Recommend a gpu please ?

venomx · 28 Jun 2020 at 15:46

My uncle is trying to work with large high resolution photos ( 26mb and 6240x4160 ) and it lags...

He has an intel quad core 3.6ghz processor and 16gb of ram

I suggested he gets a discrete gpu as his current one is built into the cpu. Is this good advice ?
He has a 500w psu. Any recommendations?

specs here
https://flic.kr/p/2jgawGc

Would a new cpu help ?

Dave Burton · 28 Jun 2020 at 15:56

I think you'll need to provide more system info, i.e. the CPu era, memory architecture and the current GPU would be a bare minimum to allow people to step in and advise. Once you start upgrading, you might need a new case, PSU, SSD etc as well, but you've not given us much to go on...

Joxeon · 28 Jun 2020 at 15:56

I'd say to try grab a used gtx 1060 for around £100.

venomx · 28 Jun 2020 at 16:01

Dave Burton said:
I think you'll need to provide more system info, i.e. the CPu era, memory architecture and the current GPU would be a bare minimum to allow people to step in and advise. Once you start upgrading, you might need a new case, PSU, SSD etc as well, but you've not given us much to go on...

Mobo is https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-F2A78M-HD2-rev-30#ov

would ryzen am4 work with it ?

here is the specs

https://flic.kr/p/2jgawGc

Dave Burton · 28 Jun 2020 at 16:04

venomx said:
Mobo is https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-F2A78M-HD2-rev-30#ov

would ryzen am4 work with it ?

here is the specs

https://flic.kr/p/2jgawGc

That's a pretty old machine, AM4 will not work with your current setup I'm afraid. The biggest single improvement would likely be GPU + SSD, but your CPU is a bit out of date as well.

venomx · 28 Jun 2020 at 16:13

Ok would more ram not help?

he doesn’t have the 8pin or 16pin connector from his psu for the gpu so I’m guessing he’s quite restricted?

which cpu would you recommend

Blue160 · 29 Jun 2020 at 08:08

There’s really no point upgrading on the FM2+ platform. You’d just be throwing good money after bad. Any CPU you can buy for it will still be very weak. Much better at this point to start again on AM4.

t31os · 7 Jul 2020 at 01:11

GPU and SSD is a good call (as Dave suggested), and much cheaper than swinging for a core upgrade (cpu/ram/mobo).

Biz.Kid09 · 7 Jul 2020 at 08:48

Working with 6240x4160 photos on a 1680 x 1050 monitor and with those specs, I think your Uncle might need to have a rethink of his whole setup.

You could get a new GPU and SSD but in all honesty I would recommend going for a complete new tower and even a new monitor.

alec · 8 Jul 2020 at 08:23

working with photos has nothing to do with GPU, weird as it may sound.
You will be limited mainly by CPU, memory speed, sometimes memory size. Noticeable lag could be happening because you are running out of memory and it starts swapping

SSD is a good advice for quicker loading, but it won't make too much difference with 26mb images