cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18054199
Considering the Switch 2 (with those pretty joystick well covers to protect from drift, omg) and the Ryzen Z2 Go announcements, the low cost and availability of Steam Deck & parity level APU machines for purchase now, and the giant 1080p gaming install base represented by current gen consoles, it sure seems like low spec & 1080p gaming is going to have a pretty sunny future. I am hoping this gives small and medium sized development teams a chance to show up what is left of AAA gaming.
What are your favorite low spec gaming setups right now? I'm enjoying a 5700g APU system the most these days. Mainstream wise, I've been playing Elden Ring and Injustice 2 and Vampire Survivors. The last Indie I played is this beat-em-up / horde survival game An American Werewolf in LA which was pretty cool.
I was recently thinking of changing to a 5600G or something to replace my 3600X + R9 390 combo. The GPU is so power hungry, runs very hot and is noisy that an AGPU would be an interesting upgrade.
Or get a 7600xt or 4060 and reduce the gpu power draw from 275w to 165w~115w while doubling the graphics capabilities
The GPU in the 5600g is half as performant 1050ti, which is already like half of a 390
It's not all about performance and the price of what you suggest is triple that of a 5600G.
I probably shouldn't have used the word "upgrade".
That's fair, if you don't need medium high graphics performance, going down to an apu would quiet down the fans a lot.
5600G is 140 on amazon. Arc a570 is 200. Less than double the price with like 7 or 8X the performance and not wasting the good 3600X chip. It is a 4060 but for 200 bucks. Crazy deal for the times.
Probably the way to go to be honest. The a570 is miles more power efficient than the old r9 390, but you know your budget and preferences best.