Intel HD 4600 + ram?

[tyosei]

Will the performance of the Intel HD 4600 improve with more / better ram?

For a new build I have the option of 4gb 1333mhz or 8gb 1600mhz (same latency) and there is a $20 price difference (the 8gb corsair vengeance is on sale).

 

[KompuKare]

I had a chance to try out a laptop with HD3000 and took some notes. The biggest difference was going from single channel to dual.

For HD4600, Computerbase gave a rating to the difference between of DDR3-1333 vs DDR3-1666 of around 4%:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/...el-haswell-grafik-fuer-desktop-pcs-im-test/4/
Those tests were run with "2x 4.096 MB Kingston DDR3-2400 (9-9-9-24)" which they then clocked down to run those other tests.
Value-wise, it's probably not worth going past DDR3-1866 with DDR3-1600 probably the best value. But dual-channel is essential.

 

[tyosei]

Thanks for the tip. How do I know if this is dual channel?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233218

 

[DominionSeraph]

You need two (or four) sticks for it to be dual-channel.
And why do you think your options are limited to those?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=3938566&SID=

Sounds like you should head over to General Hardware and have us take a look at your build.

 

[tyosei]

I can't use newegg.com

The single stick that I linked is on sale for ~$50 USD in my country

 

[DominionSeraph]

What country?

 

[tyosei]

Japan

 

[DominionSeraph]

Japan

Lucky bastard. It would cost me $2k in airfare to see Miku in concert.

 

[Yuriman]

Lucky bastard. It would cost me $2k in airfare to see Miku in concert.

A (Japanese) buddy of mine from college said the same thing to me about Nascar. ^^

@OP, if you're definitely planning on using the iGPU for gaming, go for DDR3-1600 or -1866 for sure.

 

[Ventanni]

A (Japanese) buddy of mine from college said the same thing to me about Nascar. ^^

Haha, that's funny. I still can't watch Nascar on TV, but after seeing my first Nascar race for the first time (Pepsi 400 in Daytona), I can honestly say it changed my entire perspective on the sport. Nascar is amazing when you're sitting in the stands!

 

[Jimzz]

You need 2 sticks of 1600mhz or faster memory to allow the onboard video card to work best.

 

[tyosei]

I guess I'll just drop the extra money for 2 sticks of 1600mhz. Thanks for the help everyone.