What GPU would best be paired with an Intel Pentium G620 @2.8GHz

[rtchal]

Title has it all. It is for my brothers PC. He has 8 Gb DDR3 Ram if that matters.

[banzaigtv]

NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti or AMD HD 7770 should work OK. The CPU might bottleneck anything higher, though.

[_I_]

g620 is a sandy cpu, till be fine with a 7850 or so for some games

others the cpu will be the bottleneck

[Mr. Bonami]

The problem is not gpu bottleneck is just the cpu raw power is not enough for game like bf3 and the current new game and all... Im sorry man but my core 2 duo e8400 eat you and i lagg in many game just because of not enough cpu power my gpu is a gts250 and is fine with 25 35% core load in bf3 at low.. (8gb ram is overkill loll im on 4gb) (gt 650 is a bit overkill but some game need more gpu than cpu so yea it perfect :D

[Illutian]

GTX 760 or GTX 670.
-I'm pro Nvidia for gaming. Most issues surrounding games appear to be if you run ATI/AMD; I lurk in the Tech Sections.

In any case don't waste money on any card with less than 2GB of VRAM.

I would also say anything below an i5 is not going to be optimal. While few games are actually multi-core optimized. Intel's HyperThreading forces load balancing. I'm not sure if AMD has similar tech in their CPUs; might account for the poor performance many AMD users appear to have.


All I can say is my current system has yet to find a game that it couldn't handle (aka 60fps with Vsync). Similar setups should work as good or better.

CPU: i7-920
RAM: 12GB
GPU: twin GTX 670 4GB (2-way SLI)
OS: Windows 8

[Mr. Bonami]

illutian next time read is with a pentium g 620... (nvidia fanboy) lol Yea amd have many driver problem but is not that bad... (everyone go amd for eyefinity)

[Rove]

HD 7790

[Illutian]

Originally posted by FUB MrBonami2 Qc ♬ ♫ ♪:

illutian next time read is with a pentium g 620... (nvidia fanboy) lol Yea amd have many driver problem but is not that bad... (everyone go amd for eyefinity)

Pentium G 620 is a dual core with no HyperThreading. It barely performs better than an Intel Pentium D (Search: Pentium G 620 vs Pentium D).

As for EyeFinity. Same thing as Nvidia Surround. And really...if you're aiming for a triple (or more) monitor setup....why did you get a G 620 in the first place :P

[Mr. Bonami]

Uh man i just tell that i own a intel core 2 e8400 that eat this crap g620 And i have a gts250 that is dancing arround in bf3 doing nothing because the cpu is 100% I dont need to compare a pentium D i have one of my side 3.0ghz crap that cant do anything lol and my e8400 But a 650 is perfect in the same range as my 250

[Illutian]

If it works, and the person is happy with the overall quality (as in Texture Quality) of the game. I can't complain.

I just dislike seeing people save money "now" only to spend more "later".

[Mr. Bonami]

Yea your right :/ my e8400 is borderline in many game but the only one i cant play are mmo like Aion Rift in large city.. Wow run fine Bf3 unplayable depend on the map and number of player... Assasin creed 1 is strange maxed my cpu is 100% loll bf2 run fine 2142 bad company 2 too alan wake maxed.. Skyrim maxed strange directx 9 is forgiving in this case i think maxed 20 25 fps ok low lol

[Deadeye]

Hope you are OC'in that E8400. =) Mine does 4.0 GHz on stock voltage and 4.6 GHz on big air, with scary voltage though.

FYI, Did you know stock a 3.0 GHz E8400 loses to a 2.6 GHz Celeron G1610 in games, and needs about 3.9 GHz to match a Pentium G2020. Search "Budget Ivy Bridge" for a tomshardware review comparing Ivy B to Core 2.

OP, the limiting factor will depend on your games and resolutions, but HD 7790 is another good choice to consider.

[Mr. Bonami]

My board is an intel extreme dp45sg (marked as a overclocking board from intel) (In reality is pure crap just look at old review for this lga 775 mobo no one was able to overclock well... ( i pushed my core 2 to 3.6 stable 1/2 stable lol still i gain like 10 20 fps in some case in bf3 a lowest setting.. (7790 is overkill lol I just tell that my gts250 is dancing a 25 35% usage in bf3.. low setting.. all the game im not able to play at good fps is the cpu that is overloaded i think i played enough game http://fr.xfire.com/profile/bonami2/


Oh yea in caspian border i reach 50 70 fps it playable with 64 player but in other im at 30 40 lagging like a monster uh


Example : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-jg1Zw7zU in ultra it run lol


Gpu 50 99% let dance ??? hum i think the cpu is bottlenecking a bit

At the middle i set the setting to medium sorry it in french.. if you look my fps dont change need more cpu power...

[Deadeye]

Bummer on your Intel board. Still, Wolfdale sure hung in there a long time.

Yeah, it does depend on your games. A G620 can do very well in BF3 single player, and you'd want more graphics than 7790 to bump details and resolution. Multi player is another ball game though.

[Mr. Bonami]

Yea ( 650 7770 if dont plan to upgrade cpu is probably the best still ( if the guy want to upgrade to fx 6000-8000 or intel i5 + 7950 7970 ---- 660 670 )

at 4ghz im eating the g620
http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=7977&pageid=8048

[rtchal]

Like I said, it is already in my brother's PC. It is a pre-built Lenovo. He only does light gaming. All I wanted to know is which graphics card would be best paired. Thanks to the few that answered my question, but for those who didn't, I did not want a lecture on how bad the processor is. I don't care.

I ended up getting him an ASUS 650 ti 2gb. It works well, and he loves it. That is all I care about, so thanks for the people who suggested.