Ram DDRX matter?

[The Android]

Well I know that with a gpu, it matters heavily. But I was wondering about the ram type? My friend has an alienware with 4gb ddr3 ok, and I have a custom built pc with 4gb ddr2. And I was thinking. When we play games, I get equal or greater fps then him. What the heck? I know it may be other factors which may be lowering his performance but we checked. We all just installed win 7 ult 64bit and updated all our drivers.

Heres our specs




His: DELL Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580 Intel Core i3 4130T (2.90GHz) 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit


My pc:http://

4gb DDR2 Patriot Gaming Ram, liquid cooling, 850W Power source, gpu was TERRIBLE so I upgraded to an GTX650 GDDR5 2GB version. Got a new cpu, ( XEON E5450 using a 771-775)
And a new hdd (1tb ibm 3gb sata hard drive)

Please explain this to me...

 

[rolli59]

You have a discrete GPU he is on onboard which matters much more than the installed ram!

 

[xomm]

RAM speed matters very little in gaming. (rolli59, the Alpha has a discrete GPU)

What impacts FPS the most in games is the GPU - the Alienware Alpha has a custom Maxwell GPU similar to an 860M, and you have a GTX 650. So that's close enough, slight advantage to your friend, I think?

Secondarily is the CPU. You have a true quad-core (albeit older), while he has a dual-core with hyperthreading. Slight advantage to you.

All in all, it makes sense that you get about the same performance.

Edit: Have you or your friend attempted to overclock your GPUs yet? Apparently the Alpha's GPU is a decent overclocker.

 

[rolli59]

RAM speed matters very little in gaming. (rolli59, the Alpha has a discrete GPU)

What impacts FPS the most in games is the GPU - the Alienware Alpha has a custom Maxwell GPU similar to an 860M, and you have a GTX 650. So that's close enough, slight advantage to your friend, I think?

Secondarily is the CPU. You have a true quad-core (albeit older), while he has a dual-core with hyperthreading. Slight advantage to you.

All in all, it makes sense that you get about the same performance.

Edit: Have you or your friend attempted to overclock your GPUs yet? Apparently the Alpha's GPU is a decent overclocker.

Looked it up, it is a GTX745m (not very strong) could not be 860m which is almost equal to GTX750Ti. Then again OP did not list GPU therefore presuming none.

 

[xomm]

Looked it up, it is a GTX745m (not very strong) could not be 860m which is almost equal to GTX750Ti. Then again OP did not list GPU therefore presuming none.

Where are you finding this? Everywhere I am seeing 860M/750 Ti. The Alpha only has one GPU configuration which is their "custom" version of 860M/750 Ti. No model with only integrated Intel.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/alienware-alpha-purpose-built-for-your-living-room-with-maxwell-technology

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-alienware-alpha-spec-analysis

http://www.polygon.com/a/e3-2014/alienware-alpha

http://www.maximumpc.com/alienware-alpha-review2015/

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/AlienwareAlphaGaming/discussions/0/617329150700128191/

 

[rolli59]

Looked it up, it is a GTX745m (not very strong) could not be 860m which is almost equal to GTX750Ti. Then again OP did not list GPU therefore presuming none.

Where are you finding this? Everywhere I am seeing 860M/750 Ti. The Alpha only has one GPU configuration which is their "custom" version of 860M/750 Ti. No model with only integrated Intel.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/alienware-alpha-purpose-built-for-your-living-room-with-maxwell-technology

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-alienware-alpha-spec-analysis

http://www.polygon.com/a/e3-2014/alienware-alpha

http://www.maximumpc.com/alienware-alpha-review2015/

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/AlienwareAlphaGaming/discussions/0/617329150700128191/

That was a web-search that screwed me up since it had 745 in older version of the same. Current 860M should be more powerful than the 650.