Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2026-07-28 10:32 (#779J0) Given the unprecedented surge in memory prices, we're looking back on Intel's LGA 1700 stack of CPUs to see how DDR4 and DDR5 match up with our modern gaming suite in 2026.
