MHz, timmings and capacity all locked in (even Volt's were locked at 1.60V)
 
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Exactly my point. If you leave the timings the same and just decrease your RAM speed, that's not a real world performance test.

You can get significantly tighter timings at a lower speed, especially on a good quality RAM. You could have probably gotten the same results on all tests by lowering the timings on the lower speed tests. I've done this before and ran strictly memory benchmarks, and the performance differences where not noticeable.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/MaxxMEM2.shtml


But without a real controlled environment and a proper benchmarks, I would take your testing with a grain of salt, anyway. Most sites conclude the gains are minimal, and from OP's perspective, increasing the RAM speed is the furthest away from his system bottle neck, it's not even worth considering. If he's going to buy a new kit of RAM, he may as well go with 1600MHz at least, assuming his board supports it.

Lag spikes, as he described, sound more like the Harddrive is performing some type of taxing operation while he's playing and the system is locking up briefly. It could be improved by increasing the speed of his RAM, the lag spikes might go up from 5 Fps to 6 fps. That's a 15% gain, but still completely unplayable.
 
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