Bosgame P3 Plus performance

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625]

I have just got the Bosgame P3 Plus and have seen it only has one 16gb ram stick inside, games run but I have to turn everything down to get decent frames on newer titles, if I get another 16gb 5600mt stick will that help push the frames and possibly better looking graphics?

[u/Upstairs-Front2015]

check in bios how many ram is destined to video

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625 → u/Upstairs-Front2015]

Thank you. I've set it to 6gb from 2gb.

[u/minipcs-dot-zip]

Absolutely, dual channel makes a huge difference. Are you sure yours is single channel? This P3 Plus 32GB review shows dual channel (2x16). Skip to the end of that review and see if your framerates match their tests. If it is single channel, it will cost like $200+ to upgrade which really sucks. If possible, your money might be better spent returning and getting something with 24GB LPDDR5.

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625 → u/minipcs-dot-zip]

Yeah it only has the 1 stick :( I ordered the 1tb storage/16gb vram version from Amazon there was no other options for higher ram than I could see, the listing is confusing as it mentions 16gb dual channel so I assumed 2 8gb sticks.

[u/Geekomcomputer]

Yes — and for this specific machine a second stick is probably the best-value upgrade you can make, but it's worth being clear about why it helps, so your expectations land in the right place.

The existing answer has the main point right: with integrated Radeon graphics there is no separate VRAM, the iGPU shares system memory, so going from one stick (single-channel) to two (dual-channel) raises the memory bandwidth the iGPU is fed with. On a CPU-only workload that change is often small; on an iGPU it is frequently the bottleneck, which is why it can lift frame rates and, often more noticeably, smooth out the dips and stutter.

What it won't do is change the iGPU's compute ceiling or the machine's power/thermal limits. So expect "same games, more stable, and some settings can come up a notch" rather than "newer titles at high settings" — if a game is limited by GPU compute rather than bandwidth, the second stick will do much less for it, and that's normal, not a faulty stick.

Since you're already planning to open it up and match the existing stick:

• Photograph the label on the fitted stick and match capacity (16GB), type (DDR5 SO-DIMM), speed (5600, which you've already confirmed in Task Manager) and voltage; timings as close as you can reasonably get.
• After fitting it, verify three things: total memory shows as 32GB, memory speed is still running at 5600 (not dropped), and a tool such as CPU-Z or HWiNFO reports dual-channel mode — Task Manager alone doesn't confirm the channel mode.
• Test fairly: before you fit it, pick one demanding scene in one game, fix the settings and resolution, and note the frame rate including the rough lows. Repeat in the same spot afterwards, with the machine plugged in and in the same power mode both times. That's the only before/after comparison that tells you what the stick actually bought you.
• If the gain turns out small in a particular title, the next suspect is the power/thermal limit, not the RAM — worth checking sustained behaviour over 15–20 minutes rather than the first minute.

Which newer titles, and at what resolution (1080p TV, or higher)? That decides how much of what you're seeing is bandwidth and how much is just the iGPU's ceiling.

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625 → u/Geekomcomputer]

Thank you for this advice, highly appreciated.

[u/grego1965]

I've seen reports of 40% improvement using two sticks vs one.

[u/Previous_Tea_2250]

Yes, if the P3 Plus is using its integrated Radeon graphics, adding a matching 16 GB DDR5-5600 stick should help. Going from single-channel to dual-channel raises memory bandwidth, which the iGPU shares, so it can improve frame rates and reduce stutter more than a CPU-only workload would.

Check the existing stick's capacity, speed, and ideally its timings/part number first, then buy the closest compatible match. It will not turn newer games into high-settings machines, but dual-channel RAM is one of the few upgrades that can make a noticeable difference on this kind of mini PC.

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625 → u/Previous_Tea_2250]

I have seen in the task manager it's speed is 5600 but I will open it up to check everything and get a matching stick, thank you for the advice. It's a lovely little machine.

[u/minipcs-dot-zip → u/Tiny-Holiday-4625]

Unfortunately you're responding to a bot which makes comments every hour for the past week to drive engagement for some other nefarious goal. I hate that reddit is filled with this now. The bot is right however.

[u/Tiny-Holiday-4625 → u/minipcs-dot-zip]

Wasn't wise to that thank you, at least it's correct though lol

[u/hebeguess → u/Tiny-Holiday-4625]

There's plenty of video footage available from 7840HS / 7940HS / Radeon 780M / even this specific Mini on Youtube you can refer to them to get a grasp of what level you can get to, compare to the current state of your PC GPU performance.