Ask GN 6: Ethical Reporting, RAM Spec Importance, & PCI-e Lane Differences
Posted on October 6, 2015
In this sixth episode of Ask GN, we're addressing user concerns regarding the recent Star Citizen & Escapist engagement, the relevance of RAM speed and density, PCI-e lane differences (chipset vs. CPU), and 4K gaming bottlenecks.
Our thanks to the engaged fans who have continually, for six episodes, submitted high-quality, thought-provoking questions.
You can find the full Ask GN episode below:
Timestamps
0:30: Will you be covering Star Citizen's “drama?”
2:56 – HumanLiveStock: “My Q is: What is holding GPUs back with 4K gaming? Is it weak GPU cores? Seems like memory bandwidth doesn't help very much.”
4:58 – Alex Maia: “Hi Steve! Does the RAM you get matter at all for gaming? For example, 1600MHz vs. 2400MHz, 8GB vs. 16GB, CL9 vs CL10? Or should I just get the prettiest color?”
10:44 – Subhashis Dhar: “What is the difference between processor PCI-e lanes and PCI-e lanes in the chipset? Does adding a WiFi x4 PCI-e card reduce my graphics card link down from x16 to x8?”
More in next week's episode!
- Steve "Lelldorianx" Burke.