i5-4690 + Sapphire RX 480 a good option?

[elvilelvo]

Hi. I am planning a computer for gaming (star citizen!) but also it should be able to do some work (Adobe Suite, basically).

 

So I thought about i5-4690, cause it's good deal even if its got the "old" socket 1550.

 

I got a good deal on a RX 480 (4GB) and I was wondering if it was a good combination, in terms and performance and so on.

 

Any thoughts on this would be welcome.

 

thanks!

 

 

[don_svetlio]

should be good

[WAR Corporation]

It's actually a good choice. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690/3514vs2311

 

i5 6600 is the one I'm gonna buy

[VerticalDiscussions]

It should do the work well enough.

[Space Reptile]

seems good , dont quite see why the 4gb 480 tho? 

[elvilelvo]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

should be good

thanks. Shouldn't have bottleneck on the CPU, right?

[Mr.Meerkat]

Sounds good  (just get a custom RX480 and you're good).

 

On a side note, the 4GB RX480 is better than the 3GB 1060 but the 6GB 1060 is better than the 8GB RX480  (just pointing it out before some random butthurt favourtised boy comes in). 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, elvilelvo said:

thanks. Shouldn't have bottleneck on the CPU, right?

no

[elvilelvo]

2 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

seems good , dont quite see why the 4gb 480 tho? 

Wellm, seems like a good gbu. And I like the sapphire nitro+ 4GB cause of the directx12 and vulcan support. 4GB it's just for the budget, cheaper than 8 -.-

[Space Reptile]

Just now, elvilelvo said:

Wellm, seems like a good gbu. And I like the sapphire nitro+ 4GB cause of the directx12 and vulcan support. 4GB it's just for the budget, cheaper than 8 -.-

ah okay , well the 4gb is like 2~3% slower than the 8gb for some reason , thats why 

[elvilelvo]

8 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

ah okay , well the 4gb is like 2~3% slower than the 8gb for some reason , thats why 

but you think should have a problem running star citizen and other similar games? I guess it's enough.

[Mr.Meerkat]

9 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

ah okay , well the 4gb is like 2~3% slower than the 8gb for some reason , thats why 

Nah, it's the same if you bump the memory clocks up to the speeds of the 8GB card and clock the core as well  

[SkilledRebuilds]

24 minutes ago, elvilelvo said:

thanks. Shouldn't have bottleneck on the CPU, right?

Highly Highly Highly doubtful. (Certain circumstances maybe, depends on WHAT games you are playing)

I have the GTX970 (using both stock and overclocked settings) (game dependent) and a 4690, it's a brilliant little balance.

I hardly to never drop GPU usage (unless I framecap the game to 60fps, or its capped itself) but the CPU allows wicked performance and does not restrict my GTX970.

 

Sure, Cities Skylines and some other VERY CPU demanding games... will perform LESS than the higher clocked CPU's, and overclocked CPU's.

But for many many games (not all, cos no1 can say that) it will be close to perfect for driving your game experiences.

 

Even with GTA5 taxing 90-98% of EVERY CORE, I still have my full GPU usage, and performance in game, is smooth still, no stutters in GTA5, even AC-Unity will use "up to" 100% of my cores, and the game runs great still, it's the one game though, that does drop GPU usage into the 90% ranges...

Performance is still top notch in this situation. No 10-20fps frame drops from my averages... It's all smooth sailing still. (GTA5/ACUnity do surprise me in this regard)

 

I shouldn't have to tell you how close the RX480 and GTX970 are...but I will

(They are very closely matched, almost similar performing but not exactly, in saying that, the CPU you have is not going to be an issue driving an RX480)

[elvilelvo]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Nah, it's the same if you bump the memory clocks up to the speeds of the 8GB card and clock the core as well  

cool, but I don't think I'll be overclocking anything. I am leaving my precious PS4 just for Sar Citizen and I wanna take it easy. I just need a machine that will run Star Citizen swiftly, and that can serve as a modest workstation. And not too expensive

[elvilelvo]

On 09/13/2016 at 11:10 PM, Mr.Meerkat said:

Sounds good  (just get a custom RX480 and you're good).

 

On a side note, the 4GB RX480 is better than the 3GB 1060 but the 6GB 1060 is better than the 8GB RX480  (just pointing it out before some random butthurt favourtised boy comes in). 

Could u elaborate on the side note? Finally I got an i5-6500 and I am trying to decide between rx480 and gtx 1060. So u say either 4gb RX480 or 6gb gtx1060? Why?

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, elvilelvo said:

Could u elaborate on the side note? Finally I got an i5-6500 and I am trying to decide between rx480 and gtx 1060. So u say either 4gb RX480 or 6gb gtx1060? Why?

The RX480 4GB is better than the 1060 3GB but the 1060 6GB is better than all 3 (RX480 4GB, RX480 8GB and 1060 3GB).

 

The 1060 3GB has a cut down core compared to the 6GB 1060 and it throttles itself when you go past it's 3GB of vRAM to prevent stuttering resulting it performing worse than the other 3 cards. 

[elvilelvo]

48 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

The RX480 4GB is better than the 1060 3GB but the 1060 6GB is better than all 3 (RX480 4GB, RX480 8GB and 1060 3GB).

 

The 1060 3GB has a cut down core compared to the 6GB 1060 and it throttles itself when you go past it's 3GB of vRAM to prevent stuttering resulting it performing worse than the other 3 cards. 

Ok, thx.

Thing is, does it cost the difference? Depending on the version, but it's around 100 bucks between 4gb rx480 and 6gb gtx1060. Is it worthy?

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, elvilelvo said:

Ok, thx.

Thing is, does it cost the difference? Depending on the version, but it's around 100 bucks between 4gb rx480 and 6gb gtx1060. Is it worthy?

In that case, if the RX480 4GB is cheaper than the 1060 6GB by $100 then get the RX480  

 

Forgot to say, 1060 6GB>RX480 8GB=(or depending on vRAM usage)>RX480 4GB>1060 3GB