is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300?

[Kurobuta]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

 

[pete_101]

Yes, those two cards are quite good for e-sport titles. I'm sure someone will come along and say the GTX 1050 or RX 460/560 are better value for money (which they are), but with your CPU, you wouldn't see much improvement. As long as your CPU is currently running the games you want, then either of those cards would be a nice match for it.

 

[Kurobuta]

Yes, those two cards are quite good for e-sport titles. I'm sure someone will come along and say the GTX 1050 or RX 460/560 are better value for money (which they are), but with your CPU, you wouldn't see much improvement. As long as your CPU is currently running the games you want, then either of those cards would be a nice match for it.

soooo just to clarify... my cpu won't bottleneck those 2 cards?

 

[pete_101]

Yes, those two cards are quite good for e-sport titles. I'm sure someone will come along and say the GTX 1050 or RX 460/560 are better value for money (which they are), but with your CPU, you wouldn't see much improvement. As long as your CPU is currently running the games you want, then either of those cards would be a nice match for it.

soooo just to clarify... my cpu won't bottleneck those 2 cards?

It shouldn't be too bad. A bottleneck isn't always a bad thing, it simply means one component is a bit faster than another, and this will change from game to game. Sometimes the CPU will be the bottleneck and other times it will be the graphics card.

Your CPU is on the weak side, but as long as it's currently running the games you want, then that's not going to change by putting in either of those two cards.

 

[dontlistentome]

That's a dual core CPU, so it'll be the limiting factor in any game that needs more than a dual core. In other games, the videocard will be the limiting factor. In case you can't tell, this means it depends on the game. Battlefield 1 isn't going to run great no matter what card you buy. Esports ganes should run pretty well. These cards use low amounts of power, especially the 1030, so unless you have a really low output power supply it should work with these cards.

 

[Kurobuta]

Yes, those two cards are quite good for e-sport titles. I'm sure someone will come along and say the GTX 1050 or RX 460/560 are better value for money (which they are), but with your CPU, you wouldn't see much improvement. As long as your CPU is currently running the games you want, then either of those cards would be a nice match for it.

soooo just to clarify... my cpu won't bottleneck those 2 cards?

It shouldn't be too bad. A bottleneck isn't always a bad thing, it simply means one component is a bit faster than another, and this will change from game to game. Sometimes the CPU will be the bottleneck and other times it will be the graphics card.

Your CPU is on the weak side, but as long as it's currently running the games you want, then that's not going to change by putting in either of those two cards.

That's a dual core CPU, so it'll be the limiting factor in any game that needs more than a dual core. In other games, the videocard will be the limiting factor. In case you can't tell, this means it depends on the game. Battlefield 1 isn't going to run great no matter what card you buy. Esports ganes should run pretty well. These cards use low amounts of power, especially the 1030, so unless you have a really low output power supply it should work with these cards.

not really planning on playing new games. I mostly play e-sport titles sooo I guess either of the 2 cards are good for me

edit: you think Overwatch will run fine?

 

[Kurobuta]

Yes, those two cards are quite good for e-sport titles. I'm sure someone will come along and say the GTX 1050 or RX 460/560 are better value for money (which they are), but with your CPU, you wouldn't see much improvement. As long as your CPU is currently running the games you want, then either of those cards would be a nice match for it.

soooo just to clarify... my cpu won't bottleneck those 2 cards?

It shouldn't be too bad. A bottleneck isn't always a bad thing, it simply means one component is a bit faster than another, and this will change from game to game. Sometimes the CPU will be the bottleneck and other times it will be the graphics card.

Your CPU is on the weak side, but as long as it's currently running the games you want, then that's not going to change by putting in either of those two cards.

Alright! Thank you

 

[jaslion]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

Your cpu is a huge issue even with those low end cards.

 

[Kurobuta]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

Your cpu is a huge issue even with those low end cards.

how?

 

[pete_101]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

Your cpu is a huge issue even with those low end cards.

How do you figure that? About 4 years ago I put an R7 250 in an Intel dual core from 2008......there is no way the CPU can get 100% from the card, but it still runs fine, my kids still use it to this day. I was surprised a couple of days back when we installed "Payday 2" (which is currenly free on Steam) and it ran just fine on high settings, 8x AA. The A4-6300 is better than that old dual core, so why would it have a problem?

 

[jaslion]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

Your cpu is a huge issue even with those low end cards.

How do you figure that? About 4 years ago I put an R7 250 in an Intel dual core from 2008......there is no way the CPU can get 100% from the card, but it still runs fine, my kids still use it to this day. I was surprised a couple of days back when we installed "Payday 2" (which is currenly free on Steam) and it ran just fine on high settings, 8x AA. The A4-6300 is better than that old dual core, so why would it have a problem?

Thing is the a4 6300 is comparable to a 3 ghz core 2 duo. A core 2 duo is really weak by today's standards and will really hold back a gt 1030 or rx 550. Also overwatch will run terrible on that. Also payday isn't an intensive game on the cpu so thats why it runs fine.

 

[pete_101]

is the gt 1030 or rx 550 good with my amd a4-6300? I mostly play e-sports games and I heard these cards are good.

Your cpu is a huge issue even with those low end cards.

How do you figure that? About 4 years ago I put an R7 250 in an Intel dual core from 2008......there is no way the CPU can get 100% from the card, but it still runs fine, my kids still use it to this day. I was surprised a couple of days back when we installed "Payday 2" (which is currenly free on Steam) and it ran just fine on high settings, 8x AA. The A4-6300 is better than that old dual core, so why would it have a problem?

Thing is the a4 6300 is comparable to a 3 ghz core 2 duo. A core 2 duo is really weak by today's standards and will really hold back a gt 1030 or rx 550. Also overwatch will run terrible on that. Also payday isn't an intensive game on the cpu so thats why it runs fine.

Ok, I'm not too sure about the requirements for Payday 2, but it looks like a game that should take a bit to run.

Anyway, the dual core in question is a Pentium E5200 @ 2.5GHz, and with the R7 250 it runs just fine on older games like CSGO, GTA 4, War Thunder, Team fortress 2 and obviously Payday 2. I have no idea how Overwatch would run. But that's not the point, putting a GT 1030 or RX 550 isn't going to make a A4-6300 worse than it already is. So, if the OP can play their games with that CPU, then adding a better GPU can't do any harm.