Bought a 6700XT for 400USD last year.

But the platform update required means that I possibly only do a budget MoBo + CPU for 400

Then PSU, case, ram, cooler are all additional.

My previous CPU lasted 7 years, my Ryzen 2600 is 5 years now. Which means I can’t play Remnant 2, Starfield or Lords of Fallen. Not the best optimised games, but a trend nonetheless.

Would future proof mean getting a top shelf Intel or the 7800x3D to last 7+ years? Or just go budget every 3 years?

Apologies if I don’t make sense the current market is confusing along with inflation and random price increases

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    I would get the upgraded 5700G, but it’s probably somewhere between a 1050 and a 1660. I played all of the BioShock series on Max settings, as well as Halo Infinite and Prey on Medium and got 40-60fps with an average above 50. With DDR4 @3600 C16 (or better, if you’re insanely lucky), it’s an impressive little onboard GPU.

    Where it struggles is texture streaming. It just can’t hold that much texture data, even with a generous amount of RAM, so you’ll inevitably sometimes wind up with LOD blurriness. Still, if you temper your expectations, it can be quite capable.

    For the best experience, a dedicated GPU would perform best (mainly because of the aforementioned texture limitations), but if you want a small package that can also do some gaming, it definitely can.

    • @bitwaba
      2•1 year ago

      Thanks!

      I also use my HTPC as my file server, and plex server, but I’ll probably try to use it as my CloneHero machine too. I’m going to have a think about what I really want it to do and what kind of video performance I need.

      As an HTPC it’s connected to a 4k TV, so I’d like to make sure its able to hold 60fps on the desktop when watching movies (which shouldn’t be a problem). However I also want some decent GPU hardware to offload plex transcoding to.

      I don’t really see many good options for low profile video cards at the moment. I think what I’ll end up doing is getting 5700g like you said and using that for now, then when some low profile cards come out (at reasonable prices) that can handle AV1 encode, I’ll throw one of those in the machine.