Vega 7 for gaming

[BakaPetra]

Hi, I was struggling with money, so I had to sell my PC this summer, and now I only have a ThinkPad W530 ( i7-3820QM, 32Gb RAM, nVidia Quadro K2000M 2Gb ).

I only do light gaming, like World of Tanks, GTA San Andreas, Arma 3, Barotrauma, Final fantasy online, but the built in Quadro is just not cutting it, games are either not supported by the drivers, or they work fine, but in some instances they just lag badly ( F.E.: When you try to snipe from a bush in WoT )

 

I'm thinking about picking up an AM4 motherboard, 16Gb of 3200Mhz DDR4 ( Dual channel ), and a Ryzen 5 5600G with a Vega 7 integrated GPU. 

The quection is, will I have a better experience with the Vega 7 on 1080p, than with the Quadro K2000M? Sadly can not afford anything with a proper GPU right now, and figured that it will be a good platform to put a GPU in after I find a job again. ( Lost my job, HRT is expensive and I'm doing university at the same time ).

 

Thank you for the help

[Jurrunio]

It's much better but Vega 7 itself is still more reliable at 720p. you can try 1080p in games, but dont expect too much

[Eigenvektor]

The Vega 7 is much more modern than the Quadro K2000M. You'll definitely have a better experience as far as drivers and game support is concerned. The Quadro is almost a decade old at this point, so no more driver updates and it was never intended as a gaming card (Quadro are Nvidias workstation cards).

 

The Vega 7 is obviously not a desktop card, so don't expect it to perform like one. But it should give you more performance and with a desktop you can always get a discrete GPU later on, once money allows.

[BakaPetra]

BTW the whole Ryzen thing would cost me around 375-400 USD, and budget is around 400. Any better options?

[Eigenvektor]

4 minutes ago, BakaPetra said:

BTW the whole Ryzen thing would cost me around 375-400 USD, and budget is around 400. Any better options?

You could create a pcpartpicker list with the parts you have in mind, then post it together with your budget in the New Builds and Planning subforum and ask for suggestions on how improve it (e.g. "How can I make this cheaper")

 

As another option, you might be able to get a better deal buying a used system.