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Do I need to worry about upgrading motherboard with GPU if its old or will it work okay just buying a new GPU?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The CPU in that motherboard is the amd ryzen 5 2600 6 core 12 thread 3.4ghz. The GPU is AMD RX 580 6GB. I would be buying more for computational work on a headless server than games, I've never had any issue with modern games because im old and okay living with 1080p + medium settings it all looks fine compared to the PS1 stuff I grew up with.

Im only really concerned with bumping up VRAM GB and hopefully TFLOP speeds. I would really really like at least 16gb of vram but it doesn't come cheap in todays market, the intel arc stuff was a good deal compared to what nvidia and amd want for similar numbers. Ill be limited by pcie version 3 no matter what. Theres some older nvidia cards that also fit the bill that I saw thanks to some other user recommendations but maybe if im spending the money just get the newest GPU series and upgrade all the other parts later?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's an AM4 slot motherboard then! I'd look up the latest motherboard BIOS update, and then throw in the best used CPU you can too. The 450M chipset can support up to Ryzen 5000 series.

A 3800X (~100 CAD used) Ryzen or better is still plenty powerful paired with a modern GPU. Zen 2/3 is way better than the first gen for IPC.

5000 series are still pretty expensive however.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

If your power supply will power the arc you should be all set for your use case. Should you need more cpu power you can flash to latest bios and see what the newest am4 cpu your mobo will take. Am4 chips are really cheap these days.

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