Digital Trends
Pushing your hardware to its full potential, such as enabling XMP, ensures you get the best performance, which is crucial for tasks like gaming. Memory plays a vital role in enhancing video quality and speed.
Despite understanding RAM and its function, it often doesn’t run at claimed clock speeds. This is where implementing XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) can significantly boost performance.
Before enabling XMP, check your memory’s current clock speed in the Task Manager. If it’s below the claimed maximum speed, like our Geil 8GB DDR4 memory running at 2133MHz instead of 3200MHz, XMP needs to be enabled.
How to enable XMP on your RAM from BIOS
Step 1: Enter your motherboard’s BIOS by rebooting your PC and following the instructions on the splash screen.
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