So DDR4 RAM releases next month all of us PC gamers should be really happy.

Here is the information.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=716441

http://www.hardwarepal.com/ddr4-memory-will-released-next-month/

http://www.crucial.com/promo/DDR4.aspx

http://wccftech.com/technology-boost-ddr4-speed-64-gbps-saving-power/

Apparently Intel's Haswell-E is rumored to support DDR4 RAM.

It looks like 1 stick of DDR4 RAM can hold up to 16GB's. This is so awesome.

Yeah, but it'll be too rich for my blood for several years.

Oh yay, I'm gonna need a new mobo real soon!

That's what svcks about this is that motherboards that support DDR3 RAM don't support DDR4 :/. Also 1 stick of DDR4 RAM might cost $200 dollars (USD) from what I am hearing.

Hooray. Pretty much screws over my plans for finally futureproofing with a DDR3/LGA 1150 setup .

Dude DDR3 RAM and having a PC that has a motherboard that uses DDR3 RAM is still good to have no need to upgrade to a PC with DDR4 RAM.

There are PC's with 24GB of DDR3 RAM and 32GB of DDR3 RAM.

Yes it's better to have more better and faster RAM though but DDR3 RAM is still good.

Here's a good explanation from someone who said it better than I did LOL.

RAM is supported by proper hardware, BIOS and perhaps operating systems on an address space level. Games do not "add support" for specific kinds of RAM, because it is abstracted by the operating system. Or did you think somebody went into the original code of classic Wasteland and added support for modern RAM, in order to run on modern computers?

The advantages of newer RAM technologies are not capacity. There are plenty computers with 24 or 32 GB's of DDR3 RAM right now (most of which is wasted in games anyway). The main advantage would be clock frequencies, data transfer rates and, in this case, apparently better power efficiency.

One thing is true though, in general more and faster RAM means an overall improved use of the computer's resources. But EVERYTHING passes through the RAM before it reaches the CPU registers of the GPU RAM, not just "AI" algorithms. Also, if we wanted to get technical, AI is mostly about non deterministic algorithms to perform computation otherwise too complex or intractable (path finding, pattern recognition, etc.). Usually the problem is not memory, but processing power.

Hope this helps.

I currently have 4GB of DDR3 RAM and will soon upgrade to 8GB of DDR3 RAM or 16GB of DDR3 RAM. I still don't know what to upgrade to.

I meant futureproofing in the sense that my next RAM/MOBO/CPU upgrade will allow me to upgrade my CPU again after that without needing another full overhaul of my components. If I go DDR3/LGA 1150 for this upgrade, in all likelihood, I'll need to upgrade to DDR4 and a motherboard supporting that memory the time after.

Last time I upgraded DDR3 had just hit the market, was astronomically expensive, and offered no real performance gain. I decided to go with a DDR2 setup since it made more sense at the time, but once DDR3 caught on a year or so later it pretty much destroyed any option I had of upgrading my CPU alone.

It should be interesting to see if it actually brings any performance advantages with the current generation of hardware. More memory bandwidth doesn't always translate into better performance...especially if it comes at the cost of higher latency. A lot of it depends on how much the rest of the system can benefit from more memory bandwidth, which is going to vary from one architecture to the next as well as the types of software you're running. If memory bandwidth isn't a bottleneck for your system in your usual usage patterns then having more of it won't make your system any faster.

Ah ok I see what you mean.

Plus, 8-16GB will be plenty for the majority of even performance-intesnsive users (i.e. gamers) for quite some time yet, and 32GB is usually enough for people doing video editing and suchlike. Virtualisation at home is still a niche use, and even for that I think most folks are happy enough with 16-32GB.

So, as far as I can see, it will be a while before the advantages of DDR4 will be all that relevant/useful.