Best €400-450 GPU

Ruru · 2025-03-18T21:24:25+0000

Just my own opinion but does every user even need those coding features? I mean, if a card doesn't have the modern capabilities, is that a horrible loss for a typical gamer?

_roman_ · 2025-03-18T22:30:09+0000

I would be careful wiht igorslab and those articles witten by that Samir Bashir person.
You better wait for facts. The articles lacks quality and in my point of view the german version is just a copy and paste of articles from other websites. I can not remember ever have seen a self written news piece where the information was gathered by that person itself.

Dr. Dro · 2025-03-18T23:07:48+0000

Ruru said:
Just my own opinion but does every user even need those coding features? I mean, if a card doesn't have the modern capabilities, is that a horrible loss for a typical gamer?

Yes. Recording and streaming video of any kind isn't an outlandish thing to do on a modern PC. These media encoders are used even by Steam's game streaming, their absence implies CPU fallback.

blinnbanir · 2025-03-18T23:09:08+0000

What CPU do you have?

Ruru · 2025-03-18T23:25:46+0000

Gotta also post Iceberg Tech's video of RTX 3080 12GB; not worth the extra price in most games, but if you can snag one with a similar price as a 10GB one, then why not.

Dr. Dro said:
Yes. Recording and streaming video of any kind isn't an outlandish thing to do on a modern PC. These media encoders are used even by Steam's game streaming, their absence implies CPU fallback.

True, but do they need the most latest capabilities? I mean, I don't even know, I don't stream anymore and I may record one gameclip in a year.

Rover4444 · 2025-03-19T00:57:43+0000

Ruru said:
Gotta also post Iceberg Tech's video of RTX 3080 12GB; not worth the extra price in most games, but if you can snag one with a similar price as a 10GB one, then why not.

True, but do they need the most latest capabilities? I mean, I don't even know, I don't stream anymore and I may record one gameclip in a year.

If an A310 can do it, so should you. Lot of FOSS stuff can't play HEVC due to licencing issues, so encoding/transcoding to AV1 is pretty important. With lower power components like these using them for many other tasks isn't out of the question.

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Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3600
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Storage	3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
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Mouse	Razer Basilisk / Ajazz i303 Pro
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / Obinslab Anne 2 Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

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Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore
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Mouse	Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse (2017)
Keyboard	IBM Model M type 1391405
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Processor	9900X3D
Motherboard	As Rock X870E Taichi
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Mouse	AsusTuf M300

System Name	4K-gaming / console
Processor	5800X @ PBO +200 / i5-8600K @ 4.6GHz
Motherboard	ROG Crosshair VII Hero / ROG Strix Z370-F
Cooling	Alphacool Eisbaer 360 / Alphacool Eisbaer 240
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080 / Powercolor RX 6700 XT
Storage	3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	4K120 IPS + 4K60 IPS / 1080p60 HDTV
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Sony WH-CH720N / TV speakers
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk / Ajazz i303 Pro
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / Obinslab Anne 2 Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

Best €400-450 GPU

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

_roman_

Dr. Dro

blinnbanir

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

Rover4444