Question AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D v. GeForce RTX 3060 Ti; New Integrated Graphics or Old Dedicated GPU?

[isaacm8]

Hi yall,

BACKGROUND: I am putting together my first build, and I will use it for work and personal. For work, I will not be doing much that is very graphics intensive, but I do have a 45" monitor, so despite it being low-level graphics demands per task, it requires high resolution to be visible clearly and fill the entire screen. I also plan on adding another because I fill up the one i have with a million windows and a million tabs in each as it is and need more space, so that'll be added graphics burden. For personal use, i wont be running Alan Wake by any means, and the most GPU-intensive game i'd care to run would be BG3.

In the new build, my CPU will be an AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X3D, which has integrated graphics . However, in the prebuilt I am currently using, there is a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Now, I know that it is typically better to have a dedicated GPU because integrated graphics depend on RAM and are not as powerful because of that. However, since the GPU I have is a bit on the older end, and i cannot find much information about it, I am not sure whether it will perform better than the integrated graphics would perform. Also, I know integrated graphics depend on the RAM, but with the RAM I will have, I think I would be okay.

QUESTIONS:
-Can I use the GPU i currently have and run something like BG3 as well as have two ultrawide monitors with a dozen windows and many times as many tabs?
-If not, will the integrated graphics in my CPU be able to handle it?
-Worst case scenario, if neither can handle the demands i have, what are minimum specs I should look for in a GPU?

Thanks!

 

[logainofhades]

The 3060ti is far better than any integrated graphics. Why are you getting a 9950x3d, if gaming is not super important?

 

[Lutfij]

since the GPU I have is a bit on the older end, and i cannot find much information about it
The RTX 3060Ti is still a relevant card.

I am not sure whether it will perform better than the integrated graphics would perform.
The iGPU was included on the CPU's die by AMD for users who just needed a display output, not to tax and game on. So no, the iGPU will not outperform the RTX 3060 Ti, not in a million years with what's under the hood of the iGPU.

-Can I use the GPU i currently have and run something like BG3 as well as have two ultrawide monitors with a dozen windows and many times as many tabs?
Yes.

 

[isaacm8]

The 3060ti is far better than any integrated graphics. Why are you getting a 9950x3d, if gaming is not super important?

Oh well i will be gaming on it as well for sure. I got a 9950x3d to have a high performance CPU that's going to be more than i'll need for a long time to come. And for work, i often have to convert spreadsheets into thousands of pages of PDFs and then run text recognition on those and others, so i need to run text recognition on around 7,000-10,000 pages. And, this happens around 5 times a month, so i am converting tens of thousands of pages and then running text recognition on many times that much.

So, by and large, it will be drastically overpowered, but for instances like those where i need heavy processing power capability, it will be more useful. And, since i do that so often, i wanted to build with something that should be able to handle it for a long time before it starts to suffer in performance.

But thank you for the response! I just have been focused on components for processing power and graphics have been a lower level concern. Im just stoked i can still use the GPU i have!

since the GPU I have is a bit on the older end, and i cannot find much information about it
The RTX 3060Ti is still a relevant card.

I am not sure whether it will perform better than the integrated graphics would perform.
The iGPU was included on the CPU's die by AMD for users who just needed a display output, not to tax and game on. So no, the iGPU will not outperform the RTX 3060 Ti, not in a million years with what's under the hood of the iGPU.

-Can I use the GPU i currently have and run something like BG3 as well as have two ultrawide monitors with a dozen windows and many times as many tabs?
Yes.

Ah im glad to hear it is still relevant! My only point of reference was someone i know using a RTX 5080 16gb in a build around four years ago, so compared to that i just assumed mine would be behind the times haha

And its also good to hear i'll be able to run everything i need on it. And its funny because the person i know has that wayyy better GPU, so me wondering about the GPU i have was like having a nice Mustang but knowing nothing about cars and having the only other person with a car you know own a Lambo haha The comparisons arent exact, but i hope it explains my obvious ignorance about GPUs , thannks!

 

[CountMike]

Oh well i will be gaming on it as well for sure. I got a 9950x3d to have a high performance CPU that's going to be more than i'll need for a long time to come. And for work, i often have to convert spreadsheets into thousands of pages of PDFs and then run text recognition on those and others, so i need to run text recognition on around 7,000-10,000 pages. And, this happens around 5 times a month, so i am converting tens of thousands of pages and then running text recognition on many times that much.

So, by and large, it will be drastically overpowered, but for instances like those where i need heavy processing power capability, it will be more useful. And, since i do that so often, i wanted to build with something that should be able to handle it for a long time before it starts to suffer in performance.

But thank you for the response! I just have been focused on components for processing power and graphics have been a lower level concern. Im just stoked i can still use the GPU i have!


Ah im glad to hear it is still relevant! My only point of reference was someone i know using a RTX 5080 16gb in a build around four years ago, so compared to that i just assumed mine would be behind the times haha

And its also good to hear i'll be able to run everything i need on it. And its funny because the person i know has that wayyy better GPU, so me wondering about the GPU i have was like having a nice Mustang but knowing nothing about cars and having the only other person with a car you know own a Lambo haha The comparisons arent exact, but i hope it explains my obvious ignorance about GPUs , thannks!

GPUs are not always for display only some, specially graphic programs use them for calculations too.