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    Memory Sticks Bottlenecked?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by SlickDragon, Jan 19, 2016.

  1. SlickDragon

    SlickDragon Notebook Consultant

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    I just received and installed my new DDR4 32gb (2x 16gb) 2800mhz memory sticks ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232189) in my gaming laptop ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232770). I tried asking around in the forums if i would get bottlenecked, and the responses seemed to indicate i would be fine. As you can see from these images, it seems to be bottlenecked down to just 2400mhz. I see in Aida64 that there is a profile for the 2800mhz speed (pictured below), but it's under "Extreme Memory Profile" and i have no idea how to 'activate' that. Perhaps it requires some changes in the Bio, but i have no idea if my laptop is even able to do that.

    Would appreciate any help!
     

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  2. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I think you are misunderstanding the term "bottleneck". Bottleneck would be if the RAM was limiting performance of your machine. Running it at 2800 vs 2400 will have negligible performance differences in any application, game, or benchmark. In order to activate Extreme Memory profile yo will need to set that in the BIOS if it even has such an option.
     
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