[SOLVED] What is the best gpu for a4 6300?

[jazzblues]

im on tight budget and I am doing some old custom pc, can you guys help me?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

That's actually a very weak APU. What's the purpose of this PC, gaming, or some other task ? What's your exact budget for the Video card ?

 

[jazzblues]

That's actually a very weak APU. What's the purpose of this PC, gaming, or some other task ? What's your exact budget for the Video card ?

for light video editing and gaming my budget is like $100

 

[oldcracc]

Well you're gonna need a card that wont bottleneck the cpu, I'd probably suggest a 750 Ti or something older.

 

[jazzblues]

Well you're gonna need a card that wont bottleneck the cpu, I'd probably suggest a 750 Ti or something older.

750ti? i guess a big bottleneck would occur on that, can rx 550 would not bottleneck?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

If you ask my opinion, then I think a GT 1030 GPU might be a suitable option for upgrade. Though, few more entry level GPU options are there, but that RX 550 would surely be bottlenecked by your CPU.

 

[logainofhades]

I would almost bet even a GT 1030 would be bottlenecked.

 

[jazzblues]

I would almost bet even a GT 1030 would be bottlenecked.

how about hd 6450 or gt 710 or gt 710?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

GT 710 should be fine, but first of all, what's the native screen resolution of your current Monitor, 720p, or 1080p ?

 

[jazzblues]

GT 710 should be fine, but first of all, what's the native screen resolution of your current Monitor, 720p, or 1080p ?

720p

 

[Metal Messiah.]

I think you can go for the GT 710, or even the GT 1030. I don't think there would a very huge bottleneck when using the GT 1030, imo ? But bottleneck is kind of subjective.

It depends on which type of game you are playing, and also the screen resolution, and other in-game graphic settings applied. For 720p, I think you should be fine.

 

[King_V]

It doesn't really matter of the CPU/APU bottlenecks the GPU. This is not something that should be of concern. It won't harm the GPU at all, or cause it to perform worse than a less capable GPU would.

Throw out the word "bottleneck" from this discussion. The only relevant question is whether the new GPU will improve performance.

 

[jazzblues]

is the rx 550 better?

 

[King_V]

According to the hierarchy chart, and taking into account cut-down variants of some of the budget cards, in order of performance from lowest to highest:

• GT 1030 SDDR4 - avoid this
• GT 1030 GDDR5
• RX 550-512
• RX 550-640
• RX 560-892
• RX 560-1024
• RX 570
• RX 580

Once you start getting into RX 550-640 and both RX 560 cards, though, you find that they equal or exceed the price of an RX 570. Currently in the US, the Sapphire Pulse RX 570 4GB can be had for $119.99. That's the best bang-for-buck you can get with a new card, and, even if it's more than your A4 can keep up with, you can carry that card over to a new system when you upgrade to a new platform.

The RX 550-512 and the two GT 1030 cards are cheaper, but their price/performance ratio falls far short given the discounts on some of the RX 570 cards.