Question What are the motherboard and ram requirements for latest games?

[Dave Thompson]

Hi,

I have a really old mobo (H81m DS2V) from 2013, and also use cheap value Kingston DDR3 ram (12gb). I use the best cpu that is possible, which is an i7 4790. Due to a small mobo and micro ATX case, I wasn't able to attach the heavy duty coolers, so I've only been using the low profile coolers similar but larger to the Intel's stock cooler. CPU temps have often been an issue for me.

Because game requirements never recommend anything except for CPU, GPU and quantity of ram, I have never bothered to upgrade the mainboard. However, I highly suspect I suffer with in-game performance due to hardware other than my i7 4790 and RX 580.

I tried to play "Detroit become human", and it had some annoying frame-drops at 60 fps that could not be fixed even on low graphics settings, and it makes me wonder where my "bottle-neck" actually is. My hardware is extremely close to the recommended, but maybe it was for 30 fps only? (I don't do 30fps gaming!)

Anyhow, thanks a lot for reading this. I want to replace the mobo, ram and cpu+cooler (and also the pc case), so I can enjoy smoother gameplay with the latest games, and as this Gigabyte mobo has lasted so long, I want to get another Gigabyte board. Any recommendations please without breaking the bank? Also interested in how "value ram" differs to more expensive ones.

Much grateful.

Dave

 

[tennis2]

I would just recommend plugging both monitors into the RX580 rather than get a 5600G. Not that it matters a whole lot, but a 5600G only has 8x PCIe lanes for a graphics card. It uses the other 8 lanes for the internal GPU.

Ryzen 5600 is actually the superior CPU compared to the 5600G, they are not the same thing underneath.

5600G only does PCIe 3.0 as well. The 5600 does PCIe 4.0. 5600 has more cache and slightly higher frequencies.

I agree, connect any/all monitors do the dGPU.

I got my 5600G a year ago used for $120. That was before the 5600 existed, and the 5600X was still going for $250+. It's destined to be transferred to my HTPC in a year or two and be used without a dGPU.

Unlike the other Zen 3 processors which feature PCIe 4.0, the Ryzen 5000G APUs come with a PCI-Express 3.0 interface. There's 16 lanes for the PCI-Express graphics slot, plus four for a CPU-connected M.2 NVMe slot, and four toward the chipset bus. Compared to older Ryzen APUs and even mobile Cezanne, this is still an improvement because those only had PCIe 3.0 x8 for external graphics.