Do I need a new hard drive or more memory if I want to go from 8GB to 16GB?
Do I need a new hard drive or more memory if I want to go from 8GB to 16GB?
Hey there. I'm using a Ryzen 3 3200g chip with Vega 8 graphics cards. My computer has eight gigs of RAM (split into two sticks, so four gig each). Two hard drives have Windows 10 in one of them. I play PUBG PC all the time and it's pretty slow for me. Mostly, I get lag from my internet connection instead of slow games. It's really annoying to me. Now I can choose between upgrading my RAM or buying a new fast SSD. If I buy more RAM and upgrade from eight gigs to sixteen gigabytes, will that help PUBG performance? Or should I just get a 128-bit SSD to make the game run better? I am playing on very low settings where I usually get sixty frames per second, but sometimes it drops down to five or six. The game gets stuck for a few seconds and then goes back to fifty-six frames per second. Anyway, my internet connection is definitely causing that lag in PUBG. If you want me to remove the FPS spikes caused by network problems, what should I choose between upgrading RAM or buying an SSD? Also, I have eight gigs of RAM on my computer but Windows says only five point nine three gigabytes are usable. Please help with this too!
I guess most of your issues might be about the network. You will likely see the same frame rate drops even if your computer hardware looks good. Try connecting your PC directly to the router instead of using a modem. Also, try changing your DNS settings. Using Cloudflare, Google, or OpenDNS might make things feel smoother than using what you ISP gives you by default. I can't say which one is definitely best, but it depends on where you are located and how close each company's server is to your house. So, test them all just to be sure.
hi thanx! how do i get that? well, i live in Pakistan and use a pc with ptcl broadband, connected through an ethernet cable from the main router to my computer. i really want to buy one of these two options. so which one would you pick for stable fps, no increase but fast rendering too. also 8 gb ram shows 5.93 usable.
You can change your DNS settings in Windows Control Panel. You can also make sure all your devices use the same DNS for the network. But it is easier to just change the one thing in Windows right now. Try different internet providers and see which one makes things go smoothly first. Then you will figure out how to add that option later on your router. Here is a link about changing DNS settings on Windows 10.
Google uses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 for their names, but I do not know if they have local servers in Pakistan. There might be better ones for your area. You can find the link for the Windows guide here: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-chang...windows-10
To check how fast you are getting online, use a popular speed test site that you like. Remember: good names don't always make the internet faster. They do reduce waiting time called latency. If you want to know about speed tests, look at the PING number instead of raw data. I will hold off on upgrading anything until we figure out why your connection is acting up.
A fast SSD makes games load quicker. More RAM only helps if you already have too little. It might help too if you currently have one stick but two would allow dual channel performance, especially with built-in graphics cards. Since you are using built-in graphics, the extra RAM could make a big difference in gaming speed. This is true if you switch from single channel to dual channel. Just keep in mind that adding new RAM might cause problems. Sometimes the old sticks and new ones cannot work together at all or they may only run slower than expected.
Can you show some pictures from the CPU-Z, like those for the motherboard, memory, and SPD sections? (upload them to imgur.com and send me a link) With integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM is used just for that graphics chip. That extra RAM isn't available for normal system tasks. If your motherboard lets you overclock RAM, getting more faster RAM might help you run better.
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