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Was after a 128bit 4GB GDDR5 graphics card for some office PC's and came across this. Great deal as for this price you can only buy an ancient Nvidia GT710 2GB GDDR3 card. This is also an alternative option for a basic GPU for people wanting to save money buying an intel *F series CPU for a bigger saving when buying that CPU and this card on some options.
I orderd more then one and scored free delivery :)
Surcharges: 1.2% Card & PayPal, 2% AmEx.
Also looks to be pretty small and slim and is 100% powered by the PCIe slot sipping only 50w :)
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/sapphire-pulse-rx-550.…
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0b <- able to run 4k 120Hz
1x DisplayPort 1.4a <- able to run 4k 144Hz
1x HDMI 2.0b <- able to run 4k 120Hz
With chroma subsampling - not DSC - so it would look extremely ugly on any text, and that's 8-bit SDR only.
Surely a modern iGPU is better for video encoding?
Modern iGPU also requires a modern CPU with one, which means you can’t take advantage of a lot of the AM4 deals
It's 3x the price ($160 on sale at the moment), but Intel Arc A310 looks good. It's got hardware decode and encode for AV1 and VP9, "supports 8K", is powered by the PCIe slot too, and more. https://www.ple.com.au/Products/664154/sparkle-intel-arc-a31…
These newer budget cards only using 8 pcie lanes sucks. Unless I'm mistaken they all become useless for older pcie 3.0 systems
Yer maybe, but I saw a post on reddit or something where the person said they cut out the back of the slot so that the long card fit in a short slot, and it worked fine. Someone else said they have they have just notched the GPU in the past to achieve the same affect.
@neRok: You're thinking about if the motherboard pcie slot was x8, and the GPU is x16, if you break the plastic stopping the card from being plugged it it might still work, just using half the pcie lanes.
I'm referring to newer budget GPUs like the 4060 only have x8 over pcie 4.0, so there is no way to get around it. If you plug it into an older x16 pcie 3.0 slot, you're gonna be running at x8 pcie 3.0
@macrocephalic: I'm referring to newer cards, things like the Intel arc a310, rtx 460 and so on.
Whoever downvoted my comment about x8 pcie 4.0 cards might not realise the reply is to a comment about the arc310, which will be impacted.
Was thinking this but my HPE Gen 8 Micro Server is only half height - damn.
Quadro P620 currently - decent enough for Plex I suppose. Any suggestions on a replacement that won't break the bank?
Arc a310 fit?
I'll sus that out - cheers!
Good for Esports.. seriously, bit of overwatch 1080p medium settings, rocket league, CS etc.
Overwatch is still esports? Man thats depressing
You can just buy a Ryzen 5600G for $120 if you want that.
Oh wow. 550s are still around, nice.
Wished we got more modern replacements.
We wont ever really see any "new gen" low end sub $100 cards. They have been replaced with IGPU's from both intel and AMD. Pretty sure this RX 550 128bit 4GB GDDR5 card is still faster then both AM5 AMD 7000 sires iGPU's and LGA1700 Intel 14000 series iGPU's
rDNA 3 igpus are definitely faster. I think even the steam deck is faster?
But it doesn't really matter. Outside of the steam deck, they are all locked into high end CPUs. Most CPUs only have the 2CU version.
So we still don't have any equivalent to this class of GPU. The A380 and Rx 6300 are another price tier.
Over time you'll see stuff like the 6GB RTX 3050 drop in price, and in the next 6-9 months I'd expect a 4050. That should put a lot of pressure on Intel to cut prices.
the RX550 has 38% of the performance of the 780M, this is very low end performance.
thanks! nice cheap single slot card - got one to fill the last pcie slot on my motherboard.
Your joking right :)
I was on the fence for a sparkle a310 eco for ~170$
this at 1/3 the price will fill 3x the satisfaction :)
Could dedicate it to a VM in Linux.
HODL
Why?
For the joke
5600G APU beat this or no?
Passmark benchmark scores are pretty similar for 3D, 2726 (rx550) vs 2584 (5600G)
For 2D the 5600G scores 768 vs 488 for the RX550.
The card specs says it can support 60hz (DisplayPort: 5120×2880@60Hz, HDMI: 4096×2160@60Hz,DVI:2560x1600@60Hz). Does it support 120hz at lower resolutions (1920x1080). I'm considering using it for a work PC.
Should be able to do at least 240hz at 1080p with HDMI, probably even 360hz with Displayport.
it was more than $400 during the crypto broom
Scalpers swept up.
Erh no, You're thinking of the RX570.
Remember selling my RX550 for top dollar during Covid!
Think I got over $200 but can't quite remember. Was awesome either way.
Now I can buy it back for $50!
Perfect for my Gaming PC that only runs Team Fortress 2
TF2 idle server ?
since the bulk botting issues
Can this run Crysis?
That is leather jacket man’s joke.
The first one?.. it sure can :)
Would actually be good for a retro/emulation machine
what is the equivalent of this card in nvidia?
GTX1050 (NON Ti) the RX550 is faster then a GTX1030
are you sure?
I think even the gtx 760 might be faster
https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-GTX-760-vs-Radeon-RX…
https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-GTX-1050-vs-Radeon-R…
https://youtu.be/2nm1k3QzCs4?si=exByac3H9rP41a6d
Check it out.. 2024 latest mature drivers with a fast CPU of the RX550 4gb vs the GTX1050 2gb.. same FPS ( they never mad a 4Gb GTX1050 non Ti
@vid_ghost: how realistic is it for someone to buy this really old GPU to pair it with i3 12100 (fast CPU) which is getting about 30fps?
Most of those games would probably be not that playable at low fps when pair with a more likely older CPU.
what is your office PC spec BTW?
and does it not have a iGPU?
@pinkybrain: The office PC's i'm adding the 4 cards i got are
i5 8400
i5 8400
R5 5600x
R5 5600x
The first two intel i5 8400 PCs have trash igpus. and AMD dont have GPUs.. they have RX 560s in them that i'm moving to other PCs
This is also good for those office PC's that can only take small 1 slot cards :)
what is your office PC spec
and don't it have iGPU?
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how much you paid?
I got the card in the OP for $150 about 3 years ago.
Just posted the GTX 1050 because it's hilarious.
Just posted the GTX 1050 because it's hilarious.
are you referring to the price that amazon is selling it at?
is gtx760 faster than the Rx 550?
https://versus.com/en/amd-radeon-rx-550-vs-nvidia-geforce-gt…
@pinkybrain: Looks to be around the same performace as a GTX760 and GTX1050 non ti
@vid_ghost: good find on the GTX 760
it even managed to beat it in quite a few games
https://youtu.be/MJa7TSKpu3A?t=166
https://youtu.be/MJa7TSKpu3A?t=183
https://youtu.be/MJa7TSKpu3A?t=344
https://youtu.be/MJa7TSKpu3A?t=482
it did use 2GB wonder if 4GB would make much difference
@pinkybrain: Maybe.. but AMD drivers also mature better with time.. could have helped.. also Nvidia stops updating for newer games.. AMD keeps it up for a little longer on their older cards. Either way these are only good to play old games.. emulation and esports titles.
:) little baby card.. wonder how much faster a RTX5090 will be
GTX 1060 is almost triple performance than this one.
A RTX4090 is 20 times faster then this card
This is a NEW product with 12 months warranty for $56
You cant compair a second hand GTX1060 that sells for $160 second hand :)
you have 60 days ebay return
so a card not failing in 60 days then unlikely it will be an issue,
My main pc has a gpu already, would it be feasible to add this 550 to pass through to a windows VM? The main os is linux.
Linux does like AMD cards :) someone already suggested that option above to someone else.
Thanks mate.
Been playing around with WhisperAI on a Dell 3630 Desktop Tower Workstation. Adding a Nvidia card apparently improves processing for speech to text. Will this card improve processing?
Nope. No CUDA.
I have dell optiplex 7060 sff. Will this fit able in the case and able to play cs2 in low settings?
It wont fit because that Dell SFF needs a low profile card… This is a full sized small itx card but not Low profile :) Sorry
It does play CS2 fine at 1080P low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8XPhDr1ClU
Thanks for clarification. I didn't know about itx sized cards.
you can move the dell to another case then it will fit.
No it won't fit, you need a Low Profile Graphics card.
Lots of options here
https://computers.scorptec.com.au/computer/Low-Profile-Graph…
You need to check your power supply wattage to see what kind of card you can support. The 3050 draws 300w and I don't think your machine would be up to it.
Will this run Gray Zone Warfare at 200fps Epic settings?
This is excellent if you want to ignore all the Techfast deals and build your own budget gaming PC the old-school way :)
2 things for yall,
1:
If you can run a rx 580 and fit one/have the right connectors head to ali express ive bought a few for 100$ a pop give or take on the week.
2:
If your running Jellyfin or Plex on an intel cpu 8th gen or higher possibly (7th) and you have the version with a igpu the igpu onboard supports intel quicksync and will shit on nvidia and amds encoder and will allow and handle multi users better without restrictions looking at you nvidia. But yes buy the rx550 if you must i.e dont have a igpu and you need something.
The Radeon R7 370 2G in my computer has been failing for a while and I finally took it out and now using the onboard graphics.
I’m don’t do much graphic intensive tasks but would prefer a seperate graphics card, would this do or is it worth getting something better?
I built the whole computer a long time ago, i7 6700, 16GB ram.
If you are ok with just the onboard graphics then you don't need more than this. Plus it uses 3 x less power than a normal/modern budget GPU (e.g 6600/XT).
You'd most likely would break even at minimum on resale (eBay) if you didn't like it.
This RX550 is much faster then the iGPU in that i7 6700.. plus the RX550 has 4GBs of GDDR5 :)
Lets you play old games and esports titles like league of legends all while sipping less then 50w of power.. (*50w) is max draw
Thank you tekisei and vid_ghost
I used to be more up to date with specs. Ordered.
Looks like price has jumped back to $78 :)
Bought one and figured it won't fit into my SFF. Needed low profile instead of half length. Urgh.
Might good for a Plex server, looks like it has a hardware transcoder.