Graphics card for Ryzen 2400g

[liberty167]

Hello, I got a ryzen 2400g processor, with a solid motherboard and case for future upgrades. I want to get a dedicated graphics card, with an eye on eventually upgrading to something in the ryzen 7 or ryzen 9 in a year or two. Any ideas on what I should be looking at? I don’t wanna break the bank with something that will be throttled by the 2400g, but when I upgradethe cpu I don’t want something useless either. 

 

I’d also like something that can push 1440p at 120 FPS comfortably. I’m also very new about this so if this set of parameters isn’t really possible, let me know.  

 

Thank you!

[Guest]

if you want 1440p at 120fps you need a 2080ti. but even then your cpu can't push 120fps in most games

[Jon Jon]

1 minute ago, Medicate said:

if you want 1440p at 120fps you need a 2080ti. but even then your cpu can't push 120fps in most games

I agree.

 

@liberty167, What games are you looking to play at 1440P at 120fps?

 

Do you already have a 120hz+ capable 1440P display?

 

Honestly, I think if you wanted to go high end with the graphics card, then go for it.

 

You'll get a massive performance uplift at all resolutions no matter how you play.

 

Just be understanding that until you upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 series chip, that 2400g will bottleneck you when you are trying to achieve 100fps+

 

What motherboard do you have now?

[Stormseeker9]

13 minutes ago, Medicate said:

if you want 1440p at 120fps you need a 2080ti. but even then your cpu can't push 120fps in most games

I can get that with a 2070.. not ultra settings, but high tweaked settings. 

 

If the question was 4K 60fps yes, 2080Ti

[mariushm]

The CPU will limit you now.

You have only pci-e 3.0 x8 instead of  x16 with the 2400g, which will start to matter at that amount of pixels per second.

 

Maybe look into navi after JULY 7 or RX 2070 or higher.

[liberty167]

Thank you all for the input!  The board is a AORUS Gaming 5 x470. 

 

I do not have the new monitor yet. This have been a slow build som I’m still using an old one with 1080p 60Hz specs

[Koxicain]

50 minutes ago, mariushm said:

The CPU will limit you now.

You have only pci-e 3.0 x8 instead of  x16 with the 2400g, which will start to matter at that amount of pixels per second.

 

Maybe look into navi after JULY 7 or RX 2070 or higher.

Going from PCIe x16 to x8 will only make a 2-5% impact at most. A 2080TI doesnt even utilize a full PCIE 3.0 x16 lane.

[Koxicain]

1 hour ago, liberty167 said:

Hello, I got a ryzen 2400g processor, with a solid motherboard and case for future upgrades. I want to get a dedicated graphics card, with an eye on eventually upgrading to something in the ryzen 7 or ryzen 9 in a year or two. Any ideas on what I should be looking at? I don’t wanna break the bank with something that will be throttled by the 2400g, but when I upgradethe cpu I don’t want something useless either. 

 

I’d also like something that can push 1440p at 120 FPS comfortably. I’m also very new about this so if this set of parameters isn’t really possible, let me know.  

 

Thank you!

It really depends on what games you want to play. If it is FPS games like CS:GO, Fortnite, PUBG where every frame matter.

2080TI on the highest settings. If you dont mind turning down your settings i would wait for the Rumored 2060 Super with 8 GB of DDR6. Should be able to easily run 120 FPS in all the titles above with 120fps at 1440p. 

[mariushm]

20 minutes ago, Koxicain said:

Going from PCIe x16 to x8 will only make a 2-5% impact at most. A 2080TI doesnt even utilize a full PCIE 3.0 x16 lane.

It adds up with the drivers being chocked by cpu having only 4 cores (+ht) of lowish freq. and competing with game threads..

[Jon Jon]

44 minutes ago, liberty167 said:

Thank you all for the input!  The board is a AORUS Gaming 5 x470. 

 

I do not have the new monitor yet. This have been a slow build som I’m still using an old one with 1080p 60Hz specs

So you have a full upgrade path to Ryzen 3000 and you do not have the monitor for the gaming you want yet.

 

Get a nice graphics card and don't let people tell you otherwise. You'll see a major uplift on your monitor going to a nice RTX 2070 or equivalent on that monitor being able to game at ultra settings in most games.

 

Next, I would focus on getting a nice monitor with adaptive sync with LFC.

 

Finally, the CPU.

Really, I do not think at 1440P you will be limited that much by the 2400g and the 2400g is fine for 1080p60.

 

Once you get there with the graphics card and monitor, just know that your X470 with an updated BIOS will net you a pretty massive boost in FPS once you decide to upgrade your CPU.

 

I would go in that order.

 

I will emphasize again, you will see a massive gain in performance on just getting a high end graphics card alone at 1080p60. It's not like you are gaming at native 1080P for most games with good settings anyway.

 

Enjoy your upgrade

[Koxicain]

6 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It adds up with the drivers being chocked by cpu having only 4 cores (+ht) of lowish freq. and competing with game threads..

Drivers being chocked by the CPU? 2400g has 4 cores 8 threads equal to the 1500x but with better clocks. 
Boost of 3.9 which is better. The CPU will run most games on Medium settings above 60fps no problem. And CPU is even overclockable. He will be fine with a dedicated GPU

[Jon Jon]

1 hour ago, Koxicain said:

Drivers being chocked by the CPU? 2400g has 4 cores 8 threads equal to the 1500x but with better clocks. 
Boost of 3.9 which is better. The CPU will run most games on Medium settings above 60fps no problem. And CPU is even overclockable. He will be fine with a dedicated GPU

Exactly my thoughts.

 

Really, I'd rather him get the new video card and better monitor first and actually see what his performance looks like.

 

He has an X470 board, so it's not like he can't easily, like you said, overclock or drop in a Ryzen 3000 if he decides he wants a bit more oomph.

[liberty167]

Nice! Thank you all very much for the help. I definitely wasn’t sure which direction I should go so this helps a lot.

[Koxicain]

5 minutes ago, Jon Jon said:

So you have a full upgrade path to Ryzen 3000 and you do not have the monitor for the gaming you want yet.

 

Get a nice graphics card and don't let people tell you otherwise. You'll see a major uplift on your monitor going to a nice RTX 2070 or equivalent on that monitor being able to game at ultra settings in most games.

 

Next, I would focus on getting a nice monitor with adaptive sync with LFC.

 

Finally, the CPU.

Really, I do not think at 1440P you will be limited that much by the 2400g and the 2400g is fine for 1080p60.

 

Once you get there with the graphics card and monitor, just know that your X470 with an updated BIOS will net you a pretty massive boost in FPS once you decide to upgrade your CPU.

 

I would go in that order.

 

I will emphasize again, you will see a massive gain in performance on just getting a high end graphics card alone at 1080p60. It's not like you are gaming at native 1080P for most games with good settings anyway.

 

Enjoy your upgrade

I agree. A graphics card will do very well for him. But we do not currently know what RAM he has in his system either. If he is using 2400mhz ram he will see major performance increase if he would go to 3200 aswell. 

[Koxicain]

28 minutes ago, liberty167 said:

Nice! Thank you all very much for the help. I definitely wasn’t sure which direction I should go so this helps a lot.

What Ram do you have in your system?