Gadgetory

one of the most common questions I receive is my computer uses ddr3 RAM but all the new graphics cards come with gddr5 Ram will they work in my system in a word yes in 74 words yes because the type of RAM your CPU can use your system memory doesn't impact the type of RAM that your graphics card can use because the CPU or central processing unit interacts directly with its own memory and the GPU or graphics processing unit interacts directly with its own memory those processors work together and communicate with each other through a PCI Express slot so the type of RAM they're each using doesn't matter so another common question then is this why is video card memory so far ahead of system memory gddr5 has been available for years while ddr4 is still not available there's basically no mention of DDR 5 at all can't we just use gee ddr4 our CPUs to take advantage of all those technology improvements well this sensor is a little bit more complicated while each new generation of gddr3 dr aims for similar improvements over the last one higher capacities reduced heat output and power consumption and higher performance particularly with respect to maximum bandwidth that doesn't mean that these technologies are the same a common misconception is that there is a correlation between the generational numbers in GD d r and d dr they're independent of each other G ddr2 with somewhat related to ddr2 but the newer ddr4 and gddr5 standards are actually much more closely related to ddr3 than to ddr4 or a future DDR 5 standard ok so if they're not really as different as they sound and they're just variations of similar technology why do we need two different types of memory well as the old saying goes horses up for courses my friends I mean all rows I didn't mean meal courses I meant race courses yeah that's not even a tasteful joke sorry now that we're back on track now that's a great joke my point stands you want memory that's special alized for your application but when a typical person uses a computer we don't actually need any more bandwidth for system memory it's much more important for everyday tasks to have very low latency access to your ram with better granularity while a graphics card is typically moving massive chunks of data into and out of the frame buffer that is the RAM things like high-resolution game textures or large data sets for computer simulation work the average desktop is being bombarded with a multitude of much smaller transfers like that instant message you just received or that virus scan that's picking through all your files in the background normal DDR is optimized for desktop use and GDD are just wouldn't be as suitable in spite of its impressive on paper performance numbers especially with respect to bandwidth speaking of impressive performance we've got a new sponsor that we absolutely love shutterstock.com is the affordable way to get royalty free stock photos graphics and video footage that you can use for anything from gussied up a PowerPoint presentation all the way to inclusion in a professional newscast before we accepted them as a sponsor I actually went ahead and bought a two hundred and fifty dollar monthly subscription to evaluate the service that plan entitles us to 25 images per day and has made life so much easier for my video editor for this video he just fired up their awesome search tool to browse their enormous 30 plus a million image library found something that Illustrated the point I'm making and added it to the video no worrying about usage rights I'm easily saving my $8.50 per day in time alone of course I know not everyone edit its videos every day though don't worry they've got everything from pay-as-you-go all the way to enterprise grade solutions with extra support and enhanced usage rights so guys you should definitely check it out you can see their entire image library with watermarks for free so head over to shutterstock.com and try it out and if you like it make sure you use offer code tech 214 to get 25% off your new account thanks again to Shutterstock for supporting tech quickie and thanks again to you guys for watching this video like it and share it if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment let me know did this help clarify DDR versus G DDR for you or did you already totally understand this and now it's just a convenient little resource for you to send to people whenever they ask about it and right don't forget to subscribe either