GT 1030 2GB Vs. AMD RX 550 4GB, Which to buy?

[Mario5]

I will be buying a PC soon and i have 2 options: RX 550 4GB or nvidia 1030 2GB. (the pcs are the same price) The gpu will be paired with a i5 3gen. What pc should i buy? 

 

[Jumballi]

The rx 550 is more powerful by a large margin

[mariushm]

Yeah, plus having 4 GB of VRAM is much better, a lot of games these days use more than 2 GB of VRAM even at 1080p, so when the game constantly has to shuffle data between video card and ram, you'll get less frames per second

 

The RX 550 also has a hardware encoder and decoder, while GT 1030 has hardware encoder disabled. So, the RX 550 would be usable for streaming games (using AMF in OBS) but if you do, you should probably keep it at 720p or something like that, to get consistent 25-30 fps.

 

[Mario5]

thank you!!!

6 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Yeah, plus having 4 GB of VRAM is much better, a lot of games these days use more than 2 GB of VRAM even at 1080p, so when the game constantly has to shuffle data between video card and ram, you'll get less frames per second

 

The RX 550 also has a hardware encoder and decoder, while GT 1030 has hardware encoder disabled. So, the RX 550 would be usable for streaming games (using AMF in OBS) but if you do, you should probably keep it at 720p or something like that, to get consistent 25-30 fps.

 

 

[SorryBella]

14 minutes ago, mariushm said:

The RX 550 also has a hardware encoder and decoder

AMD Encoding Engine is hot trash, but RX550 is way faster than 1030 its a null point for Hardware Acceleration. I would go for the 5500XT if you can find one, but with GPU market being as is, OP might have issue finding one on stock.

[TSNP]

Def RX 550