Meanwhile, the system-on-a-chip had no problems running Overwatch at 30fps despite setting the game with a 4K display resolution and ‘Epic’ quality settings. Future-proof” statement is not meant to serve as a warranty or indicate that users will never have to upgrade their graphics technology again. You could also go with an even smaller case, if you're not interested in the potential for a dedicated graphics card or extra storage, though it's often easier to work with slightly larger builds. Then you've caught me testing gear and editing reviews of laptops, desktop PCs, and tons of other personal tech.

Dialing up the settings to Ultra quality resulted in 37fps, which makes for a less enjoyable experience but is still above the 30fps minimum I consider acceptable for smooth gaming. On the graphics side, I've included the GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti, RX 560, and Intel's HD 630—I'll see about running some additional tests on AMD's previous generation A10-7870K in the near future, but didn't have time for this initial review.I've left the extreme Core i9 and Threadripper processors out of the charts, and the Core i7 and Ryzen 7 are also in a different league. However, the company went with non-metallic thermal interface material for Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G. Of course, the real magic behind AMD’s new Raven Ridge processors is the integration of AMD Vega graphics, and they give this chip a real wallop of graphical power for everyday PC gaming.

We were able to play Rocket League at 1080p and high-quality settings at a steady 30 frames per second (fps). slot does not share bandwidth with any other PCIe slot, but filling the slot with a drive will disable two of the six available SATA ports, the two right-angle ports closest to the d input.If you want greater performance for both gaming and overclocking, an additional video card is required despite its 8 Graphics Cores.

Precision Boost 2 allows the Ryzen 3 2200G to boost more cores and more often on different workloads. But, while APUs up to now have been only good for home theater PCs and other compact rigs, AMD has introduced the world to gaming with just a single chip through its newest AMD Ryzen APUs.

Differentiating the two SKUs, the Ryzen 5 2400G gets SMT (AMD's equivalent of HyperThreading) and more iGPU stream processors, besides higher CPU and iGPU clock speeds. I'm using this older Intel chip for comparisons instead of the latest Core i3-8350K in part because the motherboards that support the newer Intel CPU tend to be more expensive, somewhat lessening its appeal among budget builders, though new-ish B360 boards are changing that dynamic.

When X470 motherboards begin to roll out later this year, we’ll likely see even better power savings, not to mention performance. AMD’s Ryzen 3 2200G is a budget APU (accelerated processing unit: combined CPU and GPU) from its Raven Ridge product line.The iGPU is endowed with 8 "Vega" NGCUs (next-generation compute units), which translate into 512 stream processors and 32 TMUs. A refined memory controller officially supports DDR4-2933 (up from DDR4-2666) for single-rank, dual-channel kits. A replacement video card surely improves the operation and performance of the processor in all respects.