Does More RAM Improve FPS in Games?

How RAM Affects Game Performance

As we know RAM is an essential component of computer and we can say that 70% of computers processing directly depend on RAM. So that’s why RAM plays a critical role in gaming performance performance as well as in day-to-day usage. It temporarily stores the data that our system needs to assess quickly, Basically in the cache memory.

These data can be textures, environment, active game files, users information, custom settings, and etc. When you have more RAM capacity, sufficient RAM, your CPU and GPU process data fastly because they receive the instructions clearly then they perform fastly and quickly which makes the gameplay smoother.

However, many new gamers misunderstood that if we wanted to boost our gameplay or increase our FPS, simply we have to add more RAM, but that’s not the actual thing. Although it is good for sometimes, but not always this is the matter. RAM helps to prevent stuttering, lagging, load times, and bottlenecks, but if we have average RAM which is 8GB, 4GB, then we can get a very handsome gameplay depending on the other specs of the system. So we must have to understand the balance between the specs to get a good gameplay.

Does Increasing RAM Directly Improve FPS?

Sometimes increasing RAM improves the FPS, but in some cases, not all the time. There are different scenarios why the game stutters, takes time, screen tears, or all other matters. So for that reason, we must point out the actual problem which is behind that.

When our system is limited by insufficient memory, and the game is lagging, stuttering, and it seems like it requires more memory when continuously a message is displayed with insufficient memory, then we have to upgrade the RAM’s capacity. In such cases, it is useful to increase the RAM and in some cases, when it says insufficient memory, we also have to increase the storage devices like HDDs, SSDs, virtual memories, which always result in FPS drop.

RAM Capacity	Performance Impact	Typical Use Case	FPS Improvement Potential
8GB	Frequent stutters, low stability	Older titles, light esports	High (if upgrading)
16GB	Smooth performance in most games	Modern AAA & multiplayer	Moderate when upgrading from 8GB
32GB	Excellent for multitasking & heavy mods	Open-world, modded games	Small unless memory-bound
64GB	Overkill for gaming	Professional workloads	None for gaming
128GB	Extreme overkill	Servers, editing rigs	None for gaming

 

So, upgrading RAM in such cases really stabilizes our system and gives a smoother gameplay. But if our system has very good RAM capacity like 16 GB, and the game still stutters or lags, then in this case, increasing the RAM is not a valid option. And adding more RAM cannot increase FPS, cannot solve out the problems, but the CPU and GPU can resolve such issues. RAM directly affects the FPS, the frame’s rate per second, and it can also be balanced with the help of display screen’s refresh rate. So, all the things must be settled in a correct balance to get an extraordinary efficient gameplay.

The Correspondence Influence

I have been in this field for more than five to six years and according to my knowledge, I understand that most of the problems occurs due to unprofessional designed setups. By this statement unprofessional design system.

I mean that a person who does not have in-depth knowledge about these things designs a system just adding just telling the hardware specialist that add 6GB RAM use this processor add such SSDs use this LCD use this casing and use this cooling fans and this input devices, that output devices and that storage devices that in such cases your system is going to be totally rubbish.

Actually the main thing is that we must know the relationship and we must use the devices in correspondence with each other, For example if we are using 8GB RAM then our storage must be 512 GB SSD it makes a proper sense, we must use such powerful data cables, must use such powerful extensions. The graphics card in this case must be with 4GB RAM and these are the basic basic and small small knowledge which if a person doesn’t have then a system creates problems and can lead to destruction.

So, In such cases take proper advice from a specialist of this field and especially in making your central processing unit take advice from any specialist and use all the internal/external devices in correspondence to each other by knowing the relationship between them.

RAM Capacity vs. FPS: The Real Relationship

As in the above heading I was talking about the correct relationship. So in this heading I’m gonna to tell you about the relationship between the RAM capacity and FPS. RAM is basically a storage space. A game requires some of the files which it stores in the storage memory so they can be assessed quickly and instead of storing them in the cloud computing they are stored in internal memory.

So, it is easy to accessible and can be used whenever need even when the system is offline. RAM is just only for the space purpose. If we are having very limited RAM our game cannot store files in such cases the game will stutter, will lag, the FPS will drop and such problems will be caused and the system will rely on virtual memory. And in some of these cases we must increase our RAM to get a smoother gameplay.

But if a computer is already having the good RAM capacity like 6 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB or 16 GB then simply increasing the capacity does not satisfy our gaming performance and cannot increase FPS because the FPS rate also rely on other factors like GPU processing, CPU processing, virtual RAM efficiency, game optimization and many other.

Conclusions

Many new gamers confuse between the FPS and smoothness. We can say that increased and more RAM can satisfy a good smoother gameplay but it cannot always boost FPS. As I have said above that it also depends on other factors. So keep this one thing in mind, do not overspend on storage devices and take care of other things too.

• Frequent stuttering or frame drops during gameplay

• RAM usage hitting 90–100% while gaming

• Games taking a long time to load textures or environments

• Background apps causing performance slowdowns

• Multitasking while gaming severely lowers FPS

• System starts using virtual memory from SSD/HDD

• Sudden FPS dips in open-world or modded games

• Hitching when entering new areas or maps

• High disk usage during gameplay

• Audio or animation delays during intense scenes