I just ordered one myself a few days ago, a factory overclocked one. I'm periodically checking out the window as it's currently out for delivery. It should go nicely with the new 27" gaming monitor I just picked up yesterday!
Why didn't you just get a new PSU as well?
Primarily because I didn't feel like messing with it when the GPU I ended up with was going to be good enough anyway. In honesty, if I had needed a beefier machine, I would have gotten it beefier from the start instead of going cheap and doing the GPU upgrade.
doubt it, windows 10 is extremely good at scaling back. Its designed around tablets and actually uses less leg-spread room than windows 7. Also, that's not what bottle necked means. Its a limitation the OS understands, simply opting for lower budgeting on ram, or using swap space. A bottleneck is when one piece of hardware is capping out or limiting another piece of hardware.
That's actually terrible advise in this particular case, because the system wouldn't be able to buss fast enough for something beyond a low, and entry mid range. Putting a gt1050 on this thing is pushing its luck honestly. If you want to see an actual bottleneck that's how you do it. IE: Putting a gtx1060 on this would destroy the CPU and make the system unstable and unusable in actual games because you would be spending all the CPU time simply feeding the card, and not leaving anything else left for the actual game,which there is already not much there to work with. So you actually get worse frame rates with a higher end card than you would something half is strength.General rule of thumb is "get the fastest, biggest and most powerful that you can afford".
I wouldn't go any higher than a gtx1050 honestly. You should probably aim for the 80-100 dollar AMD section, something that doesn't require 6pin power.
Well, since the system in question is using an on-board GPU (not dedicated), then it is going to share system RAM. If that RAM is being used, scaled back or not, by the OS, then there is less for the on-board video to use or vice versa. So, yes, less RAM can bottle neck the system in this case. But why quibble about my choice of words? It's simple. More RAM would free allow not only the OS to utilize more, but the on-board GPU as well. Since RAM is one of the fastest parts of the computer, then this would generally speed up just about everything the computer is doing (less swapping, etc., more important stuff in actual, physical RAM, etc.).
Its just a choice of words that irritate me, because its used in false context far too much.
I've looked into this. The 1050 does not require a 6pin connecter if you're not going to buy a factory overclocked one, doesnt have "gaming" in it's name (not sure what the difference is) and if you don't plan on overclocking it. Just make sure you find the one that says it requires 75Watts because the pcie can provide that much on its own.
That sounds like a better idea.
Actually, I used the term "bottle neck" correctly according to how it is commonly used today. The idea here is to communicate and I did. According to some definitions, it is specifically used, and quite frequently, for issues that slow down computing. Which was my intended use. It may not be the "perfect" definition of the phrase, but it is the common understanding of it.
I know how ram works. I also happen to know how the windows OS scales with it. Too bad load times isn't what the OP was asking for. He was asking for graphic ability, and given you can instantly release the system memory for the addition of the vram, it should be fine. If you read the thread, you would know he is asking about games where he is already at/above the recommended ram requirements.
This will be my last post. So, feel free to add what you like. However, since the OP wants to mainly play "arcade games" (his words) these games (like all games) do not JUST rely on the GPU, but on the CPU and RAM, too. Getting more system RAM will SPEED UP HIS ENTIRE SYSTEM, allowing for more data to be stored in the ultra-fast RAM so the CPU is not waiting on data to process, etc. Getting more system RAM would also provide more RAM to be used by the OP's on-board GPU, too. And since adding a few sticks of RAM would most likely be less expensive than a dedicated video card, system RAM would be the least expensive way to speed up both his games AND his entire system at the same time.
I don't know why you insist on repeating yourself. He meets the ram requirements, he doesn't meet the GPU requirements. Its literally that simple.
