Question vega 8 iGPU vs GT 720

[adriannoble]

Okay so here's my question. I'm going to buy a Ryzen 3 3200G. I want to know if the vega 8 graphics on the APU will perform better than the GT 720 that I have? Like will there no longer be a point to having the GT 720 after I buy the 3200g (along with all the other components, WD GREEN 120GB M.2 2280 SATA3 SSD, ASUS PRIME B450M-K AMD AM4 mATX Motherboard With LED Lighting, HyperX FURY 8GB 2400MHz DDR4 CL15 DIMM 1Rx8 - Black(X2) )?

 

[WildCard999]

The Vega 8 iGPU is much better then the GT 720 although that memory is going to hurt your performance quite a bit. First off it's too slow, for Ryzen you want 3000/3200 & secondly you want it in dual channel (2x4gb or 2x8gb). You also need to make sure that motherboard BIOS has been updated or the 3200G won't work on that board.

 

[adriannoble]

Hey thanks for the reply man.
Something I'd like to note...
my current PC is an e5300, MSI G31M3-F - 2 and 4gb of ram running windows 7 with the gt 720. Do you think that even with the 2400mhz ram I get with the Ryzen apu, that I'd still be able to notice an improvement over my current setup?

 

[WildCard999]

It'll be an improvement but to get the most from the 3200G you'll want faster memory. Even if you can only afford a single stick get 3000/3200mhz.

 

[adriannoble]

Also the system memory spec for the 3200G is 2933MHz, does this mean that that's the max MHz it supports?

 

[WildCard999]

The motherboard dictates speed, supports above 3200mhz but 3200 is a good price to performance choice.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-B450M-K/specifications/

 

[adriannoble]

okay, so I'll buy the 3200mhz ram but how do I get that board to support the APU?

 

[WildCard999]

okay, so I'll buy the 3200mhz ram but how do I get that board to support the APU?

Either make sure the retailer updates it or buy a different board. MSI MAX boards natively support 3rd gen CPU's or buy a MSI with the BIOS Flash button which allows you to update the BIOS without a CPU.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXunUAriE

 

[adriannoble]

Gosh, I never thought buying a new pc would get this complicated, but I'm up for the challenge, I'll find a board that supports the bios update, but then I do have to ask, shouldn't I rather get the Ryzen 3 2200g then?

P.S.
I'm very thankful for your replies WildCard999, I'm sorry to have been asking question after question but I really think I need an upgrade of sorts and I'm also on a tight budget really.

 

[WildCard999]

Gosh, I never thought buying a new pc would get this complicated, but I'm up for the challenge, I'll find a board that supports the bios update, but then I do have to ask, shouldn't I rather get the Ryzen 3 2200g then?

P.S.
I'm very thankful for your replies WildCard999, I'm sorry to have been asking question after question but I really think I need an upgrade of sorts and I'm also on a tight budget really.

No worries.

If it's going to be out of budget or difficult to find a board that natively supports the 3rd gen or BIOS update without a CPU then I'd go 2200G or 2400G. With either you'll still want to stick with the faster memory & B450 boards for overclocking.

 

[adriannoble]

I won't be overclocking though but b450 it is