what should I get for my ryzen 3400g?

[freecube]

I have a ryzen 3400g and as much as I been enjoying 720p low/medium and vega 11 I would like to have a graphics card so now I want to know what gpus would not bottle neck the most for my cpu. But also I would like to go a 6600 because its currently for sale at micro center for $300 and it would be a good pick whenever I upgrade to a pcie 4 motherboard but at the same time when I was running my brother's rx 580 8gb there was a cpu bottle neck in far cry 6 and so it stayed at 60-70 fps so for all of that I could just get an evga rtx 2060 6gb sc 650 80+ PLATINUM and a evga capture card for 23 cents for $310 . now the diy evga bundle has a new psu and I would get a rtx 2060 and a capture card for the same price for a rx 6600 .

 

thank you for coming to my ted talk 

[An0maly_76]

I'm no expert, but the 2060 might keep the 3400g CPU-bound.

Edited June 30, 2022 by An0maly_76
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[PDifolco]

Dunno if you'd be using the capture card, but the 2060 deal is good, it doesn't perform much worse than a 6600, only 10% less (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-2060.c3310) and with much better video features

It'll be night and day vs your poor Vega11

 

 

[freecube]

3 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Dunno if you'd be using the capture card, but the 2060 deal is good, it doesn't perform much worse than a 6600, only 10% less (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-2060.c3310) and with much better video features

It'll be night and day vs your poor Vega11

 

 

yeah  i got spoiled using my brothers gpu and now i want something better and for the capture care might come in handy if i ever need it for something idk it's on sale for 23 cents for evga elite and also i get a nice af power supply too

  

[freecube]

3 hours ago, An0maly_76 said:

I'm no expert, but the 2060 might keep the 3400g CPU-bound.

wait so the card might be slower than my cpu if that's the case than I should be fine but i will start locking and don't worry were all an expert in something 

[An0maly_76]

Just now, freecube said:

wait so the card might be slower than my cpu if that's the case than I should be fine but i will start locking and don't worry were all an expert in something 

Opposite. The card will keep your CPU at 100% when gaming, so it may not deliver peak performance, and can't do anything else.

 

GPU-bound is when the GPU can't keep up with the CPU. CPU-bound is when the CPU can't keep up with the GPU. And it's better to be GPU-bound, because that leaves room for the CPU to do other things in the background if desired.

[freecube]

32 minutes ago, An0maly_76 said:

Opposite. The card will keep your CPU at 100% when gaming, so it may not deliver peak performance, and can't do anything else.

 

GPU-bound is when the GPU can't keep up with the CPU. CPU-bound is when the CPU can't keep up with the GPU. And it's better to be GPU-bound, because that leaves room for the CPU to do other things in the background if desired.

thanks for the info it should be fine for a few months than I'll get a 5600x or 5600g I mean it won't matter which one the motherboard and gpu are on pcie 3

[An0maly_76]

23 minutes ago, freecube said:

thanks for the info it should be fine for a few months than I'll get a 5600x or 5600g I mean it won't matter which one the motherboard and gpu are on pcie 3

@freecube

 

Actually, some boards need a BIOS update to work with Zen3. Some A320s have limited PCIe support even with a 3600, and personally, I wouldn't run a Zen3 on a B450. Oh, and let me know if you want to sell that 3400G when you upgrade, I've got a couple projects that one of those might come in handy for.

Edited July 1, 2022 by An0maly_76
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[freecube]

13 minutes ago, An0maly_76 said:

@freecube

 

Actually, some boards need a BIOS update to work with Zen3. Some A320s have limited PCIe support even with a 3600, and personally, I wouldn't run a Zen3 on a B450. Oh, and let me know if you want to sell that 3400G when you upgrade, I've got a couple projects that one of those might come in handy for.

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