Graphic card for non-gaming system

[testcy]

What card would you recommend for a non-gaming system without integrated graphics (such as AMD RYZEN 5 5600X)?

[PDifolco]

1 minute ago, testcy said:

What card would you recommend for a non-gaming system without integrated graphics (such as AMD RYZEN 5 5600X)?

Only to do office work ? then anything super cheap (used GT710 or such) will be more than enough

[Tetras]

What is the monitor? I'd be careful with large high res monitors and old cards, but otherwise you can look at cheap used cards (worth looking at non-consumer cards too, like Quadro P600/P620).

 

If you're using a modern version of Windows driver support is something I'd check too.

 

New, the cheapest is likely to be Arc A310/A380 and RX 6400.

[manikyath]

i'd buy into a platform with an iGPU, unless you're refitting an old system, then i'd probably try and score a GT1030 or something like that, as opposed to the GT710 you then at least still have displayport.

[testcy]

I forgot to mention the need for 4K (on a supporting monitor) and that I am buying new.

[Salted Spinach]

A mini PC with a recent generation H/HX series CPU. 

 

CPU performance has come a long way in recent years, and trickled down to mobile parts. Integrated graphics as well

 

Get one that has an Oculink port if you want the option of adding a GPU later without the miserable bandwidth constraint of current Thunderbolt versions

[Eigenvektor]

4 minutes ago, testcy said:

I forgot to mention the need for 4K (on a supporting monitor) and I am buying new.

Outside of gaming, 4K isn't too difficult to drive. The GT1030 mentioned above should support it just fine for office work. Make sure to get a model with DP/HDMI. Some also come with DVI, which is not something you want for a modern monitor.

[testcy]

23 minutes ago, Tetras said:

New, the cheapest is likely to be Arc A310/A380 and RX 6400.

9 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

The GT1030 mentioned above should support it just fine for office work.

GT1030 is ancient compared to Arc A310/A380 and RX 6400 and not much cheaper.

[Ha-Satan]

21 minutes ago, testcy said:

I forgot to mention the need for 4K (on a supporting monitor) and that I am buying new.

If you mean that you're buying the 5600X brand new, then yeah, you should just get a different CPU with integrated graphics.

[PDifolco]

7 minutes ago, testcy said:

GT1030 is ancient compared to Arc A310/A380 and RX 6400 and not much cheaper.

A GT710 I got for 20EUR drives my 3440x1440 monitor easily, I use it for testing builds or when GPU was under work (watercooling maintenance, repaste..) on my old AM4 platform

[Tetras]

10 minutes ago, testcy said:

GT1030 is ancient compared to Arc A310/A380 and RX 6400 and not much cheaper.

I believe the GT 1030 also lacks encoding hardware (1050 has it), though the 6400/6500 lack this hardware too (and AV1 decode).

[testcy]

7 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

A GT710 I got for 20EUR drives my 3440x1440 monitor easily, I use it for testing builds or when GPU was under work (watercooling maintenance, repaste..) on my old AM4 platform

At what refresh rate? I couldn't live with 30Hz.

[PDifolco]

3 minutes ago, testcy said:

At what refresh rate? I couldn't live with 30Hz.

Not sure but think it's 60Hz, it's still better than most iGPU

But indeed I don't use it daily, only on emergencies as a spare card

Yet anything over $50 is overpriced for office work, a 1050 would be "optimal" imo

[manikyath]

1 hour ago, PDifolco said:

A GT710 I got for 20EUR drives my 3440x1440 monitor easily, I use it for testing builds or when GPU was under work (watercooling maintenance, repaste..) on my old AM4 platform

the problem with a cheap GT710 and 4k is that it might not actually be able to output 4k60 due to port limitations.

yes - there's models that added additional port hardware, but those tend to cost enough that you may as well not buy a relic.