Does RAM Speed & Latency ACTUALLY Matter? 🤔

A couple of weeks ago I made a video exploring whether RAM capacity really mattered in 2026, but what about speed and latency? In a market filled with turbulent prices, and shortages, could slower memory actually be the answer or is high latency and slow speeds damaging to gaming performance? Gigabyte AORUS Master 16 on Amazon [PAID LINK]: https://geni.us/Q0RcM Buy Our Gaming PCs as Prebuilts! (UK) 👉 https://www.geekapc.com Check out our Website! Written Reviews: https://geekawhat.com/category/reviews/ PC Builds: https://geekawhat.com/category/pc-builds/ Please send any business enquiries (including review samples and sponsorship) to my Business Email: james@geekawhat.com GeekaWhat is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme & Amazon Services LLC Associates, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com. 00:00 Intro 00:45 AD 01:47 RTX 5080 RAM Testing (1080p) 04:38 RTX 5080 RAM Testing (1440p) 05:49 RTX 5080 RAM Testing (4K) 06:58 RX 9060 XT 16GB RAM Testing (Cyberpunk 2077) 07:51 RX 9060 XT 16GB RAM Testing (COD BO7 Zombies) 08:32 RX 9060 XT 16GB RAM Testing (Arc Raiders) 09:32 RX 9060 XT 16GB RAM Testing (Indiana Jones) 09:57 Testing a Budget System 10:30 RX 9060 XT 8GB + 7600 RAM Testing (Cyberpunk 2077) 10:55 RX 9060 XT 8GB + 7600 RAM Testing (COD BO7 Zombies) 11:16 RX 9060 XT 8GB + 7600 RAM Testing (Arc Raiders) 11:33 RX 9060 XT 8GB + 7600 RAM Testing (Indiana Jones) 11:54 Intel System RAM Testing 12:48 Conclusions and Final Thoughts 13:36 whoops...