The cheapest new RX 550 GPU's in Australia and a good card for multi display workstations, HTPC's and light gamers
Before you Broden the cards for your crypto mining rig, beware that ASUS have downsized this card compared to the previous RX550-2G model:
New specs:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-phoenix-550.b7733
Old specs:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-rx-550-single-fan…
Can this run crysis?
No, but it can run minesweeper
On low graphics settings haha
The 2007 release probably.
These card are pretty much useless. It works similarly with the onboard card.
I believe the GPU scores for this card wipe the floor with the numbers put up by my 2700X's GPU. Another bonus is that the 550 can drive 4k60, while the 2700X can't.
2700X doesn't have an integrated GPU. Only G series CPUs
And, of course, that's exactly my point.
(I dunno, perhaps I should have added a /s? I guess I thought that it was obvious)
If the GT1030 was better than the 128-bit bus version of the RX 550 in certain titles (see Hardware Unboxed video where the original, full fat 4GB RX550 is put against a 2GB GT1030), this means the nerfed 64-bit version of the RX 550 is actually much, much worse than the Nvidia offering.
At $149 this is actually even less competitive than the geriatric GT1030. The GT1030 is around $125~$135
Waiting for Jensen to confirm the RTX 1030 as the big release of 2022
I made the same decision last year, but I think that I paid more for the GT1030 - for whatever reason, none of the partners seem to have released a half-height AMD card for generations, while half-height GT1030s (and GTX 1050 Ti, if you can find them) are available at a premium (which is to be expected).
I'm not completely sure but I don't think the GT1030 has x265/HEVC hardware acceleration, while the RX 550 I believe does.
This means your going to struggle to watch 4K video on older CPUs with the GT1030 and it's not such a good buy for HTPCs for this reason.
Are you referring to Nvenc encoding? All of the desktop Pascal GPU's appear to support hardware H265 decode.
https://i.imgur.com/OmJOGoi.png
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#The_eighth_ge…
As to whether it plays 4k smoothly I don't know the capabilities of the GPU but the GT1030 will definitely playback 4k content so long as the bitrate isn't super high
Yeah your right. Should do 4K video just fine.
570 8G used to be at this price…
Sad but true……
Pretty much ewaste
yep, gt1030 is probably better at similar price range
I got a 1650 Super for this price a few months ago.
Any of the following (or faster) will perform better, if you can find it second hand for a lower price:
GTX 660 / 760 / 750Ti / 670 and up
HD 7850 and up
R7 260X and up
Don't forget APUs as well
Which of those will drive a 4k panel at 60 Hz over HDMI?
The 550 has its place.
AMD APUs do
The GT1030 is a fabulous card to turn an older computer into a great media machine and light gamer.
The silent ones run great you don’t need a fan version.
The 1030 is a much better buy than this RX 550
The new 64 bit version RX 550 is 25% weaker than the old 128 bit version. Please don't buy it and just go get a 1030 (not the GDDR4 version)
64 bit vs 128 bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abxvlIM-9O0&ab_channel=Jacky…
I would say stop gaming but I put in 14 hours this weekend so I'm just an angry hypocrite at this stage hey cool new nickname sweet
For gaming purpose get a used 1050 Ti or 1650 around $250-350, at least they can handle some old games smoothly under FHD or even 2K with lower settings.
The state of PC gaming in 2021…
Obviously, Asus did the right thing… And it would be perfect if it was low profile