Best AMD Graphics card with max 75W?

[Pong [Linux]]

I'm looking to upgrade my rather old computer with integrated graphics (AMD APU) with an PCI-Express card with no additional power connector (i.e. max 75W). The only one I found was an RX560: Radeon™ RX 560 Gaming OC 4G (Rev 2.0 with 75 W)

I wonder if there are more powerfull cards without additional power requirements?

(My config: Ubuntu Linux with AMD board - only AMD crads, no GeForce)

[Sapph]

GTX 1050TI can be found with no additional power required. And it will completely beat AMD's offerings like the RX 560.

EDIT: well, since you're using Linux, then 560 is the best you can get.

[[LTT] LinusFTW]

Forget it, older AMD APU's will cause heavy bottlenecks making the whole 'upgrade' thing pointless since the performance will be held back so much you'll hardly notice any difference to what you've being using already.

[Omega]

Why no Nvidia cards? You can just run the proprietary Nvidia drivers which have improved massively over the last year or so.

And from my experience the open source drivers for AMD are still a buggy mess. My experience is mainly with the R9 390x and Vega 64.

But on the other hand AMD is doing a great job at improving the open source drivers. So don't forget to update your kernel to the latest one as wel as Mesa.


What are your exact system specifications? If it's really old FM2 stuff it might be a better idea to just drop $300 on it and get a new motherboard, Ryzen APU, DDR4 RAM and PSU.

But yes the 560 is the best card AMD has which does not require extra power connectors, and it's not all that great. It's slightly worse then the GTX 1050.

[vadim]

Originally posted by Sapph:

GTX 1050TI can be found with no additional power required. And it will completely beat AMD's offerings like the RX 560.

EDIT: well, since you're using Linux, then 560 is the best you can get.

Vise versa, NVidia still obvious choice for Linux. AMD greatly improved tneir drivers last year and they often has better performance than NVidia now, but stability still fairly poor.

[AbedsBrother]

Phoronix[www.phoronix.com] is where I get most of my Linux tech news. Here's[www.phoronix.com] their July 2018 gaming on Linux benchmark test.

To answer your original question, RX 560 is the best Radeon card that fits the parameters you provided. The next card up the stack is the RX 570, which has a minimum tdp of 150W.

Nvidia's Linux drivers have been very problematic in the past - hence Linux Torvald's famous years-old "eff you Nvidia" commentt - but they have put in quite a bit of work to make them better. The 1050 will generally (though not always) outperform the RX 560 while still only having a 75W tdp. Which one you choose is up to you.

[Pong [Linux]]

I'm done with nVidia (had several nVidia cards since GeForce256 - which was a blast that time) and am satisfied with the AMD Cards on Linux. The open source AMD drivers are good (even Tomb Raider 2013 runs (with low FPS) flawlessly on my old rig). SO, no discussion about things I explicitely excluded.

The problem is, I bought a RX560 last week and it didn't work because it needed an additional 6-pin power cabel which I don't have in my computer. So I sent it back. If I would be able to connect a power cable, I definitely would buy a better card than RX560. (I have a computer that says "500W" power supply). All I have is a free 4-pin power cable (for drives). However the power supply has 3 free "8-pin" connecters ... no idea if this is the right place to connect a graphics card with. (Do such cards include such a cable?)

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by Wurzelzweig Linux:

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The problem is, I bought a RX560 last week and it didn't work because it needed an additional 6-pin power cabel which I don't have in my computer. So I sent it back. If I would be able to connect a power cable, I definitely would buy a better card than RX560. (I have a computer that says "500W" power supply). All I have is a free 4-pin power cable (for drives). However the power supply has 3 free "8-pin" connecters ... no idea if this is the right place to connect a graphics card with. (Do such cards include such a cable?)

If your PSU has 6+2 pin PCI-E cable then you can use the 6-pin part of it:

https://www.google.ee/search?q=6%2B2+pin+pci-e&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ver9wsHcAhXBhywKHU3mDeEQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=943#imgrc=thqiEinQCUo1kM:

[Pong [Linux]]

How do I know wich side to connect the extra 2-pin part (left or right) on the power supply and the graphics card?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by Wurzelzweig Linux:

How do I know wich side to connect the extra 2-pin part (left or right) on the power supply and the graphics card?

If you have 6-pin socket on graphics card then you just stick the 6-pin part into it and let 2-pin part hang out. If you have 8-pin socket on graphics card then you stick both 6-pin and 2-pin parts there side by side. Sockets are designed so they will only fit one way there.

[upcoast]

Only card and best card is what's really going on, there is no best amd card at 75w.


From a gaming point of view win 10 is free to use with minor cosmetic limitations, the GTX1050/50ti are 75w and mounds better performance than a Rx 550/60 soooooo use win 10.

[Pong [Linux]]

Hm, so I try a RX580 - most switch off the fans at low temperature usage (2D Desktop, light games). SO I could live with fans during AAA games. The most important point is to have no noise when working with the computer (no graphics, just coding).

[Vegeta-X]

In case you didn't know by now, the Nvidia GTX 1650 is out and can be found in 75w variants that are faster than either RX560 or GTX 1050Ti. That would be the way to go for a system without supplementary power connectors. Just be sure you know what you are buying because many factory overclocked models do come with an additional 6-pin connector.

[Areso]

Originally posted by Sapph:

GTX 1050TI can be found with no additional power required. And it will completely beat AMD's offerings like the RX 560.

EDIT: well, since you're using Linux, then 560 is the best you can get.

I use mostly Linux and there are completely no problem with my desktop's GTX 1050 Ti.

[Pong [Linux]]

I used the RX580 now and I hate it! There are almost no games where the RX580 vents keep silent. I miss my days with the RX460 passively cooled. Does anyone know about a passively cooled card with at least RX460 4GB performance?