For anyone being negative about the performance of the rx 550 4gb.. you should make a video that compares the rx 550 4gb to not having a gaming pc at all. In stead of fps.. you can measure general happiness vs staring at a blank wall.
Right. I have a low end laptop with an igpu which runs csgo at 50fps on 600p resolution. So having low end gpu like this would be absolutely wonderful.
@@alpzepta I posted this so long ago at this point and had no idea it got so many like 🤣 what a fun group to have enjoyed this "vs staring at a blank wall" lol thanks 🙏
Buy an RTX 3060 or RX 6700 non XT on the cheap side it's one of the best deals, Or maybe even the RTX 2060s or RX 5700 XT would give u a decent-good gaming experience.
i used this card because when i built my pc in 2020 everything was just expensive, i planned to get the 1650 for my build but ended up with 550. honestly i'm satisfied with the performance since i mainly play competitive game like valorant so it's enough.
Similar here, it was planned as a stop gap to keep that case and PSU (no GPU power connector, ITX single slot) until the cool new stuff (RTX3000, RX6000) is released. The RX550 is still here :-D but I just ordered a new GPU.
I know a Potato can run GTA V but I always come here to see how it runs on everything. Please keep it in your benchmarks as long as possible 😎 Also, I was not disappointed!
@@jonathansoko1085 Any DirectX10 graphics card can run GTA 5. Even the weakest of the lot, which is the HD 2400 XT. Even low end Core 2 Duo's can run GTA 5. (Assuming you do the BudgetBuilds 240p hack, which is turn everything off, open the INI, set shadows to 0, set resolution to 640x480, open the game and use resolution scale of 0.5.)
Until recently GTA V did not work with MRAA reflections on all AMD cards from Vega to present because they needed something from DX 12 (I think ?) for it & they only changed that when the PS5 was going to come out (suprise, suprise), since then they have been really optimizing the game & for me it is just getting better & better graphically, In all honesty Rockstar should of just left it on night time as it looks really good after it has been raining with all the reflections & no sun !" - also I really like using the Toreador car as can be used in Contact Missions & heist & can be fun to drive in a really bad way.
Oh the timing is awesome. I just bought a new CPU/MoBo and ram and I was wondering how the card would do with a modern processor (i got the i3-10100, so close-ish to the CPU used in this video)
My RX550 is still running good and smooth. It's turning 4 years old now. I can play GTAV, sekiro, and Sniper Elite 4 smoothly. Though Im living here in the Philippines where temps go 38-40 deg everyday, I've never experienced bad with my GPU.
IMO, with these types of "low" GPU power, "high" VRAM cards, you should lower settings to reach your target frame rate, then turn up textures as much as you can without it affecting performance. It's possible higher textures will lower performance due to memory bandwidth in some games, but in most you should see no FPS difference as you're under your VRAM capacity.
I recently built a starter PC for a friend. I had two of these spare so I crossfired them. I was quite shocked by how well it worked. Perhaps it would make an interesting follow up video 👍
Before an upgrade to a much-needed RX 6600 to be able to play games like halo infinite at 60 fps at high the XFX brand of this RX 550 4GB card did super well since like 2017. It only really started to get obsolete for me when trying to play infinite or attempt to do videos on Unreal Engine 5. I thank this card for getting me through the shortage, honestly needed to upgrade in 2020 but couldn't be due to the prices. It handled 1440p in a lot of modern games too well.
I think it would be interesting to do a video on cards with similar passmark scores, or look up things like the score of an Intel UHD series iGPU and then test any Nvidia or AMD cards that may be older but score similarly and see what's the better overall choice, to keep your UHD or pair it with an older card with similar scoring.
If the CPU is an overclocking chip pairing it with any GPU will allow you to take away heat from that area and allow a higher oc which is potentially higher fps on the GPU depending on the CPU load of the game/load
My go to cheap card used to be the GTX 750TI, but right now the 550 is just about the only game in town. Its a good little card for what it is... i pulled one from a pre built HP that I replaced with a GTX 1650 ( non super ) which is my favorite GPU for systems low power systems. The 550 paired nicely with a dell office pc i got for under 100$ that had an I5, 8gb ram and a 120gb SSD. Its a capable home entertainment pc that is great for hooking up to the TV to watch videos or play emulator games... I gave it to a friend and now he an play elder scrolls online with very nice results.
@@archifps Not necessarily, and that's besides the point. The extra memory has a noticible impact on performance in lot of games, the same couldn't be said about a golf cart with a spoiler lol
I've had mine for almost a year now and I can say I'm pleased with it. It consistently hits Console-like experiences and when it doesnt it either out performs the consols or it just doesnt play it lol. also really good with emulation stuff and I've done a bit of blender renders at a comfortable fps. CPU is an i5-3470 RAM is *GB of DDR3 @ 1666MHz if you want a reference of what im working with lol Thanks for the video, Mr. RandomGaminginHD
this kind of card can even run fine on latest games @30 FPS and 768p (resolution of HD ready TV). RX 560 4 GB I bought for my nephew PC runs even better than I thought before paired with an old G4560 procie
I play sim/parkbuilders on this card. For racing and high fps games its not the best. Also knowing that the 3600G, 4650G and any 5000G series APU just beats is by default is not the nicest feeling. But Fidelity FX is going to bring support for this card so, here's hoping!
@@jayrodriguez439 on paper the 750 ti looks stronger, but with drivers amd managed to make it run similarly, just like how amd managed to get the rx 580 to run similarly to a gtx 980, occasionally a 980 ti in some instances, while being a significantly weaker card source: i have both a 750 ti and an rx 550
@@lol123406 Tell me if I'm wrong but with the latest drivers rx 550 is on par with today's gtx 1050 with its latest drivers. Fine wine meme for AMD had reasons I guess
I even have a small overclock on mine. 1171Mhz core and 1950Mhz on memory and haven't had any issues for over a year. Paired with I5-2400 in an Optiplex 390 Budget Build.
as someone who previously ran this card it physically hurts to see it sitting on the rough concrete as the powercolor version does not have a backplate :( you were a great card !!!
@@darkraft100 only if you can get one for £200 at the moment. it used to be £158 bran new on Amazon. but for current market, 200 is very cheap. you can also try and find the 4gb version for a bit less, as it has same performance and if you're on 1080p, which you should be on this card, then the vram is actually enough for most games. other nice GPUs: HD7950/R9 280 HD7970/R9 280X R9 290 These cards are old, but the r9 280 has same performance as 1050ti, but costs about £70 rather than £150 the 1050ti sells for. r9 290 can be had for £100 and is on par with the rx570/gtx 970. Bear in mind they all use a lot of power so have a good PSU.
@@faarisinamdar2988 I'm sorry, it's unstable unless every time you boot the computer you have to raise the power limiter in msi afterburner. It's also the first gpu I've ever bought so it has sentimental value so I can't sell it. There were people on tiktok wanting to buy it for more then I payed for it. 😭
I paired the 4gb Rx550 with an old i5 661 system. It can surprisingly handle 40-60 Fps at 1440p resolution on some older PC melters of the past like Far Cry 2, Bioshock etc. More recent titles are a little hit or miss, for example I got Doom Eternal to run 60+ FPS with everything turned down to low at 50% resolution scaling of 1080p but the old i5 661 sometimes ends of bottlenecking the Rx550 at certain areas. CS:GO was also another nightmare for the system, I remember playing it 100+ FPS with the same i5 661 paired with a GTX 465 but I suppose updates over the years made the game more demanding, getting a consistent 60 FPS was almost impossible and I gave up on the game. R6 Siege on the other hand ran beautifully using Vulkan api with all settings on low except textures on high at 1080p getting a consistent 60 FPS. This card can certainly revive an old PC you have laying around the house, I even tested it with a Q6600 but the CPU is just too slow to keep up with the card and ends up bottlenecking the whole system, not really fun, a GT 1030 GDDR5 variant would probably a better choice for that.
Used this card with the i3 7100 through the ending part of 2023 and to say I was super surprised with what the system could handle would be an understatement. An unreasonable amount of titles ran at 2560x1600 near 60. Furthermore, the RX550 is pretty comparable in raw performance to the Xbox One S. One more thing you didn't mention, is that this particular 550 has very healthy overclocking abilities and runs within a small margine of the 560. I'd definitely recommend this over the 750Ti if you account for drivers.
Had a powercolour 4gb 550 a few years ago was perfect for free to play games and eSports game. Upgraded to a powercolour Rx 460 4gb now and untill gpu market goes down not to bad a card and have unlocked the extra shaders and tmus runs all games good including cyberpunk
I have this card and I love it very much. When I decided to buy my first pc i choose to look for one which can "run Doom Eternal decently" and a pc with this card was listed online. Best decision of my life so far.
It's a good little budget card. It's amazing for retro games. I remember when the Radeon 9800 Pro was a beast of a GPU in the high end videocard segment and was recommended for playing Half Life 2 in all It's DX9 glory. The RX 550 probably has around 40 to 50 times the processing power of a 9800 Pro and is considered low end by today's standards. It's crazy how much technology advances. To think in 15 years from now budget low end video cards and even integrated graphics on low end laptops will run circles around a RTX 3090.
@@SanctusBacchus We're actually not. There are other ways to gain massive performance other than jumping to smaller and smaller manufacturing nodes. The hard limits assume our current trend and design methodology remain unchanged, but that's not what will happen. Innovations will continously happen, I mean just look at Apple's M1 Ultra chip for example. It has a lot more performance per watt than the RTX 3090. It's basically integrated graphics that has 50% to 70% the performance of a RTX 3090 while only using like 30% of the power.
I gotta say I got this little card on sale for a low grade gaming gpu, and dude its so much better than what it was worth. I can run RDR2 with razer cortex on at 46 fps, and csgo at over 80, gta runs greatly, its a great gpu. the only games ive had issues with are Cod modern warfare but thats most likely because i have 8gb ram.
At this point I watch your videos just because I like your voice in the background while working. Have you considered doing a podcast (can be via RUclips) about computer news or nature or book reviews or or or...? I would definetly listen to it, as long as it is free. You can always promote a product in the podcast to make money, I wouldn't mind that as long as you make it clear that the next 20 seconds or so is an ad.
The answer to this question is yes. Since performance above a 1050ti is in the 400-600 range and 1060-2060super level performance is in the 800-1600 dollar range, pretty much any card that can be bought for a decent price will give someone an enjoyable experience. It’s insane I was on best buy a few weeks back and caught all cards in stock in the middle of the night for msrp. I had the money to buy a 3070 or 3080 but I told myself I would do it in the morning to make sure I had everything taken care of. They were gone. And now a 3070 is 1600-2000 dollars. And a 3080 is 2000-3000. And what’s crazy is tons of 3090s are for sale but they are all 3500-4500 dollars. It’s crazy that a w5700 amd professional card is cheaper than a 5700 or 5700xt. Hell it’s cheaper than the 6700, 6800, and 6900xt. You can buy a quadro rtx a6000 (the worlds most powerful graphics card period) for cheaper than a 3090 sometimes. If I really wanted to build a high end system I would do a threadripper pro 3995wx and a couple a6000s. Would cost about the same as a 5950x with dual 3090s.
Finally I have been waition for this video, I only see 2GB versions on YT, I want to buy this because the GTX1050 here on Hungary is almost 2 times more expensive.
hell the 1050 ti here is almost 3 times more expensive. both used to be like 1/3 of the current price a few years ago. Crazy how 5 year old gpus can have such a huge increase on the price
This. I'm upgrading from gt 710 to this gpu and this is the best thing to do. Textures barely affect fps in most games. In GTA I could place textures on ultra and not have a difference of even 5 fps compared to the minimum. Everyone should definitely do that on some games like RDR2 where the textures on minimum look like something from ps2
the RX560 i bought for my sister for only $40 was so worth. It still performs well till today and even the temps don't exceed 70C. Considering that she only plays like batman games, its not much of a problem for her. I think the brand has HIS.
G'day Random, I've seen lots of reviews on other channels where they have said don't bother with the 4GB version as you will get the same performance from the 2GB one, but that only applies if you are trying to get max FPS in a Fast Paced Shooter with Super Low Resolution, But when you're playing Adventure games the extra VRAM can make a big difference to the Graphical Quality at a Playable FrameRate like you have shown here in games like RDR2, so if you are just building a LowBudget Gaming PC to keep for a long time I think for similar price the 4GB is the way better option
These lower end cards often have an impressive amount of OC headroom, unlike their high end brethren. Since it's the 4g model, I'd suggest an OC and showing everyone the true limits of the chip. I've got a 4g 550 that I snuck into my office PC at work, and it OCs like a champ, both core clock and memory.
I’m running a ASUS RX550 4GB in my HP 190-0068a. Bought my ASUS RX550 in November 2017 for $139 and am still very happy with this GPU. Previously, the RX550 was in a custom-built AMD A8-7850 powered PC.
they make a Polaris 21/640sp version of this card, and it ROCKS!!! FSR runs great and it can do stuff with even AAA titles (playing GoW and Baldurs Gate 3 with ease). u got the less desirable version
0:50 I'd really like to see one of these low end 4GB GPU's compared to a high end 1GB GPU like say an old 6950 and see if VRAM makes as much difference as people think it does.
I mean, between 1 gb and 4 gb, of course there is a huge difference. Except for somewhere above 8 gb. For example 10 gb vram and 20 gb vram won't make a difference in games, but it does matter if you're doing blender animations or something like that.
My 2gb 560de gives me an enjoyable experience. World of Tanks hits 60fps consistently at high settings at 1080p and runs most other games I play at medium
@@RedWitherITA Are you familiar with GPUs in general? Was looking for an upgrade, I'm currently using an AMD Radeon 7 250 (2GB).. Like maybe a 4GB like the RX 550 or a 6GB.. If you're not, that's ok.. Thanks in advance!
remember when RX550 use to be 100 euro? now cheapest NEW I can find is 169 euro euro while the RX560 is 189 euro... I'm just glad I bought a GTX1050 Ti before the prices skyrocketed xD
I used to had the rx 570 4 gb and it ead a beast to me.. run the RDR2 at medium-high at 30-40fps... Buuut i got unemployed and need some money, a friend offer me $150 for the gpu (it was the same price as i bought it) and i sold him without knowing how much they cost today... Now i am struggling with buying another gpu cause they raised their prices... I am thinking to buy one of these rx 550 4gb to play some games... Thanks for the video
Hello everyone. I don't have that much money at the moment and I need a new card now.Unfortunately, I still own a GT 1030 2gb ddr5 which has always served me well. My question now is, is the RX 550 worth buying? It currently costs 126 € (about 122 $) here on Amazon. I'm currently only playing on HD... The channel is very good and informative. :-) Left a subscription there.
No; buy a rx 6400 because it's at least twice as fast. But if you can get this 4 GB card for cheap enough, using a custom interlaced resolution it performs okay.
Thanks, While definitely on the budget side of things it still can give a decent experience and it doesn’t need external power which is in my opinion is definitely a plus, I think if you could find one it be a good temporary solution while you’re waiting for a 30 series! I believe the nvidia equivalent is a 1030, it be cool if they did a 4gb 1030 for testing!
It can play Alan Wake / Alan Wake's American Nightmare in 720p. It can play Tales of Symphonia in 4K. It only cost $100 at the time and replaced the GT 610 that was in the system CyberPower sold to my family as a "gaming PC."
Nice, Im also combining Pentium G4560 + XFX RX560 4 GB for my nephew PC, all used parts and it plays latest games I throw at surprisingly well, albeit at native 1366*768 resolution (the highest his 32" TV could handle), Forza 4, Fenyx Rising, Marvel Avengers still looks decent and didnt look blurry on a 32" (I think the TV handle the unbalanced low resolution vs big size quite well)
With a gaming-centered Linux distro, utilizing all the tools/launch options in ProtonGE/DXVK, being smart with your graphics settings, and a controller you'll get a very nice PC couch console.
I have both this card and a 2gb 750ti but i still chose the 750ti. The performance outside of textures is slightly better and nvidia has much better software. Even though the 4gb would be nice, I find the 2gb 750ti is still better in a lot of situations.
I recently installed Far Cry 5 in an old system with an HD 7850 2GB as a joke and was amazed at the performance it could do at 1080p LOW. I typed "RX 550 vs 7850" in google and was surprised to learn how slow the RX 550 really is, about 50% slower than the HD 7850. At least the 550 got double the VRAM though.
Novigrad is certainly heavy location in Witcher 3, but it stresses mostly the CPU and is not so taxing when it comes to GPU. The best place to test graphics cards in this game is to bake a save at Velen while it's raining at day.
I used to game with less than this til Dec 2019, then I got a Rx580, then in November I bought an 5700xt at $660 cad, brand new was so worried it was a bad purchase until gpu prices skyrocketed. Now a 5700xt sells for $1300 cad for used. I made the right choice!
"can it offer an enjoyable experience" is not an idea I agree with. I've had fantastic experiences(hollow knight, for example) with an old laptop that were not affected by the hardware being awful. Love your videos anyway
In modern games... sure you can run The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind on a GT 210 but it’s not gonna have a good time in GTA V. I think a bit of common sense goes a long way ;)
I honestly didn't realize the RX 450/550 existed. I thought the 460 was as low as it went. To be honest, when you get to cards this cheap, its just not a good idea to buy them. I bought a 480 at release, and it still gets 60fps at 1080p in games like RDR2, although, I realize with the stupid prices at the moment, paying more for an RX 480 than what it cost at release isn't a good idea either. Perhaps you should just play outside?
Keep GTA5 in your benchmarks, much like CS:GO its gonna have decent frame rates on the most modest of machines but its such a popular game I think a lot of people will be interested to see how a GPU performs while playing it. Plus it has those decent benchmarks built in :)
I actually still have an rx550 2 gb running in a second pc.Yes it's slow by today standards but i had to save for a month to get it back in the day.I had the option to get an rx550 or a gt1030 so i went with the amd because it was slightly cheaper.
I have a 2gb MSi Aero ITX RX 550 and it still manages to keep up with most of the games I throw at it at mixed medium and mixed high settings at 40 to 50 fps. Granted that I've paired it with the R3 3300x and 3200mhz ddr4 ram
I know we live in hard gaming times when it comes to GPU. I used a Vega 56 and an RX 570 over the last 3 years. I can only recommend cards lower than the RX 570/470 (this includes the 1050ti), IF gaming is not your primary goal. The gap between a RX 570/8GB to RX 560 is pretty rough, the RX 550 even rougher. As shown in this video, yes you can game on them with tweeks, but you can game on a mobile phone either. Both is not really pleasant. Only buy those cards if you cannot find anything else. Those cards were even overprized in the good days and sure are now. Hold on to RX 470/480/570/580/590 if possible for gaming. Even used, those cards can still be a treat when maintained correctly.
Its still pretty decent. A person buying a Rx 500 series card in 2021 is probably a person willing to make sacrifices just so they can play some games and i can dig that.
I've sold one build with this card and two with an rx 560. I think you can game at 1080p consistently with a 560. The 550 to 4GB is what the 3060 is to 12GB.. double what it needs really
a prebuilt with an old i5 is a great candidate for these cards the AMD pro-wx 2100 & 3100 are just low profile single slot 550s with 2 or 4 gigs of vram & could be found for a good price (at least pre supply shortages)
Honestly, having a gpu in 2021 is already a good experience.
same
Thats kinda sad
@@legogonkdroid5967 sad but true
@@MosqitoOffical try saying that to someone with a gt 710
@@xy82135 yo i have gt210 xD
For anyone being negative about the performance of the rx 550 4gb.. you should make a video that compares the rx 550 4gb to not having a gaming pc at all. In stead of fps.. you can measure general happiness vs staring at a blank wall.
Right. I have a low end laptop with an igpu which runs csgo at 50fps on 600p resolution. So having low end gpu like this would be absolutely wonderful.
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I mean really people? RX 550 is way superior than GT1030 which only have 2GB of VRAM
@@alpzepta I posted this so long ago at this point and had no idea it got so many like 🤣 what a fun group to have enjoyed this "vs staring at a blank wall" lol thanks 🙏
Buy an RTX 3060 or RX 6700 non XT on the cheap side it's one of the best deals,
Or maybe even the RTX 2060s or RX 5700 XT would give u a decent-good gaming experience.
7:30 that driving though 360 too good
i used this card because when i built my pc in 2020 everything was just expensive, i planned to get the 1650 for my build but ended up with 550. honestly i'm satisfied with the performance since i mainly play competitive game like valorant so it's enough.
Similar here, it was planned as a stop gap to keep that case and PSU (no GPU power connector, ITX single slot) until the cool new stuff (RTX3000, RX6000) is released.
The RX550 is still here :-D but I just ordered a new GPU.
I know a Potato can run GTA V but I always come here to see how it runs on everything.
Please keep it in your benchmarks as long as possible 😎
Also, I was not disappointed!
Gta can run on most stuff but the question is how horrible does it run on it?
@@jonathansoko1085 Any DirectX10 graphics card can run GTA 5. Even the weakest of the lot, which is the HD 2400 XT. Even low end Core 2 Duo's can run GTA 5.
(Assuming you do the BudgetBuilds 240p hack, which is turn everything off, open the INI, set shadows to 0, set resolution to 640x480, open the game and use resolution scale of 0.5.)
What you mean a potato can run gta 5. I still can't run gta 5 on my main pc.
@@TheSpotify95 Right, not sure if you understood my comment or not. It was written in plain english
Until recently GTA V did not work with MRAA reflections on all AMD cards from Vega to present because they needed something from DX 12 (I think ?) for it & they only changed that when the PS5 was going to come out (suprise, suprise), since then they have been really optimizing the game & for me it is just getting better & better graphically, In all honesty Rockstar should of just left it on night time as it looks really good after it has been raining with all the reflections & no sun !" - also I really like using the Toreador car as can be used in Contact Missions & heist & can be fun to drive in a really bad way.
I came early.... the story of my entire romantic interactions throughout my life so far.....
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same
Same
LOL you win todays internet.
Damn......
I have RX560 ROG I'm satisfied with it, silent, 2 fan and lots of steel to contain heat, and doesn't turn up below 55 Celsius
@ABRAR HAQUE lol idk why u are negative about it, its good as f for me, its not a fucking heat factory and that's why I bought it, efficiency
@ABRAR HAQUE I mean I'm CPU man myself that's why I have Ryzen 2600, for me gpu should be as efficient as possible
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I also have rx 560
good I have gigabyte model I do oc 71 degrees I have hp case
@@gyzen1032 i got a sapphire pulse rx 570.
Bro, your timing with this video is nothing short of impeccable! Was actually looking into this card.
100% worth it imo I still run one
Yeah worth it i have the xfx version of this card rn to carry me through this gpu apocalypse time
Oh the timing is awesome. I just bought a new CPU/MoBo and ram and I was wondering how the card would do with a modern processor (i got the i3-10100, so close-ish to the CPU used in this video)
If you can, get a 560 or 570, but the 550 is really capable for the price and it runs really cool
@@thecanunu2647 yeah the 10100 is great, I have one too, 4 core 8 thread for that price is really good
I still can't believe you have two of the new AMD cards. What a legend!
My RX550 is still running good and smooth. It's turning 4 years old now. I can play GTAV, sekiro, and Sniper Elite 4 smoothly. Though Im living here in the Philippines where temps go 38-40 deg everyday, I've never experienced bad with my GPU.
IMO, with these types of "low" GPU power, "high" VRAM cards, you should lower settings to reach your target frame rate, then turn up textures as much as you can without it affecting performance. It's possible higher textures will lower performance due to memory bandwidth in some games, but in most you should see no FPS difference as you're under your VRAM capacity.
Just ordered a build with this card, and I think it'll be perfect for what I like to play. I feel really good about the choice now.
I recently built a starter PC for a friend. I had two of these spare so I crossfired them. I was quite shocked by how well it worked.
Perhaps it would make an interesting follow up video 👍
Just got one of these for $35 for my Optiplex 790 Linux build. Already upgraded it to i7 2600 from i5 2500 for $20. Should be a cool little rig.
Before an upgrade to a much-needed RX 6600 to be able to play games like halo infinite at 60 fps at high the XFX brand of this RX 550 4GB card did super well since like 2017. It only really started to get obsolete for me when trying to play infinite or attempt to do videos on Unreal Engine 5. I thank this card for getting me through the shortage, honestly needed to upgrade in 2020 but couldn't be due to the prices. It handled 1440p in a lot of modern games too well.
I think it would be interesting to do a video on cards with similar passmark scores, or look up things like the score of an Intel UHD series iGPU and then test any Nvidia or AMD cards that may be older but score similarly and see what's the better overall choice, to keep your UHD or pair it with an older card with similar scoring.
If the CPU is an overclocking chip pairing it with any GPU will allow you to take away heat from that area and allow a higher oc which is potentially higher fps on the GPU depending on the CPU load of the game/load
My go to cheap card used to be the GTX 750TI, but right now the 550 is just about the only game in town. Its a good little card for what it is... i pulled one from a pre built HP that I replaced with a GTX 1650 ( non super ) which is my favorite GPU for systems low power systems.
The 550 paired nicely with a dell office pc i got for under 100$ that had an I5, 8gb ram and a 120gb SSD. Its a capable home entertainment pc that is great for hooking up to the TV to watch videos or play emulator games... I gave it to a friend and now he an play elder scrolls online with very nice results.
Fantastic video, was waiting for this one!
The 4gb edition is like putting a wing on a golf car
It uses over 3gb vram in quite a few games, so not really.
@@ducket0 It does, but Da Memer. meant that this card is a shit performer, so why waste extra memory on it? :)
@@sL1NK yeah
@@ducket0 also most people are playing esports titles with this card which don't utilise 4gb of v ram
@@archifps Not necessarily, and that's besides the point. The extra memory has a noticible impact on performance in lot of games, the same couldn't be said about a golf cart with a spoiler lol
I've had mine for almost a year now and I can say I'm pleased with it. It consistently hits Console-like experiences and when it doesnt it either out performs the consols or it just doesnt play it lol. also really good with emulation stuff and I've done a bit of blender renders at a comfortable fps.
CPU is an i5-3470
RAM is *GB of DDR3 @ 1666MHz if you want a reference of what im working with lol
Thanks for the video, Mr. RandomGaminginHD
Would've liked to see you add more esports titles, since I feel like someone buying this card would probably be playing games like that
news flash: they run fine
Overwatch is an esport title and runs pretty well, CS GO on this Card will be No problem and Rainbow Six Siege will run on this Card tii
this kind of card can even run fine on latest games @30 FPS and 768p (resolution of HD ready TV). RX 560 4 GB I bought for my nephew PC runs even better than I thought before paired with an old G4560 procie
Esports games would run well. Though it could be a good click bait (though I'd hate to see RandomgaminginHD to do click baits)
I play sim/parkbuilders on this card. For racing and high fps games its not the best. Also knowing that the 3600G, 4650G and any 5000G series APU just beats is by default is not the nicest feeling. But Fidelity FX is going to bring support for this card so, here's hoping!
this card is so incredibly underrated, in my experience it runs pretty close to a 750 ti, but with 4gb vram and native dx12/vulkan support
Lol no! 750 ti much2 stronger
@@jayrodriguez439 on paper the 750 ti looks stronger, but with drivers amd managed to make it run similarly, just like how amd managed to get the rx 580 to run similarly to a gtx 980, occasionally a 980 ti in some instances, while being a significantly weaker card
source: i have both a 750 ti and an rx 550
@@lol123406 Tell me if I'm wrong but with the latest drivers rx 550 is on par with today's gtx 1050 with its latest drivers. Fine wine meme for AMD had reasons I guess
@@pauloazuela8488 i don't have a 1050 so i have no idea
@@jayrodriguez439 yes its stronger, but unnoticeable difference. in csgo its like 5fps better
Was waiting for this GPUs video.
Still running my GT1030:)
Me too
How about a rx 460 or 560?
this one is slightly better than 1030, especially in VRAM heavy game.
@@711jastin I play RDR2 in medium settings, but for VRAM limitation and bad performance I had to put texture and shadow settings to low preset.
@@Saturn185 about the same, no significant difference as far as I experienced.
I even have a small overclock on mine. 1171Mhz core and 1950Mhz on memory and haven't had any issues for over a year. Paired with I5-2400 in an Optiplex 390 Budget Build.
Going for a similar build myself with an i7 Elite Desk. Just waiting for the card to land tomorrow.
as someone who previously ran this card it physically hurts to see it sitting on the rough concrete as the powercolor version does not have a backplate :( you were a great card !!!
A nice idea would be to test that 2060 with older cpus at high settings to see if you can reduce or eliminate bottlenecks
Maybe test a 2060 or 3070 with a dual core on 4k resolution to eliminate bottleneck and get an amazing 4k experience
@@xstongames4778 i would suggest to start with i3 or ryzen 3 and then go down into pentium or athlon
@@xstongames4778 why would a 3060 be on dual core lmao. A 6 core cpu costs 1/3 as much as that card.
I have this card, but I would never recommend it. You will always want more power, it’s just not enough.
Exactly my thoughts, if i had that id be tempted to get more
@@calvitocalvon1711 yes I agree
Rx580 thoughts?
@@darkraft100 from what I’ve seen, I think that it’s a decent budget card. But idk I’ve never used one.
@@darkraft100 only if you can get one for £200 at the moment. it used to be £158 bran new on Amazon. but for current market, 200 is very cheap. you can also try and find the 4gb version for a bit less, as it has same performance and if you're on 1080p, which you should be on this card, then the vram is actually enough for most games.
other nice GPUs:
HD7950/R9 280
HD7970/R9 280X
R9 290
These cards are old, but the r9 280 has same performance as 1050ti, but costs about £70 rather than £150 the 1050ti sells for.
r9 290 can be had for £100 and is on par with the rx570/gtx 970.
Bear in mind they all use a lot of power so have a good PSU.
I still have this, I haven’t used my computer for gaming, just got into it, definitely need a new one.
Just bought Sapphire Pulse RX550 4GB. Playing Halo Infinite is surprisingly entertaining (when you not thinking about fps). And only consuming 50watt!
I still have an RX 550, but the 2 GB version of the card, and I overclocked it. This card is doing well in my main computer.
how did you overclock it when it gets its power from the PCIE slot? Your not going to get anything more out of it that would show any real results...
@@sublime2craig this card is just consuming 30 watts. I extended the power limit to +75% and the card with overclock just consuming 35-36 watts.
2:00 who else played RDR2 before the patch when you could keep getting the gold bar in that building over and over?
I just upgraded from my 550 after using for 3 years.
I'll buy your old GPU if you still have it. I've been gaming on integrated graphics for a few months😭
@@faarisinamdar2988 I'm sorry, it's unstable unless every time you boot the computer you have to raise the power limiter in msi afterburner. It's also the first gpu I've ever bought so it has sentimental value so I can't sell it. There were people on tiktok wanting to buy it for more then I payed for it. 😭
I paired the 4gb Rx550 with an old i5 661 system. It can surprisingly handle 40-60 Fps at 1440p resolution on some older PC melters of the past like Far Cry 2, Bioshock etc. More recent titles are a little hit or miss, for example I got Doom Eternal to run 60+ FPS with everything turned down to low at 50% resolution scaling of 1080p but the old i5 661 sometimes ends of bottlenecking the Rx550 at certain areas. CS:GO was also another nightmare for the system, I remember playing it 100+ FPS with the same i5 661 paired with a GTX 465 but I suppose updates over the years made the game more demanding, getting a consistent 60 FPS was almost impossible and I gave up on the game. R6 Siege on the other hand ran beautifully using Vulkan api with all settings on low except textures on high at 1080p getting a consistent 60 FPS. This card can certainly revive an old PC you have laying around the house, I even tested it with a Q6600 but the CPU is just too slow to keep up with the card and ends up bottlenecking the whole system, not really fun, a GT 1030 GDDR5 variant would probably a better choice for that.
Used this card with the i3 7100 through the ending part of 2023 and to say I was super surprised with what the system could handle would be an understatement.
An unreasonable amount of titles ran at 2560x1600 near 60.
Furthermore, the RX550 is pretty comparable in raw performance to the Xbox One S. One more thing you didn't mention, is that this particular 550 has very healthy overclocking abilities and runs within a small margine of the 560. I'd definitely recommend this over the 750Ti if you account for drivers.
Had a powercolour 4gb 550 a few years ago was perfect for free to play games and eSports game. Upgraded to a powercolour Rx 460 4gb now and untill gpu market goes down not to bad a card and have unlocked the extra shaders and tmus runs all games good including cyberpunk
I have this card and I love it very much. When I decided to buy my first pc i choose to look for one which can "run Doom Eternal decently" and a pc with this card was listed online. Best decision of my life so far.
mine too
@@darkblack5068 Thanks gents I just post this card, for a refurbished PC. Good to know it was not a waste of money.
"Makes sandpaper seem smooth" hahaha :)
Considering I use a 1050ti GPU, I can understand the pro’s and cons of having a 4GB Gpu.
Still a very usable card for the money
@wakenbaker-uk rx 550 is more powerful
@ferronway in price. But 550 has a slightly stronger core. And more vram.
@wakenbaker-uk the 750Ti is just flat out better, even the 750Ti 2GB out performs the 4GB 550 in games like Warzone
@@dy7296 on paper, it looks better. In testing it is not
@@owen4326 on 2gb, yes. The 1030 is faster. But the 550 4gb is ad adva tageous in performance because most games use over 2gb vram.
It's a good little budget card. It's amazing for retro games. I remember when the Radeon 9800 Pro was a beast of a GPU in the high end videocard segment and was recommended for playing Half Life 2 in all It's DX9 glory. The RX 550 probably has around 40 to 50 times the processing power of a 9800 Pro and is considered low end by today's standards. It's crazy how much technology advances. To think in 15 years from now budget low end video cards and even integrated graphics on low end laptops will run circles around a RTX 3090.
They won't. We're approaching a hard cap.
@@SanctusBacchus We're actually not. There are other ways to gain massive performance other than jumping to smaller and smaller manufacturing nodes. The hard limits assume our current trend and design methodology remain unchanged, but that's not what will happen. Innovations will continously happen, I mean just look at Apple's M1 Ultra chip for example. It has a lot more performance per watt than the RTX 3090. It's basically integrated graphics that has 50% to 70% the performance of a RTX 3090 while only using like 30% of the power.
I gotta say I got this little card on sale for a low grade gaming gpu, and dude its so much better than what it was worth. I can run RDR2 with razer cortex on at 46 fps, and csgo at over 80, gta runs greatly, its a great gpu. the only games ive had issues with are Cod modern warfare but thats most likely because i have 8gb ram.
The fact that you can even run cold war with 50fps surprises me
Cold war is surprisingly well optimized
You done so well and your GTA-V driving skills are developed!!!
💚💚💚💚💚
At this point I watch your videos just because I like your voice in the background while working.
Have you considered doing a podcast (can be via RUclips) about computer news or nature or book reviews or or or...?
I would definetly listen to it, as long as it is free. You can always promote a product in the podcast to make money, I wouldn't mind that as long as you make it clear that the next 20 seconds or so is an ad.
The answer to this question is yes. Since performance above a 1050ti is in the 400-600 range and 1060-2060super level performance is in the 800-1600 dollar range, pretty much any card that can be bought for a decent price will give someone an enjoyable experience. It’s insane I was on best buy a few weeks back and caught all cards in stock in the middle of the night for msrp. I had the money to buy a 3070 or 3080 but I told myself I would do it in the morning to make sure I had everything taken care of. They were gone. And now a 3070 is 1600-2000 dollars. And a 3080 is 2000-3000. And what’s crazy is tons of 3090s are for sale but they are all 3500-4500 dollars. It’s crazy that a w5700 amd professional card is cheaper than a 5700 or 5700xt. Hell it’s cheaper than the 6700, 6800, and 6900xt. You can buy a quadro rtx a6000 (the worlds most powerful graphics card period) for cheaper than a 3090 sometimes. If I really wanted to build a high end system I would do a threadripper pro 3995wx and a couple a6000s. Would cost about the same as a 5950x with dual 3090s.
Finally I have been waition for this video, I only see 2GB versions on YT, I want to buy this because the GTX1050 here on Hungary is almost 2 times more expensive.
This card in the video is 80k HUF online...a 1050 ti LP is approx a 100k.
hell the 1050 ti here is almost 3 times more expensive. both used to be like 1/3 of the current price a few years ago. Crazy how 5 year old gpus can have such a huge increase on the price
i have the rx 550 in 2024. its good but only for 720p 60fps gaming anymore, its quite suprising what it can do for 50 to 70 bucks
For most games
Ideally the textures at high and rest at low for a fixed resolution is imo an enjoyable experience. May differ for others.
This. I'm upgrading from gt 710 to this gpu and this is the best thing to do. Textures barely affect fps in most games. In GTA I could place textures on ultra and not have a difference of even 5 fps compared to the minimum. Everyone should definitely do that on some games like RDR2 where the textures on minimum look like something from ps2
the RX560 i bought for my sister for only $40 was so worth. It still performs well till today and even the temps don't exceed 70C. Considering that she only plays like batman games, its not much of a problem for her.
I think the brand has HIS.
Its 12 am on philippines rn but idk why im staying up. My mom would be mad at me XD
Your not alone🤣
lol same, have 3 math modules and 3 exams to finish before 26 lol
Us filipinos watch benchmarks to make sure our gpu can play the games we want to lol
@@Quetip so true lol. did that when i bought a gpu on december
@@ivantimog2189 same here man
kid: can i get a RX 5500
Mom: we've got RX 550 at home son
I had the 2gb version of this card but I replaced it with a 4GB 1050ti. A video on the 1050ti would be nice
I researched the 550 vs 1050 Ti (low profile) and from what I can tell, the 1050 Ti is 2x the performance at 2x the price (as of March 2023).
G'day Random,
I've seen lots of reviews on other channels where they have said don't bother with the 4GB version as you will get the same performance from the 2GB one, but that only applies if you are trying to get max FPS in a Fast Paced Shooter with Super Low Resolution,
But when you're playing Adventure games the extra VRAM can make a big difference to the Graphical Quality at a Playable FrameRate like you have shown here in games like RDR2, so if you are just building a LowBudget Gaming PC to keep for a long time I think for similar price the 4GB is the way better option
These lower end cards often have an impressive amount of OC headroom, unlike their high end brethren. Since it's the 4g model, I'd suggest an OC and showing everyone the true limits of the chip. I've got a 4g 550 that I snuck into my office PC at work, and it OCs like a champ, both core clock and memory.
it does oc way too much indeed, flash a custom bios with a lifted power limit and it does 1600mhz somehow
@Davi use their Saphire Trixx Boost software instead of in game resolution scaling. It's miles better, you will be surprised!
Good video. Still loving my RX 570 8GB and for the games I play it runs just about anything without a hitch.
Good comment. Still loving my Intel HD Graphics 4000
My first gpu and it was the best thing for beginners. I no longer own this and I truly Miss it but it’s time to move on
Not only for beginners, good if you need low power consumption
@@sargafekete_7512 I had a 500w power supply.
@@caniget10ksubswithnovideos47 I have be quiet 450 watt I think I go for low wattage, Ryzen 2600 as well etc
I’m running a ASUS RX550 4GB in my HP 190-0068a.
Bought my ASUS RX550 in November 2017 for $139 and am still very happy with this GPU.
Previously, the RX550 was in a custom-built AMD A8-7850 powered PC.
Thanks for the informative video!
Great vid as always. 460 2gb owner here
Hello Rginhd I hope your having a nice day! :)
and you :)
Last year I built a PC with amd 1600 and radeon 550. Impressed with its gaming performance so far.
they make a Polaris 21/640sp version of this card, and it ROCKS!!! FSR runs great and it can do stuff with even AAA titles (playing GoW and Baldurs Gate 3 with ease). u got the less desirable version
0:50 I'd really like to see one of these low end 4GB GPU's compared to a high end 1GB GPU like say an old 6950 and see if VRAM makes as much difference as people think it does.
I mean, between 1 gb and 4 gb, of course there is a huge difference. Except for somewhere above 8 gb. For example 10 gb vram and 20 gb vram won't make a difference in games, but it does matter if you're doing blender animations or something like that.
My 2gb 560de gives me an enjoyable experience. World of Tanks hits 60fps consistently at high settings at 1080p and runs most other games I play at medium
I remember I had to buy it because the prices of the other graphics cards reached abnormal level, but still I am satisfied and happy with my choice
Very late question. How much did you pay for this if you don't mind me asking? Thanks!
@@BGLoscar Around 110 or so
@@RedWitherITA Dang, this is $200+ now huhu.. Thank you for responding..
@@BGLoscar wow, Im speechless, at this price I don't know if its worth It or if there are better solutions
@@RedWitherITA Are you familiar with GPUs in general? Was looking for an upgrade, I'm currently using an AMD Radeon 7 250 (2GB).. Like maybe a 4GB like the RX 550 or a 6GB.. If you're not, that's ok.. Thanks in advance!
remember when RX550 use to be 100 euro? now cheapest NEW I can find is 169 euro euro while the RX560 is 189 euro...
I'm just glad I bought a GTX1050 Ti before the prices skyrocketed xD
I used to had the rx 570 4 gb and it ead a beast to me.. run the RDR2 at medium-high at 30-40fps... Buuut i got unemployed and need some money, a friend offer me $150 for the gpu (it was the same price as i bought it) and i sold him without knowing how much they cost today... Now i am struggling with buying another gpu cause they raised their prices... I am thinking to buy one of these rx 550 4gb to play some games... Thanks for the video
Hello everyone. I don't have that much money at the moment and I need a new card now.Unfortunately, I still own a GT 1030 2gb ddr5 which has always served me well. My question now is, is the RX 550 worth buying? It currently costs 126 € (about 122 $) here on Amazon. I'm currently only playing on HD... The channel is very good and informative. :-) Left a subscription there.
I think upgrade ur gpu to 1050ti/1650ti is much better for the long run
Also 120$ for a rx550 kinda expensive
No; buy a rx 6400 because it's at least twice as fast.
But if you can get this 4 GB card for cheap enough, using a custom interlaced resolution it performs okay.
0:08 Close your eyes as you listen to that
Me who buy this on 2022.. it make me proud to my self..🤣
Thanks,
While definitely on the budget side of things it still can give a decent experience and it doesn’t need external power which is in my opinion is definitely a plus, I think if you could find one it be a good temporary solution while you’re waiting for a 30 series!
I believe the nvidia equivalent is a 1030, it be cool if they did a 4gb 1030 for testing!
I think Mikes Unboxing did a build with a 1030 recently, didnt he ?
Wait, the RX550 runs ENTIRELY off PCIe power?
I think it’s a good buy if you can get it for around 50$-60$
Yeah if it was 1030 sort of money
It can play Alan Wake / Alan Wake's American Nightmare in 720p.
It can play Tales of Symphonia in 4K.
It only cost $100 at the time and replaced the GT 610 that was in the system CyberPower sold to my family as a "gaming PC."
me watching this looking at my RX550 like "look, thats you!"
i have a MSI RX 560 4GB version right now, and it runs every game i play (btw my processor is a Intel Core i3-4150 no overclocking)
Nice, Im also combining Pentium G4560 + XFX RX560 4 GB for my nephew PC, all used parts and it plays latest games I throw at surprisingly well, albeit at native 1366*768 resolution (the highest his 32" TV could handle), Forza 4, Fenyx Rising, Marvel Avengers still looks decent and didnt look blurry on a 32" (I think the TV handle the unbalanced low resolution vs big size quite well)
me in my hd radeon 5800m since 2010: what is this, is this level of quality possible this whole time ??????
With a gaming-centered Linux distro, utilizing all the tools/launch options in ProtonGE/DXVK, being smart with your graphics settings, and a controller you'll get a very nice PC couch console.
Here's a merch idea: A low end GPU as a demon lord demanding "Further sacrifices required!"
I have both this card and a 2gb 750ti but i still chose the 750ti. The performance outside of textures is slightly better and nvidia has much better software. Even though the 4gb would be nice, I find the 2gb 750ti is still better in a lot of situations.
I recently installed Far Cry 5 in an old system with an HD 7850 2GB as a joke and was amazed at the performance it could do at 1080p LOW. I typed "RX 550 vs 7850" in google and was surprised to learn how slow the RX 550 really is, about 50% slower than the HD 7850. At least the 550 got double the VRAM though.
Novigrad is certainly heavy location in Witcher 3, but it stresses mostly the CPU and is not so taxing when it comes to GPU. The best place to test graphics cards in this game is to bake a save at Velen while it's raining at day.
I used to game with less than this til Dec 2019, then I got a Rx580, then in November I bought an 5700xt at $660 cad, brand new was so worried it was a bad purchase until gpu prices skyrocketed. Now a 5700xt sells for $1300 cad for used. I made the right choice!
"can it offer an enjoyable experience" is not an idea I agree with.
I've had fantastic experiences(hollow knight, for example) with an old laptop that were not affected by the hardware being awful.
Love your videos anyway
In modern games... sure you can run The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind on a GT 210 but it’s not gonna have a good time in GTA V. I think a bit of common sense goes a long way ;)
I honestly didn't realize the RX 450/550 existed. I thought the 460 was as low as it went. To be honest, when you get to cards this cheap, its just not a good idea to buy them. I bought a 480 at release, and it still gets 60fps at 1080p in games like RDR2, although, I realize with the stupid prices at the moment, paying more for an RX 480 than what it cost at release isn't a good idea either. Perhaps you should just play outside?
Not sure I’ve ever seen such a passive aggressive comment towards poor people
@@stevesmith1383 just don’t be poor
@@oliverrugg3732 brilliant
Keep GTA5 in your benchmarks, much like CS:GO its gonna have decent frame rates on the most modest of machines but its such a popular game I think a lot of people will be interested to see how a GPU performs while playing it. Plus it has those decent benchmarks built in :)
I think valorant should be added because it’s really good on old hardware
is good for VR?
I actually still have an rx550 2 gb running in a second pc.Yes it's slow by today standards but i had to save for a month to get it back in the day.I had the option to get an rx550 or a gt1030 so i went with the amd because it was slightly cheaper.
5:00 it bring back memories of playing Dying Light on GT710 XD
I have a 2gb MSi Aero ITX RX 550 and it still manages to keep up with most of the games I throw at it at mixed medium and mixed high settings at 40 to 50 fps.
Granted that I've paired it with the R3 3300x and 3200mhz ddr4 ram
I know we live in hard gaming times when it comes to GPU. I used a Vega 56 and an RX 570 over the last 3 years.
I can only recommend cards lower than the RX 570/470 (this includes the 1050ti), IF gaming is not your primary goal. The gap between a RX 570/8GB to RX 560 is pretty rough, the RX 550 even rougher. As shown in this video, yes you can game on them with tweeks, but you can game on a mobile phone either. Both is not really pleasant.
Only buy those cards if you cannot find anything else. Those cards were even overprized in the good days and sure are now. Hold on to RX 470/480/570/580/590 if possible for gaming. Even used, those cards can still be a treat when maintained correctly.
I think that cards past its best - interesting video!
I bought it for my my brother in december 2020 and it runs like a beast and almost feels like my gtx 1060 3gb a lil more slow but still a beast XD
Its still pretty decent. A person buying a Rx 500 series card in 2021 is probably a person willing to make sacrifices just so they can play some games and i can dig that.
I've sold one build with this card and two with an rx 560. I think you can game at 1080p consistently with a 560. The 550 to 4GB is what the 3060 is to 12GB.. double what it needs really
a prebuilt with an old i5 is a great candidate for these cards
the AMD pro-wx 2100 & 3100 are just low profile single slot 550s with 2 or 4 gigs of vram & could be found for a good price (at least pre supply shortages)
Maybe you can include Mount & Blade II in the benchmarks, it's one of the most played games on Steam.
Awesome video, id love for this guy to do the same on the new M1 Macs.
Please add Doom Eternal with your testing going forward - thx
Use core i7 with 32gb of ddr3 you will get more then 60 on most games allso a good ssd because it helps with the game's loading.
I have rx 460 2GB it does just fine