Replace Your Integrated Graphics at a Low Price: A Budget Gaming System Test

I thought it would be interesting to see just how well my budget gaming system could handle a few games when paired with Intel's budget G4560 processor. Now, I plan to have a full build video guide of this system coming very soon, but today I just wanted to jump straight into the gameplay benchmarks as I'm a little time constrained getting tomorrow's special video ready for you guys. I'll also have a more detailed RX550 video coming out very shortly.

Spec-wise, the G4560 is a hyper-threaded dual core from Intel that offers fantastic bang for your buck. It's ideal for budget gamers like myself. The RX550 is AMD's solution to outperforming integrated GPUs at a low price, consuming little power at the same time. Although I couldn't help but feel that for $10 to $20 more, you may as well just get the RX 460. Let's see how this budget combination performs.

This card is designed for those easier-to-run and Esports titles like CS:GO and Overwatch, but we thought we may as well push it a little harder first, even if we did have to run demanding AAA titles at 720p. This decision was based on the fact that 1080p saw frequent frame drops below 30 frames per second, and whilst this was definitely tolerable, 720p was definitely where this card fared best. Until we get to the lighter games of course.

Now you know as much as I do that the G4560 is capable of 1080p easily when paired with a more powerful card. But I feel that these two components still go well together to form the basis of a budget gaming system. Far Cry Primal averaged 55 frames per second, which was a great performance for this game at 720p. Fallout 4 next again at 720p with the medium preset achieved 42 FPS on average. For this part of the video, we were walking around the outskirts of Diamond City, one of the most demanding areas in the game. From my experience, now when we moved into more open areas of the wasteland and the skies were a little bit clearer, this average went up to 48, but we still saw frame dips especially if we got into a gunfight where the game would occasionally freeze.

This average was achieved with the medium preset on Fallout 4. With demanding titles like these, 720p is definitely the optimal resolution for this system. Let's move on to Overwatch now, a game where this card at least will feel more at home. We've also increased the resolution back up to 1080p. Some of you may be wondering why I haven't tested this card with my i5-4460 and I will soon, but as I said before, the G4560 is a more realistic pairing and one that helps represent a more balanced casual budget build.

With the high settings, we were averaging 60 frames per second. This was achieved with 100% resolution scaling too. I've never been one for dropping the scaling and would rather change the settings before, but that's entirely up to you. Although, I couldn't complain with 60 frames per second at all.

CS:GO now at 1080p once again with the lowest graphical quality achieved an average of 90 frames per second across a few maps that we tested. The Pentium and RX550 are holding up nicely in these Esports titles, and you can't fault the card for performing well exactly as advertised. However, here's the thing, I think the RX550 is priced too high, sure it's $80 or pounds, but as I mentioned at the start, the RX 460 isn't really that much more expensive and would give you a nice performance boost over this GPU.

It would also suit the G4560 very well and eliminate some of the bottleneck if AMD priced the RX550 at perhaps $50 or $60. It may be more tempting then. With the RX 560 on its way, as well as rumors of a GT 1030 from Nvidia, I don't think it would be wise to buy this card at the moment unless less demanding titles are more of your thing and you're not likely to play any of those AAA games with that said it would still go nicely with a G4560 or something along those lines.

But I wouldn't go pairing it with anything more powerful. There we have it, guys, this has been a little look at the G4560 and RX550 budget system as I mentioned before I will be featuring more in-depth videos on this build and probably doing a walkthrough uh build video of this thing too just so that you guys can follow along at home.

Should you want to build something similar to this although as I mentioned I wouldn't rush out and buy this card just yet. Always, hope you enjoyed this video nonetheless leave a like on it if you did leave a dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't already.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now as AMD have recently released their rx550 an $80 GPU solution designed to replace your integrated Graphics at a low price I thought it would be interesting to see just how well it could handle a few games when paired with Intel's budget g4560 processor now I plan to have a full build video guide of this system coming very soon but today I just wanted to jump straight into the gameplay benchmarks as I'm a little time constrained getting tomorrow's special video ready for you guys I'll also have a more detailed rx550 video coming out very shortly so spec-wise the g4560 is a hyperthreaded dual core from Intel that offers fantastic bang for your buck it's ideal for us budget Gamers the rx550 is AMD solution to outperforming integrated gpus at a low price consuming little power at the same time although I can't help but feel that for10 to $20 more you may as well just get the rx460 but let's see how this budget combination performs this card is designed for those easier to run and Esports titles like csgo and OverWatch but we thought we may as well push it a little harder first even if we did have to run demanding AAA titles at 720p this decision was based on the fact that 1080p we saw frequent frame drops below 30 frames per second and whilst this was definitely tolerable 720p was definitely where this card fared best until we get to the lighter games of course now you know as much as I do that the g4560 is capable of 1080p easily when paired with a more powerful card but I feel that these two components still go well together to form the basis of a budget gaming system Far Cry Primal averaged 55 frames per second Fallout 4 next again at 720p with the medium preset to achieve 42 FPS on average for this part of the video we were walking around the outskirts of diamond City one of the most demanding areas in the game from my experience now when we moved into more open areas of the wastel land and the skies were a little bit clearer this average went up to 48 but we still saw frame dips especially if we got into a gunfight where the game would occasionally freeze as well with demanding title 720p is definitely the optimal resolution for this system so with that let's move on OverWatch now a game where this card at least will feel more at home and we've also increased the resolution back up to 1080p some of you will be wondering why I haven't tested this card with my i54460 and I will soon but as I said before the g4560 is a more realistic pairing and one that helps represent a more balanced casual budget build with the high settings here 60 was the average and this was with 100% resolution scaling too I've never been one for dropping the scaling and would rather change the settings before before I did that but that would be something that's entirely up to you although I can't complain with 60 frames per second at all CS go now at 1080p once again with the lowest graphical quality the game averag 90 frames per second here across a few maps that we tested 90 is the average combined the Pentium and rx550 are holding up nicely in these Esports titles and you can't fult the card for performing well exactly as advertised but here's the thing in my opinion the rx550 is priced too high sure it's $80 or pounds but as I mentioned at the start the RX 460 isn't really that much more expensive and would give you a nice performance boost over this GPU it would also suit the g4560 very well and would eliminate some of the bottleneck if AMD priced the rx550 at perhaps 50 or $60 it may be more tempting and with the RX 560 on its way as well as well as rumors of a GT 1030 from Nvidia I don't think it would be wise to buy this card at the moment unless less demanding titles are more of your thing and you're not likely to play any of those AAA games with that said it would still go nicely with a g4560 or something along those lines but I wouldn't go pairing it with anything more powerful so there we have it guys this has been a little look at the g4560 and rx550 budget system as I mentioned before I will be featuring more in-depth videos on this build and probably doing sort of a walkthrough uh build video of this thing too just so that you guys can follow along at home should you want to build something similar to this although as I mentioned I wouldn't rush out and buy this card just yet as always I hope you enjoyed this video nonetheless leave a like on it if you did leave a dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next onehello everyone and welcome to another video now as AMD have recently released their rx550 an $80 GPU solution designed to replace your integrated Graphics at a low price I thought it would be interesting to see just how well it could handle a few games when paired with Intel's budget g4560 processor now I plan to have a full build video guide of this system coming very soon but today I just wanted to jump straight into the gameplay benchmarks as I'm a little time constrained getting tomorrow's special video ready for you guys I'll also have a more detailed rx550 video coming out very shortly so spec-wise the g4560 is a hyperthreaded dual core from Intel that offers fantastic bang for your buck it's ideal for us budget Gamers the rx550 is AMD solution to outperforming integrated gpus at a low price consuming little power at the same time although I can't help but feel that for10 to $20 more you may as well just get the rx460 but let's see how this budget combination performs this card is designed for those easier to run and Esports titles like csgo and OverWatch but we thought we may as well push it a little harder first even if we did have to run demanding AAA titles at 720p this decision was based on the fact that 1080p we saw frequent frame drops below 30 frames per second and whilst this was definitely tolerable 720p was definitely where this card fared best until we get to the lighter games of course now you know as much as I do that the g4560 is capable of 1080p easily when paired with a more powerful card but I feel that these two components still go well together to form the basis of a budget gaming system Far Cry Primal averaged 55 frames per second Fallout 4 next again at 720p with the medium preset to achieve 42 FPS on average for this part of the video we were walking around the outskirts of diamond City one of the most demanding areas in the game from my experience now when we moved into more open areas of the wastel land and the skies were a little bit clearer this average went up to 48 but we still saw frame dips especially if we got into a gunfight where the game would occasionally freeze as well with demanding title 720p is definitely the optimal resolution for this system so with that let's move on OverWatch now a game where this card at least will feel more at home and we've also increased the resolution back up to 1080p some of you will be wondering why I haven't tested this card with my i54460 and I will soon but as I said before the g4560 is a more realistic pairing and one that helps represent a more balanced casual budget build with the high settings here 60 was the average and this was with 100% resolution scaling too I've never been one for dropping the scaling and would rather change the settings before before I did that but that would be something that's entirely up to you although I can't complain with 60 frames per second at all CS go now at 1080p once again with the lowest graphical quality the game averag 90 frames per second here across a few maps that we tested 90 is the average combined the Pentium and rx550 are holding up nicely in these Esports titles and you can't fult the card for performing well exactly as advertised but here's the thing in my opinion the rx550 is priced too high sure it's $80 or pounds but as I mentioned at the start the RX 460 isn't really that much more expensive and would give you a nice performance boost over this GPU it would also suit the g4560 very well and would eliminate some of the bottleneck if AMD priced the rx550 at perhaps 50 or $60 it may be more tempting and with the RX 560 on its way as well as well as rumors of a GT 1030 from Nvidia I don't think it would be wise to buy this card at the moment unless less demanding titles are more of your thing and you're not likely to play any of those AAA games with that said it would still go nicely with a g4560 or something along those lines but I wouldn't go pairing it with anything more powerful so there we have it guys this has been a little look at the g4560 and rx550 budget system as I mentioned before I will be featuring more in-depth videos on this build and probably doing sort of a walkthrough uh build video of this thing too just so that you guys can follow along at home should you want to build something similar to this although as I mentioned I wouldn't rush out and buy this card just yet as always I hope you enjoyed this video nonetheless leave a like on it if you did leave a dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next one\n"