Processor · what to pair with it
What to pair with the Athlon 3000G
AM4 · 35W · $27. This processor can feed about 25 fps in big games. Past that, more card is money that never turns into frames.
Read at 1440p, AAA gaming, against 82 graphics cards in the catalogue.
The most card it can feed
RX 590
$88About 25 fps at 1440p, with the card setting the pace rather than the processor. A bigger card than this one would be waiting on the Athlon 3000G.
The full verdict on this pairGraphics cards in step with it
17 of 82 are a fair match, and these are the fastest of them. The three columns are the same pairing read at each resolution: a graphics card that holds this one back at 1080p is often invisible at 4k, which is the whole reason the answer depends on the screen.
| graphics card | price | 1080p | 1440p | 4k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RX 590 | $88 | 25 | 25 | 13 |
| GTX 1660 | $112 | 25 | 25 | 12 |
| GTX 1660 Super | $130 | 25 | 25 | 14 |
| GTX 1660 Ti | $137 | 25 | 25 | 15 |
| RX 5500 XT | $110 | 25 | 24 | 12 |
| GTX 1650 Super | $106 | 25 | 23 | 11 |
| RX 580 | $72 | 25 | 22 | 11 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | $82 | 25 | 21 | 10 |
| RX 5500 | $94 | 25 | 21 | 11 |
| RX 6500 XT | $121 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
Frames are an estimate and move with the game and the settings. Prices are the catalogue’s, each with the date it was read on its own part.
Do not put it with these
57 of 82 are flagged at 1440p. In each of these one side cannot keep up with the other, so part of what you paid for sits idle.
- RTX 509086% of the card unused
- RTX 409083% of the card unused
- RTX 508082% of the card unused
- RTX 4080 Super81% of the card unused
- RTX 408080% of the card unused
A whole machine around it
Board, memory, drive, supply, cooling and case, picked to a budget and checked for fit.
Every graphics card we have
The same page for each of them, and what each one is worth pairing with.