GPU acceleration for average home PC?

[Crowcore]

Hi,

I was wondering if adding having a video card like the R7 360 is of any benefit to a computer based on an i3 4370 (dual core, 4 threads, 3.8 GHz): The usage would be "mainstream", so no gaming or very hardware-intensive work besides occasionnal light photo editing.

Does popular software (Google Earth, web browsers, full HD H265 video playback) benefit from a decent dedicated GPU through acceleration?

[LAwLz]

The 4370 already does GPU acceleration in quite a few programs (video decoding, web browser etc). Since you are only doing fairly low-powered tasks I highly doubt getting a graphics card would make much of a difference.

[Crowcore]

14 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

With that i3 you can go into serious gaming if you want.

Yes it would benefit from a graphics card but I suggest a 950

Anything less would be kinda underwhelming as an 'upgrade'

 

Or just dedicate mote system RAM to your iGPU and see if it helps

Zero Gaming. Well, almost. (Age of Empires III)