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"However, that was done specifically to test the CPU's ability to handle high-end gaming. We don't think many people would (or should) pair a $55 (£47) CPU with a GPU that costs 6 or 7 times as much."
Haha you haven't seen us. We can't afford a new CPU, but we can get the GPU used and honestly a GPU'll make more of a difference than a CPU, I think.
So like, not everyone can afford to upgrade both...
@frostwolf CPU bottlenecking is a thing. The best GPU won't do you much good if you can't feed it with data fast enough
@noiob *nodnods* yeah...
hm. Right /now/, we seem to be GPU-limited in most games. But I have no clue how much our super-low-end CPU (Athlon 200GE) would limit us if we got a real graphics card (say, RX 580).
Like, if it'd perform better than a decent CPU with integrated graphics, then it's still probably worth it to get a GPU.
@frostwolf what kinda GPU are you running? a cheap Ryzen with Vega graphics might beat it tbh
@noiob Before, when our laptop was working, it had a Radeon Pro 560 mobile thing.
@noiob So that's our comparison for "is this decent", mostly.
@noiob So like, it was a discrete card, but it wasn't that great of a discrete card; I think one benchmarking site put it at about half the performance of the RX 580.
(A lot of benchmarking sites just don't have it for some reason.)
@frostwolf huh, I didn't know they made AM4 Athlons
honestly having an AM4 motherboard opens you up to all kinds of upgrades, used Ryzens don't go that expensive these days, but that CPU isn't too bad tbh
@frostwolf like, I don't think it'd pair badly with a RX 580
@noiob Oooo good to know! Thanks!
And yeah, AM4 Athlon! :3 Our motherboard's a B450. Apparently this CPU is /officially/ non-overclockable but it sounds like ASUS lets you overclock it, along with some other motherboard manufacturers; we haven't poked in the BIOS yet.
@noiob Oh, one other thing a discrete GPU has going for it is VRAM.
We were aiming for 16GB of main memory, but one of our RAM sticks was bad so we only have 8GB. And with CPU VRAM eating into that... let's just say swap is saving our fluffy butt. >,,>
(seriously I'm amazed how much swap helps. We're used to having to turn it off to avoid massive freezes when we fill up our RAM.)
@frostwolf I mean any GPU would free up your RAM lmao
@noiob Yeah, exactly! :3
@noiob None, right now! We're on the Athlon's integrated graphics.