R9 290X Lightning

[Ardelvyan]

Hi there,

 

I'm planning to build PC for work and gaming. games that i currently play are Division 2 and FFXIV. And i also planned to do streaming as well.

 

Here's my unused part that i still have :

MSI R9 290x Lightning GDDR5 4GB

Corsair Dominator Platinum 8 Gb ( 2x4 GB ) DDR3 1600Mhz

Corsair Force LS 240GB

 

my plan is to build AMD PC using Ryzen 5 2600 and use asus/msi motherboard ( B350 or B450 ).

If i build for my current games, does my GPU and RAM still able to perform well or should i buy recent hardware?

If i have to buy recent one, do you guys have recommendation for me?

[Oalei]

Your ram will not be compatible only gpu does 

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

If i build for my current games, does my GPU still able to perform well or should i buy recent hardware?

good enough, if you have a power station dedicated to powering it

 

 

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and ram

You'll need DDR4 at this point

[Bananasplit_00]

You cant reuse that RAM if you want to go for a Ryzen chip, GPU is still solid though

[Ardelvyan]

2 minutes ago, Oalei said:

Your ram will not be compatible only gpu does 

 

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

good enough, if you have a power station dedicated to powering it

 

 

You'll need DDR4 at this point

yea i think my ram already outdated, but i still gonna use it till i have more money to buy new one. 

for Ryzen 5 it should be 2600 - 3200 MHz right?

 

and does my R9 will be bottlenecking with ryzen on current games? because i'm afraid it became outdated too

[Oalei]

2 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

 

yea i think my ram already outdated, but i still gonna use it till i have more money to buy new one. 

for Ryzen 5 it should be 2600 - 3200 MHz right?

 

and does my R9 will be bottlenecking with ryzen on current games? because i'm afraid it became outdated too

Well I wouldn't care that much if that's all you got ATM. bottleneck is not that severe (in your case) and have to be balance at all cost, IMO. Well it would in some games and the R5 would to in some games.

[Jurrunio]

5 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

for Ryzen 5 it should be 2600 - 3200 MHz right?

ideally

 

5 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

and does my R9 will be bottlenecking with ryzen on current games? because i'm afraid it became outdated too

good enough for 1080p, just dont crank everything up and treat it like an old card.

[Bananasplit_00]

12 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

 

yea i think my ram already outdated, but i still gonna use it till i have more money to buy new one. 

for Ryzen 5 it should be 2600 - 3200 MHz right?

 

and does my R9 will be bottlenecking with ryzen on current games? because i'm afraid it became outdated too

Well you can't use that RAM at all with the Ryzen chip. It won't fit the motherboard and is not compatible with the controller

[BigDamn]

The 290x will be in the neighborhood of a RX 580 or GTX 1060. The difference being the 290x will draw significantly more power than either of those. The 290x is still a very solid 1080p card and will handle 1440p as well, at lower settings.

 

Source: Still rockin a 290x in my secondary rig

[Ardelvyan]

10 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Well you can't use that RAM at all with the Ryzen chip. It won't fit the motherboard and is not compatible with the controller

ahh okaaay then so i should buy a new one for RAM..

 

7 minutes ago, BigDamn said:

The 290x will be in the neighborhood of a RX 580 or GTX 1060. The difference being the 290x will draw significantly more power than either of those. The 290x is still a very solid 1080p card and will handle 1440p as well, at lower settings.

 

Source: Still rockin a 290x in my secondary rig

hmm okayy so 290x still solid performance for recent games then, with few overclock it should be better.

 

thank you so much for the reply all :))

[GoldenLag]

26 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

yea i think my ram already outdated, but i still gonna use it till i have more money to buy new one. 

for Ryzen 5 it should be 2600 - 3200 MHz right?

3000mhz is the sweetspot in terms of price and performance. 

 

27 minutes ago, Ardelvyan said:

and does my R9 will be bottlenecking with ryzen on current games? because i'm afraid it became outdated too

R9 290x is still a great card using an up to date Macroarchitecture 

 

 

You will be able to continue using it for quite some time forwards at 1080p medium-high depending on title.

[GoldenLag]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

For Ryzen 3200mhz and up is the sweet spot, but you can set an XMP profile in the bios of a 3000mhz kit to 3200 pretty easily.

3000mhz is the sweetspot. 3200mhz kits usually cost quite a bit extra. 

 

Unless you have money to spend, 3000mhz is good enough

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Ya, but sometimes they're priced the same due to price drops.  But, that's why I said they could just get a 3000mhz kit and set it to 3200 in the bios.  Aka if it was cheaper.

memmory controller on Ryzen isnt great. so i doubt you most of the time will be able to do that. 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

3000 to 3200 is pretty easy it's usually more of a problem with 1st gen Ryzen and lower frequencies.  2666 to 3200 on an 1800x would be far less likely.

memmory controller lottery is seperate from CPU core lottery. 

 

an 1800x might have the worst memmory controller. especially in early batches. 

 

2nd gen fixed most of the issues, but it was still not a great memmory controller. which will be required to get memmory to run beyond spec. 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

Ya, but I'm pretty sure on a Zen+ 3000 to 3200 is still going to happen pretty easily I don't see it being a problem.

i wouldnt count on it. memmory controller is still a mixed bag. 

[GoldenLag]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

I haven't heard of any issues doing that with Zen+ just on Zen 1.

there have been issues, ive been lurking on the forum for a while. not often, but it does happen 

 

though it at most results in a single downstepping in frequency. 

[Jon Jon]

I would recommend getting a B450 motherboard. No reason to go with the generation 1 chipset at this point.

 

I think they are priced similarly anyway.