Compatible (non-bottlenecked) GPU for Ryzen 5 2400G

[RBuczynski]

Hello there.
I'm back after fight with old LGA1150 PC (doesn't work until now, but my friend decided to dig into it). I've decided to give up on intel (don't like them anyway ) and pick up fresh and new AM4 PC.
It contains, as follows:
Ryzen 5 2400G (non-overclocked, you see shortly why)
Asus Prime B350 Plus
2x8 GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 MHz CL16
XFX XFT 550W Gold
Gigabyte GF GTX 750 2GB (overclocked +250 MHz to core, + 640 MHz to GDDR5, NONE voltages were changed)
Some SSD (Evo 860 1 TB on Sata III), some HDD (2 TB + 750GB, Seagate and Samsung respectively), some other stuff
Dell U2311H @ 1920@1080px

Anyway - I've found today, that, most likely, my GPU is running low - at GRID (original, from 2007) shortly after starting a race my game freezes for a few seconds (happened to me before, as well as in CS:GO), but now it showed weird polygons in weird, flashy triangles. What's worse, it does not stop when I've turned game off. Only reset helped. I've tested GPU before on ValleyBenchmark and everything was ok. My guess is that card is slowly dying.

So, if it's dying I would like to replace it with something new (most likely new, don't like crypto-used GPUs). However, I'm not a noob - I've checked bottleneck calculator online. Not sure why, but they did not have newest ryzens, so calculations might be off somehow.
I would like to get at some time upgrade to 4K (or just 2K) screen. Also - this CPU is WAY TO NEW to this GPU.
What card should I choose? Newest game that got my attention is Forza Horizon 4 and The New Colossus (Wolfenstein II).
I'm prefering AMD than nVidia, mostly because I like my money and don't think that spending too much is a good option.
Also - overclocking, swapping CPU for better, like 7 2700X, adding ram to 32 GB etc. most likely will happen in not-so-long future. But for now, No.1 priority is GPU case.

 

[jaslion]

Hello there.
I'm back after fight with old LGA1150 PC (doesn't work until now, but my friend decided to dig into it). I've decided to give up on intel (don't like them anyway ) and pick up fresh and new AM4 PC.
It contains, as follows:
Ryzen 5 2400G (non-overclocked, you see shortly why)
Asus Prime B350 Plus
2x8 GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 MHz CL16
XFX XFT 550W Gold
Gigabyte GF GTX 750 2GB (overclocked +250 MHz to core, + 640 MHz to GDDR5, NONE voltages were changed)
Some SSD (Evo 860 1 TB on Sata III), some HDD (2 TB + 750GB, Seagate and Samsung respectively), some other stuff
Dell U2311H @ 1920@1080px

Anyway - I've found today, that, most likely, my GPU is running low - at GRID (original, from 2007) shortly after starting a race my game freezes for a few seconds (happened to me before, as well as in CS:GO), but now it showed weird polygons in weird, flashy triangles. What's worse, it does not stop when I've turned game off. Only reset helped. I've tested GPU before on ValleyBenchmark and everything was ok. My guess is that card is slowly dying.

So, if it's dying I would like to replace it with something new (most likely new, don't like crypto-used GPUs). However, I'm not a noob - I've checked bottleneck calculator online. Not sure why, but they did not have newest ryzens, so calculations might be off somehow.
I would like to get at some time upgrade to 4K (or just 2K) screen. Also - this CPU is WAY TO NEW to this GPU.
What card should I choose? Newest game that got my attention is Forza Horizon 4 and The New Colossus (Wolfenstein II).
I'm prefering AMD than nVidia, mostly because I like my money and don't think that spending too much is a good option.
Also - overclocking, swapping CPU for better, like 7 2700X, adding ram to 32 GB etc. most likely will happen in not-so-long future. But for now, No.1 priority is GPU case.

Take the oc from your card and that should fix the issues you have atm.

That cpu can go up to a gtx 1070 and should not be a problem.

 

[Tigerhawk30]

RX 580 may be in your wheelhouse from what you've described.

HOWEVER...

...that said, if you decide to go AMD, you may wish to also look at a power supply that's a tad stronger. Most RX 580s that I'm aware of go to a minimum of 500W, and that includes the MSI reference card you can still get through such outlets as Newegg. If AMD is what you'd like to stick with and NVidia isn't a personal option, I'd either look seriously at a stronger power supply or be very very wary of how much more power goes to other components, not to mention potential overclocking. IMO, power supplies are not to be taken lightly. To see what you'd be looking at, I'd suggest finding a power calculator to give yourself a rough idea of what you may need in order to handle your components.

Hope this all made sense.

 

[King_V]

Assuming that the XFX PSU is a high quality unit, and provides most, if not all, of it's total power rating at the 12V rail, then it should be more than sufficient for the RX580, which is rated at 185W.

I've run an R9 285 (190W) for several years without issue on a Dell, with the original Dell 460W PSU (which, from what I recall of the label, only provided around 400W max to the 12V rails). I'd be very surprised if the XFX PSU didn't provide at least 500W to the 12V rail.


Aside: I could find no reference to any XFT line of XFX PSUs... only TS and XFR.

 

[RBuczynski]

RX 580 may be in your wheelhouse from what you've described.

HOWEVER...

...that said, if you decide to go AMD, you may wish to also look at a power supply that's a tad stronger. Most RX 580s that I'm aware of go to a minimum of 500W, and that includes the MSI reference card you can still get through such outlets as Newegg. If AMD is what you'd like to stick with and NVidia isn't a personal option, I'd either look seriously at a stronger power supply or be very very wary of how much more power goes to other components, not to mention potential overclocking. IMO, power supplies are not to be taken lightly. To see what you'd be looking at, I'd suggest finding a power calculator to give yourself a rough idea of what you may need in order to handle your components.

Hope this all made sense.

It does, definitelly it does. That was first motivation, when I've chosen XFX. I was hoping that 550 would be enough, but on the othe hand - 65W TDP on this CPU might not be much, but overclocking it might result in values up to 100W. Swapping CPU and oveclocking it - even more. Not to mention GPU - amd was never extraordinare when it came to save energy on gpu.

@King_V - from what I've checked on the internet, this particuar psu is capable of working, at least for short period of time, even with ~600W load. Of course, it would be just silly to do it all the time, but it's good to know. It's also my bad, I've constantly misspelled their model. It's got to be XFR, not sure why I put "T" there any time...
Anyway - my previous OCZ ModXStream 600W most likely died because of constant overclock of Phenom II X4 and HD 5850 (I couldn't resist doing so, unlocked CPU and card that could be hard push), so I have to keep that in mind.


Anyway - swap is not gonna happen today, tomorrow or any short period of time soon - I've drained my wallet well with this new pc, so I would like to know something in advice, rather than going for it without the blink of an eye. Also - prices are still very high.
And reason for NOT choosing nVidia - totally personal, I just don't like the way they are behaving on the market, bumping prices like loons. Of course, their Titan Z, not to mention RTX 2080 are way superior to best AMD's card, but price is just a sick joke. Strongest version of newest graphics card is worth about the same money as my car - so, in this case, I would like to put at max circa 200-250$. 1060Ti 6GB is good option there, but in Poland where I live it costs close to 350$, which is too much. Also, have in mind, that screen also has to be changed, and I would like to get something 27-32" with at least 2K.

@jaslion
From what I did (get clock on GPU from 265 to 220-240 as well as memory to circa 640 instead of 690, played couple of hours on DX:MD on high and FHD), it ended well. So it's most likely the case, since after lowering clocks also Grid managed to get a grip on showed stuff instead of going ultra-white, freeze for couple of seconds (it looks funny, when you play using steering wheel and stuff goes crazy) or locking pc totally.
I'm just hoping that this kind of stuff are NOT the sign that my card is dying and either you buying new one boi or use Vega (which is actually, NOT THAT bad - but still, far weaker than GTX 750). My wallet is crying already