Ryzen 5 2400G

[Teeroy32]

Hello, my wife is currently running a FX-6300 with a R7-260X, just wondering if the Ryzen 5 2400G might be a good replacement, I know cpu wise its a lot better but not sure about the graphic side, the old 260X is getting rather long in the tooth and 1Gb of video ram really doesn't cut it any more. I know I will need to get a new mobo and ram that is not an issue. The price of the 2400G is lower then a RX550 which I was thinking about putting in her system but gpu prices are scary as, especially in Australia, well their scary at the best of times here but it is more so now. Thanks in advance.

 

[AniChatt]

2400G is a bit better R5 1400 ryzen with integrated gpu 11 vega cores. It will be much better than a 6300 cpu wise. Just buy it and enjoy its gpu for now and put a external gpu later say after 1 or 1.5 yrs. It can run latest games at low settings upto 1080p. If you not game even then it will deliver better visuals for less money.

As per reviews the igpu of the r5 2400G is similar to rx550 in performance. So your will be in a much better position in terms of ROI i.e. return of investment for now. Check hardware unboxed utube reviews.

 

[Teeroy32]

Would her 260X crossfire with the Vega 11 graphics? She games all right, she has been playing Ark, 7 Days to die, Sims 3/4, Simcity, City Skylines, Conan Exiles and even Miscreated, surprising what it has been able to do for we paid nearly 4 years ago when I built it for her.

 

[AniChatt]

Would her 260X crossfire with the Vega 11 graphics? She games all right, she has been playing Ark, 7 Days to die, Sims 3/4, Simcity, City Skylines, Conan Exiles and even Miscreated, surprising what it has been able to do for we paid nearly 4 years ago when I built it for her.

So far there is no CFX support for the 2400G for now. But most of the titles do not have a decent support for SLI/CFX and they scales really bad. But those games will run just fine in 2400G no need to add a dedicated GPU. what is your resolution target and fps?

 

[Supernova1138]

Would her 260X crossfire with the Vega 11 graphics? She games all right, she has been playing Ark, 7 Days to die, Sims 3/4, Simcity, City Skylines, Conan Exiles and even Miscreated, surprising what it has been able to do for we paid nearly 4 years ago when I built it for her.

No, there is no hybrid Crossfire with the Ryzen APUs. It was a feature on older APUs, but it frankly didn't work very well with horrible stuttering and only a small selection of very low end AMD GPUs supported. With most games dropping multi-GPU support altogether, such a setup is now completely pointless.

In any case, the R7 260x is still faster than the Vega 11 integrated graphics on the APU and the RX 550, so you almost might as well not bother with the APU, just grab an R5 1500x instead (if you can't spring for the R5 1600) and re-use the R7 260x on the new build. Going this route would also mean you get a full set of 16 PCI-E lanes for the GPU which is helpful for future upgrades. The Ryzen APUs only have 8 PCI-E lanes which is a potential problem for those planning on upgrading to a high end GPU later.

 

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The Ryzen APUs only have 8 PCI-E lanes which is a potential problem for those planning on upgrading to a high end GPU later.

A high-end-enough GPU for PCIe x8 to become a significant bottleneck (GTX1070 and up) will likely be wasted on the 2400G anyway, though I haven't seen anyone benchmark a 2200G/2400G with high-end dGPU yet to find out how well it holds up at doing so compared to something meatier like a Ryzen 1600 or i5-8400.

 

[AniChatt]

Would her 260X crossfire with the Vega 11 graphics? She games all right, she has been playing Ark, 7 Days to die, Sims 3/4, Simcity, City Skylines, Conan Exiles and even Miscreated, surprising what it has been able to do for we paid nearly 4 years ago when I built it for her.

No, there is no hybrid Crossfire with the Ryzen APUs. It was a feature on older APUs, but it frankly didn't work very well with horrible stuttering and only a small selection of very low end AMD GPUs supported. With most games dropping multi-GPU support altogether, such a setup is now completely pointless.

In any case, the R7 260x is still faster than the Vega 11 integrated graphics on the APU and the RX 550, so you almost might as well not bother with the APU, just grab an R5 1500x instead (if you can't spring for the R5 1600) and re-use the R7 260x on the new build. Going this route would also mean you get a full set of 16 PCI-E lanes for the GPU which is helpful for future upgrades. The Ryzen APUs only have 8 PCI-E lanes which is a potential problem for those planning on upgrading to a high end GPU later.

Agreed: R5-1500x+R7 260x will be better. However a 2400G is a bit better than a R5 1400 in terms of latency due to only one CCX in this apu with cost of reduced cache of 8MB. However it does not matter for his usage since it will also support faster memory compared to R5-1400. Now if he has money to buy 1500x R7 260x or better then fine. Otherwise buy 2400g and use the gpu r7-260x for now it will be better than getting a R5-1400 if the price of 2400G is not significantly higher than R5-1400.
8x pcie lane does not even matters if he is using up to gtx1060. Lastly ryzen platform is most future safe for now as AM4 supports 2400g as well as ryzen.